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2025-05-14 Home Front: Politix

Kevin O'Leary insists that Trump granting refugee status to white South Africans ‘has nothing to do with race'

[Independent] Shark Tank star Kevin O’Leary claimed that Donald Trump granting refugee status to white South Africans "has nothing to do with race," even though the president claimed that Afrikaner farmers were facing "genocide" because they "happen to be white."

The MAGA-boosting Canadian businessman also told Fox News on Tuesday that he had no idea "why this particular group gets all this focus." O’Leary added that "every administration has its own policy" on immigration and that he doesn’t "understand this debate at all" over white South Africans getting fast-tracked to citizenship while Trump shuts out most other refugee admissions.

Following his vow in February to cut off all funding to South Africa and "resettle" white Afrikaners in America over a new land expropriation law, Trump announced on Monday that 59 white South African "refugees" were en route to the United States. The president also made it clear he was echoing the debunked "white genocide" conspiracy theory that alleges white farmers in South Africa are being targeted and killed en masse.

"It's a genocide that's taking place that you people don't want to write about," Trump declared in the Oval Office. "It's a terrible thing that's taking place. And farmers are being killed. They happen to be white, but whether they're white or Black makes no difference to me, but white farmers are being brutally killed, and their land is being confiscated in South Africa."

Despite the president’s claims, which have been amplified in recent years by South African-born "first buddy" Elon Musk and right-wing media figures such as Tucker Carlson, there’s no evidence that white farmers are facing a spike in violence and murders. Despite the prevalence of online misinformation that tends to center around a few high-profile cases, it’s estimated that roughly 50 farmers, from different racial backgrounds, were killed last year in a country that recorded over 19,000 murders.

Posted by Besoeker 2025-05-14 07:38|| || Front Page|| [150 views ] Top

#1 Black woman issues threat to white South African refugees allowed into the US: 'You don't have protection'

Posted by Skidmark 2025-05-14 15:41|| 2025-05-14 15:41|| Front Page Top

#2 Whatever happened to "tolerance is a two way street"?

Posted by Grom the Affective 2025-05-14 16:21|| 2025-05-14 16:21|| Front Page Top

#3 Isn't 'Kill the Boer' the unofficial official song of the current government? Sort of like 'Elbows Up' but for real?

Posted by swksvolFF 2025-05-14 16:43|| 2025-05-14 16:43|| Front Page Top

#4 Oh I was trying to confirm who sourced the phrase, "The US needs to adopt a constitution like South Africa's."

Have to share a result:
"Ruth Bader Ginsburg admired the South African Constitution, particularly its emphasis on human rights and an independent judiciary. She viewed it as a "great piece of work" that was more recent and more comprehensive than the U.S. Constitution, praising its deliberate attempt to establish a fundamental instrument of government."

Posted by swksvolFF 2025-05-14 17:06|| 2025-05-14 17:06|| Front Page Top

#5 When we toured South Africa in 2016, killing the Boer was happening then. Our guide’s family (Boer) owned a farm in the north. Africans from countries in North Africa “immigrated” to South Africa because they were starving. The best leader was Mandella as he respected all the races in Africa.

Posted by Old Salty 2025-05-14 20:18|| 2025-05-14 20:18|| Front Page Top

#6 ^^And Mandela didnt pull a Mugabe and turn the bread basket of Africa into starvation zone, unfortunately I fear this fate will befall the RSA

It’s so sad ton of Saffers and Rhodesians here in Atlanta, I’ve played, coached and have been coached in rugby by so many…

From Atlanta to Savannah

Posted by Beavis 2025-05-14 20:47|| 2025-05-14 20:47|| Front Page Top

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