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I mean, that is -- >> that is classic white nationalist talking point. >> exactly. that is something you expect to hear from a follower of richard spencer, not of william f. buckley, jr. >> the companion piece to that, they always say, i'm not a racist, i just love my race. >> exactly. >> i don't hate black people. i just love my race. >> that's kind of the vibe you get from this article. i've never been accused by a mainstream publication before of being a self-hating white. this is the kind of stuff that i hear on the dark corners of the internet from actual white supremacists and so to see ...

Kind of rhetoric. >> the other thing that this writer wrote is -- i honestly didn't understand it. he said that you had demonstrated that you hate yourself and that your writing was boutique and performative which i don't know what that means. >> it was a very strange article because basically it was saying that boots attacks, you know -- attacks on white people are basically driving them into the arms of the white nationalists and forcing them to choose between the white nationalists and boot and his self-loathing whites. this kind of bizarre -- >> all of those people are reading "the washing...

Equivalent -- >> all those people are reading the washington post, your column and going to white nationalism. >> it doesn't make any sense. it's incredibly shocking and offensive for me to see this kind of lapping waj appear in what is a mainstream publication and it sadly is i think a reflection of even how mainstream conservative publications are being trump i identified and going down the same road you see. >> in order to survive, i think for many it's an economic decision with some of these people. >> they don't want to go the way of the weekly standard which collapsed. to my mind it's tr...

And today national review, which is a mainstream publication, the quote, unquote bible of conservatives, runs an article accusing me of being a self-hating white who is stoking the flames of racial hatred. this is the language of white supremacists which is appearing in a mainstream conservative publication. so there's a lot of sentiment that donald trump is tapping into, and unfortunately he's finding a lot of support on the right even as he's venturing into horrible xenophobic and racist territory. >> kirsten, what was that audible exasperating moment you just had? >> it's so insane to descr...

I don't want to get into revenge politics which is obviously been the problem that i'm identifying. i don't want to be part of mudslinging. i want to speak aspirationally and positively and do everything i can to elevate the national conversation that is what's necessary. >> had you not realized he made those comments? >> no, i did not. i did not. >> someone else posted the tweet and the person didn't fully vet this piece, but kirsten, not a good look especially when you criticize the president for his use of social media. >> well, it also was an article from p.j. media which is outside the ma...