Gianno Caldwell has proven himself a reliable Republican pundit. He's made several appearances on Fox News, and in the past, has had supportive things to say about our president.

However, recent events have Caldwell singing a different tune. Like many, he was shocked and outraged by the events in Charlottesville. And like many other Americans, Caldwell waited for his president to make a statement, to come out swinging against hate, intolerance and un-American behavior.

Caldwell watched with the nation as the president gave his New York press conference this week.

And came away saddened. And disturbed. 

Something else happened this week, too. Citizens took it upon themselves to drag down a Confederate monument.

Fox News called up him up to talk about that. And as he has so many times before, Caldwell came on.

Abby Huntsman asked about the CSA monuments. The Democrat the show had invited, Wendy Osefo, responded as one might imagine.

But Caldwell wasn't about to let his time on national television go to waste.

“I come today with a very heavy heart,” he started. “Last night, I couldn’t sleep at all because President Trump, our president, has literally betrayed the conscience of our country.”

Like a Catholic in confessional, Caldwell continued to speak, words pouring out of him, barely taking a breath, fighting tears.

"The very moral fabric in which we’ve made progress when it comes to race relations in America? He’s failed us, and it’s very unfortunate that our president would say things like he did in that press conference yesterday when he says, ‘There are good people on the side of the Nazis. They weren’t all Nazis and they weren’t all white supremacists.' Mr. President, good people don’t pal around with Nazis and white supremacists. Maybe they don’t consider themselves white supremacists and Nazis, but certainly, they hold those views."

Huntsman attempted to reel the conversation back to the removal of Confederate monuments, saying, "We're talking about, Gianno, about the debate about these statues and whether or not they should stand."

Caldwell was not about to be deterred.

He gave a quick answer about the monuments, before pivoting again to the president, arguing that the presidents words do nothing but embolden people to become vigilantes.

"If you have a president in office who is a moral leader, who should be a moral leader, who is saying things that people believe, they may take actions into their own hands." 

He finished by saying that the president's words this week weren't just hurtful to minorities, but also to white Americans who fought for equality: Quakers, abolitionists, Freedom Riders and BLM allies all.

All the while, his Democratic counterpart nodded her head, and was even brought to tears, looking for all the world like she was in church crying, "Amen."

Talk about crossing the aisle.

Caldwell didn't stop once he got off the air either. Like the president does, he took to Twitter:

Watch the full emotional segment below:

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