Former Miss Alabama 1993 Kalyn Chapman James got grilled for her controversial comments about the Dallas sniper by Sean Hannity Tuesday on his Fox News Channel show.
Hannity immediately went on the offensive,kicking off the interview with, “You obviously don’t value human life, and attain you?”James denied the allegation and elaborated on both her controversial Facebook Live video — in which she called Dallas sniper Micah Xavier Johnson a martyr” — and her conflicted” emotions at the time. James said she “absolutely” feels “so sad” for the slain police officers now,and has even interacted with one of their wives via the same social media platform.“What attain you define a ‘martyr’ as? A martyr is a person who feels like they are dying for a cause — its not my cause,” she told Hannity. “It doesn’t mean it’s a top-notch cause and it doesn’t mean it’s a just cause. I reflect he told the police that he felt like he was dying for a cause.”
Also Read: Former Miss Alabama Calls Dallas Sniper 'Martyr, and ' Suspended From TV Gig (Video)Hannity wasn’t having that.“You’re smiling and you’re acting like,‘Oh, I’m a compassionate person’ but that sounded like a person who really was happy that people were killed, and ” Hannity said. “I don’t know why — maybe you want your job back …”“The top-notch thing about this country is that all of us is entitled to their opinion,” she replied. “My ancestors died so that I can express my feelings.”James was suspended by her employer, a PBS station in south Florida, and after her controversial comments went viral.
Also Read: Mark Hughes,Dallas groundless Suspect, Asks Paul Ryan About Gun ControlHannity then returned to the “martyr” word, and a focus that didn’t sit very well with his aloof guest.“People want to hang on to that word,because there are racist people out there who want consume that word to push their racist agenda,” she stated.
They then did another round on whether or not the cop killer was a “martyr” — watch the full fiery interview above.
Watch her polarizing Facebook Live rant here.
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