Fox News host Tucker Carlson Tucker CarlsonJudge tosses Karen McDougal's defamation suit against Tucker Carlson OVERNIGHT ENERGY: House passes sweeping clean energy bill | Pebble Mine CEO resigns over secretly recorded comments about government officials | Corporations roll out climate goals amid growing pressure to deliver Former Florida attorney general calls Kyle Rittenhouse 'a little boy out there trying to protect his community' MORE on Wednesday called racism "one of America's problems," adding that people should "calm down" a night after he said the problem of white supremacy in the U.S. is a "hoax."

America isn't a "white supremacist country plotting the slaughter of its own people," Carlson said in a post on Twitter that was accompanied by a message that was aired on his nightly program.

"There’s been a tremendous response to last night’s show. The left wants to silence us. They won’t," he added.

There’s been a tremendous response to last night’s show. The left wants to silence us. They won’t. Here’s a portion of our response from tonight’s show. Watch this video and watch #FoxNews at 8pm ET for more. pic.twitter.com/bMRdIeC33b — Tucker Carlson (@TuckerCarlson) August 7, 2019

Carlson came under heavy criticism throughout the day for his remarks the previous night that white supremacy wasn't a "real problem in America."

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Those remarks followed a mass shooting by a long gunman in El Paso, Texas, that left 22 people dead.

The suspect in the shooting is believed to have shared a racist manifesto describing an "invasion" of Hispanic immigrants before carrying out the attack. It followed a separate attack on a Pittsburgh synagogue last fall that killed 11 people, the deadliest attack in U.S. history on a Jewish community.

Since the El Paso shooting, leaders of both parties, including President Trump Donald John TrumpSteele Dossier sub-source was subject of FBI counterintelligence probe Pelosi slams Trump executive order on pre-existing conditions: It 'isn't worth the paper it's signed on' Trump 'no longer angry' at Romney because of Supreme Court stance MORE, have moved to condemn white supremacism.

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Separately, FBI Director Christopher Wray said last month that the agency has made about 100 domestic terrorism-related arrests since October, with the majority tied to white supremacy.

In his remarks on Tuesday, Carlson said the U.S. is on the "decline" and that that frustration has led Americans to embrace new leaders, such as President Trump, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Alexandria Ocasio-CortezOn The Money: Anxious Democrats push for vote on COVID-19 aid | Pelosi, Mnuchin ready to restart talks | Weekly jobless claims increase | Senate treads close to shutdown deadline McCarthy says there will be a peaceful transition if Biden wins Anxious Democrats amp up pressure for vote on COVID-19 aid MORE (D-N.Y) and Sen. Elizabeth Warren Elizabeth WarrenHillicon Valley: Subpoenas for Facebook, Google and Twitter on the cards | Wray rebuffs mail-in voting conspiracies | Reps. raise mass surveillance concerns On The Money: Anxious Democrats push for vote on COVID-19 aid | Pelosi, Mnuchin ready to restart talks | Weekly jobless claims increase | Senate treads close to shutdown deadline Democratic senators ask inspector general to investigate IRS use of location tracking service MORE (D-Mass.).

"But this country is not on the brink of genocide," he said. "It’s not even close to that. This is not a white supremacist country plotting the slaughter of its own people. It’s a kind country full of decent people of all races, who like all people everywhere make bad decisions from time to time."

"But they mean well and they genuinely try their best. Going forward, give them the benefit of the doubt, even when you disagree with them. Maybe especially when you disagree with them" he concluded. "These are your fellow Americans. Cut them a break. They deserve it. And remember the alternative is disaster."