Megyn Kelly questioned President Obama’s support for law enforcement on her program Tuesday. She brought on radio hosts Kevin Jackson and Richard Fowler to talk about what she argues is a, seemingly, begrudging support of the police force. She says that Obama’s praise is often “couched with 'but'” and followed by rhetoric about racial bias and general police malpractice.
Kelly was reacting to White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest saying that Obama has always been overwhelmingly positive in his comments about police. Jackson and Fowler sparred with one another over how troubling Obama’s words about police are and what he hopes to achieve with them.
Jackson was critical of Obama saying that it seems that police treat blacks like they were “dropped in from outer space” and that police “don’t know what to do with them.” Fowler, however, thinks that Obama is only trying to open an avenue for dialog between police and black communities. He claims that they are in need of a “hard reset.”
Kelly raised the issue of low officer morale and, though she does not place sole blame on the president, she does highlight some of the disheartening things he has said about police. She suggests that Earnest is “ignoring history” in his claims Obama has a “clean” track record in his handling of issues involving the police.
See the clip below: