There are wild and delusional, and then there is what Nigel Farage threw at a Newsmax performance on Wednesday night.
Continuing his full-fledged attack on Meghan Markle following her explosive Oprah Winfrey interview, former Brexit Party leader told Newsmax host Greg Kelly that “no one in the world in history has done more for people of color than the British. Royal family. “
Markle, as you may recall, told Winfrey that someone within the royal family expressed concern about the possible darkness of her then-unborn son’s skin, suggesting that racism was at the root of the comments. Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, also said she contemplated suicide but received no support from the palace due to her mental health issues.
“I don’t want to for a moment downplay the importance of mental health as a topic, but neither can we get people to argue that mental health problems are a way to close the debate,” Farage said at one point. “She seemed very in control of the interview.”
After accusing Markle and her husband Prince Harry of “wrecking the UK’s reputation in the world” with their interview, Farage went on to address the couple’s allegations of racism by the palace.
“The Queen and the Royal Family have toured the Commonwealth for the past 70 years,” said the politician who turned an expert. “The vast majority of those people are black and Asian.”
He continued, “I would tell you that no one in the world, in history, has done more for people of color than the British Royal Family.”
Apparently, according to Farage’s description, the British Empire’s long history of brutal colonialism and slavery should be viewed positively by people of color around the world, especially in the lands that Britain occupied.
Farage’s comments quickly went viral on social media, with observers and critics putting the conservative British leader to work for seemingly saying that black and Asian people should be thankful that they were colonized and enslaved.
Replace ‘for’ with ‘to’ and it is correct. Prepositions are important! ” Jeet Heer of The Nation noted on Twitter.
“Hey, Nigel. How did those countries end up in the Commonwealth? asked Barry Malone, Executive Producer of Al Jazeera’s The Stream