Fox News guests Diamond & Silk say it was 'racially insensitive' for Democrat Steve Cohen to mock Barr with fried chicken


Rep. Steve Cohen's (D-Tenn.) chicken-themed antics at Attorney General William Barr's no-show House testimony on Thursday was so over-the-top that Stephen Colbert's Late Show kicked off Thursday night's show by poking fun at him.
Friday morning's Fox & Friends hosts mocked Cohen a little harder, focusing on his KFC breakfast — Barr was "chicken" for not showing up to face Democrats' questions — but when they asked contributors Diamond & Silk for their reaction, things got a little ... strange.
Cohen and Barr are both white, and making eating fried chicken about race seems a little ... racially insensitive?
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