Ben Stein: Obama 'is the most racist president there has ever been in America'

Speaking to Fox News on Nov. 2, 2014, economist Ben Stein said he believes the White House and Democrats are playing the race card and portraying Republicans as anti-black to get African-Americans to vote against Republican candidates. less Speaking to Fox News on Nov. 2, 2014, economist Ben Stein said he believes the White House and Democrats are playing the race card and portraying Republicans as anti-black to get African-Americans to vote ... more Image 1 of / 12 Caption Close Ben Stein: Obama 'is the most racist president there has ever been in America' 1 / 12 Back to Gallery

A Fox News contributor most famous for monotonously repeating the word "Bueller" in the 1986 movie "Ferris Bueller's Day Off" thinks President Barack Obama is the "most racist president" in the history of the United States.

Speaking to Fox News on Sunday, economist Ben Stein said he believes the White House and Democrats are playing the race card and portraying Republicans as anti-black to get African-Americans to vote against Republican candidates.

"The president is the most racist president there has ever been in America," Stein said. "He is purposely trying to use race to divide Americans."

Twelve U.S. presidents owned slaves during their lifetime, according to theHauenstein Center. 10 of those presidents owned slaves while serving as president.

Stein continued, "What the White House is trying to do is racialize all politics and they're especially trying to tell the African-American voter that the GOP is against letting them have a chance at a good life in this economy, and that's just a complete lie."

Stein added, "I watch with fascination – with incredible fascination – all the stories about how the Democratic politicians, especially Hillary [Clinton], are trying to whip up the African-American vote and say, 'Oh, the Republicans have policies against black people in terms of the economy.' But there are no such policies."

Stein said it is an "outrageous lie" for Democrats to infer to minorities are oppressed by economic circumstances.

"The idea that the Republicans are making life difficult for black people is just nonsense, just absolute nonsense," Stein told Fox News.

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