Tuesday night, Fox News host Bill O’Reilly slammed Democrats who want to abolish the Electoral College, claiming that doing so was about trying to put the white man down. But he then he endorsed straight-up white supremacy.

“Very few commentators will tell you that the heart of liberalism in America today is based on race,” O’Reilly claimed. “It permeates almost every issue: that white men have set up a system of oppression. That system must be destroyed… The left wants power taken away from the white establishment. They want a profound change in the way America is run.”

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That’s when Twitter went nuts:

Ummmm, yeah. Exactly. Wait, do I agree with Bill O'Reilly? Woof. https://t.co/IZ979jpIEc — Kaeleigh (@kaefair) December 21, 2016

Bill O'Reilly's most recent comments are a lesson in "they ain't even mincin words no more". — Broderick Greer (@BroderickGreer) December 21, 2016

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Bill O'Reilly before Trump got into the race. Bill O'Reilly after the election. pic.twitter.com/iJleforJxk — southpaw (@nycsouthpaw) December 21, 2016

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Yes. This is correct. Bill, you are absolutely correct. I endorse every word on the screen there. https://t.co/vrwFnogap4 — Shaun King (@ShaunKing) December 21, 2016

My question is – why does Bill O'Reilly think people of color having a stake or having power is a bad thing?https://t.co/jdK0mB0h1R — (((Charles Young))) (@CharlieYoungEsq) December 21, 2016

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Every day, Trump or not, America looks less and less like Bill O'Reilly. And he knows that and it terrifies him. GOOD. — Oliver Willis (@owillis) December 21, 2016

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@ShaunKing Damn right we do, so revolution. — Connie Colvin (@CCB5Keithfan34) December 21, 2016

I guess the good thing is that we should celebrate O'Reilly finally coming out of the closet as a racist. We've always known, Bill. — (((Charles Young))) (@CharlieYoungEsq) December 21, 2016

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Ahem. He's been saying this for at least a decade. They may have made these graphics in 1996. https://t.co/DQUnG09AUm — Keith Olbermann (@KeithOlbermann) December 21, 2016

@ShaunKing how dare they ask for representative Democracy!!! — Cyril (@KaraKiril) December 21, 2016

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Dear @oreillyfactor, This is exactly what we want: equity. Thank you for finally admitting it's not what you want. We've known all along. pic.twitter.com/15vd7NfWm1 — Brittany Packnett (@MsPackyetti) December 21, 2016

OTOH, coming out and saying there's a white establishment is pretty woke for Bill O'Reilly. https://t.co/gFQOPKlrkN — James Poniewozik (@poniewozik) December 21, 2016

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That time Bill O'Reilly got his internal and external monologues confused https://t.co/CBy8wl4II1 — Dan Pfeiffer (@danpfeiffer) December 21, 2016

"White establishment"..said bluntly on tv. Reminds me of when the words sunni/shiites started sneaking into our daily media vocabulary. https://t.co/8z9IgjIL00 — زينة صوفان (@zeina_soufan) December 21, 2016

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Weird thing about O'Reilly remark tweeted by Fox: It's actually worse *in context* than it is in isolation, where some on left would agree. — Niall Stanage (@NiallStanage) December 21, 2016

@MichaelWelchAct Look, I've heard Bill O'Reilly specifically say he's not a racist. So that settles it. (Except he's a racist.) — Manuel Royal (@manuelroyal) December 21, 2016

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That's how we get a guy that wants to start a new "war on drugs" and Bill O'Reilly defending the white establishment. It's dangerous. — Austyn McCarty (@OnTheMind_Aus) December 21, 2016