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Why MSNBC Dumped Pat Buchanan: His 10 Most Outrageous Statements

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Yesterday, Pat Buchanan announced that his tenure as a commentator at MSNBC was finally over, ending months of speculation about his absence from his once-frequent perch aside morning anchors Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski. Calls for Buchanan's firing by groups like Color of Change, Credo, and Media Matters had been loud and growing, following years of controversial, offensive and outright bigoted statements made by Buchanan without apology or remorse. Here is a look back at 10 of the most offensive and outrageous statements made by Pat Buchanan: 1. Wanted to close the borders to protect white dominance. 2. Blamed lower test scores on minorities. 3. Claimed Jerry Sandusky's atrocities are because of "Homosexual marriage." 4. Said the Jewish population in the United States dropped in the 90s because Jews aborted all their babies. 5. Asserted Anders Breivik, who murdered 77 people...
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OpedNews volunteer from 2005 to 2013.

Amanda Lang was a wonderful member of the Opednews team, and the first volunteer editor, for a good number of years being a senior editor. She passed away summer 2014.

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