Bill O’Reilly Warns That Rich People Are ‘In Danger,’ Asks That You Pray.
Fox News’ demure 8 p.m. host Bill O’Reilly took a serious moment on Wednesday night to warn the country that rich people are in imminent danger, because one time a lottery winner got murdered. Yes, the myth of the embattled rich is back, thanks to the news peg of a half-billion-dollar Mega Millions jackpot.
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.On Monday, National Review’s Kevin Williamson called envy (of the rich) “the most embarrassing” sin. You should be embarrassed of being angry at inequality, America!
Enter Bill O’Reilly. To be fair, the argument he made in his segment was slightly more complicated than our articulation above. Slightly. The tweet at right, which tipped us off to the segment, is the golden center of O’Reilly’s argument. As that was on-screen, O’Reilly somberly intoned, “Every affluent person in America is in danger. Every one.” Really hammering it home.
How he gets to “pity the rich” from “two people won the lottery” is pretty terrific / creative / amazing. Here’s the segment, which led the show, and then some key quotes so you can walk through the arguments.
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