Monday, March 18, 2024

Bill O’Reilly: Slaves Who Built the White House ‘Were Well Fed, Had Decent Lodgings’ (Watch)

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*Appearing eager to lessen the effect of a key line in Michelle Obama’s speech Monday at the Democratic National Convention, Fox News host Bill O’Reilly said he did a little fact checking about her mention of slaves who built the White House.

“The O’Reilly Factor” host said he found that slaves did in fact work on the White House from 1792 to 1800, along with whites, immigrants and others, but he says they were “well-fed and had decent lodgings.”

He also made a point to say the federal government stopped the use of slave labor in 1802, two years after the White House was built.

Watch below:

In her powerful speech on Monday, FLOTUS reflected on America’s progress in the context of being part of the first African American family to live in the White House.

“I wake up every morning in a house that was built by slaves,” Obama said. “I watch my daughters — two beautiful, intelligent, black young women — playing with their dogs on the White House lawn.”

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