Bill O'Reilly talked about the 'white establishment' and Twitter went into meltdown

Twitter descended into a meltdown after Fox News' commentator Bill O'Reilly lashed out at an alleged "liberal conspiracy" from the left to take power away from the "white establishment".

"This is all about race. The left sees white privilege in America as an oppressive force that must be done away with. Therefore white working class voters must be marginalised," he argued on the O'Reilly Factor.

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Liberals believe "white men have set up a system of oppression and that system must be destroyed."

"The left wants power taken away from the white establishment and they want a profound change in the way America is run," he said.

Some people on Twitter were impressed at the apparent admission by a right-wing pundit that there is indeed a 'white establishment':

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However, others were quick to not that O'Reilly had been saying these things for years:

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And other people highlighted the context in which the sentence was pronounced:

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You can watch Bill O'Reilly making the remarks on "Rightwing Talk" on Fox News, below:

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