Before the clip above, both Jake Tapper and a South African reporter made notable statements. Tapper claimed the South African government does not release crime statistics by race. Why wouldn’t they share this data? It’s because they don’t want the public to know details.
The South African reporter, also before this clip, praised the president of South Africa. Then he mentioned that the South African police sometimes provide race-based crime statistics. He stated most people who “die from the farms” are Black people. He also claimed right-wing groups in South Africa exaggerate a crisis specifically affecting White farmers. Additionally, he referenced the White minister of agriculture, saying that the situation for White farmers isn’t really a genocide.
If the White minister says it’s not a genocide, it must not be true. Because, of course, all White people love other White people and never lie—especially those in government.
I don’t trust a single word from Jake Tapper, this South African “reporter,” the South African police, or the South African government. The reporter’s phrasing—“most people who die from the farms”—is vague. It could imply farm accidents, not the murders that President Trump and others are highlighting.
The bottom line is that both White and Black people are being killed on South African farms. The government’s refusal to release race-based crime statistics proves they’re hiding the truth from the public. Instead of dismissing the stories of White farmers, it’s time we demand transparency and truth—a truth we’ll never get from the media or the South African government.
It’s predictable. President Trump emphasizes the murders of White farmers, while the media and South African government downplay it, focusing on Black deaths on farms to shift the narrative.