O'Reilly Goes Off On 'Race Hustlers' Who Slammed Paul Ryan

CATHERINE THOMPSON – MARCH 26, 2014, 7:59 AM EDT

Fox News host Bill O'Reilly backed Rep. Paul Ryan's (R-WI) disputed comments on a culture of "inner city" men not working on Tuesday night, arguing "race hustlers" would have branded the congressman a racist no matter what he said about poverty.

O'Reilly pressed Ryan on a conversation he had with Rep. Barbara Lee (D-CA), who labelled his remarks a "thinly veiled racial attack," and asked if Lee apologized after Ryan clarified that the comments were inarticulate.

"She does not believe that I have these views," Ryan said. "She knows me well, and she knows that I don't have a racist bone in my body."

"Then why did she imply you did?" O'Reilly asked.

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