Rep. Wilson: ‘Empty Barrel’ Used by W.H. Chief of Staff Kelly to Describe Me, Is a ‘Racist Term’

‘We looked it up in the dictionary because I had never heard of an empty barrel’

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CAMEROTA: "Well, his point was, I think, that — though you’re right, he didn’t get the facts right on that, was that empty barrels make the most noise. And he was using that — he was likening that to you. Basically that you’re —"
WILSON: "Okay. That’s a racist term too. I’m thinking about that one. We looked it up in the dictionary because I had never heard of an empty barrel. And I don’t like to be dragged into something like that. The only thing I want to be dragged into right now is bringing back our girls who are the victims of Boko Haram in Nigeria."

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