'Go straight to hell': Angela Rye smacks Bill O'Reilly for racial attack on Maxine Waters' hair

CNN contributor Angela Rye lashed out at Fox News host Bill O'Reilly on Tuesday after he mocked Rep. Maxine Waters (D-CA) for wearing a "James Brown wig."

During an appearance on Fox & Friends on Tuesday morning, O'Reilly refused to comment on Waters' recent assertion that Democrats were more patriotic than Republican lawmakers who have turned a blind eye to President Donald Trump's destruction of America.

"I didn't hear a word [Maxine Waters] said," O'Reilly quipped, according to Media Matters. "I was looking at the James Brown wig. If we have a picture of James, it's the same wig.

Rye fired back at O'Reilly in a tweet on Tuesday.

In a statement released later on Tuesday, O'Reilly apologized for his comments: "As I have said many times, I respect Congresswoman Maxine Waters for being sincere in her beliefs. I said that again today on Fox & Friends calling her 'old school.' Unfortunately, I also made a jest about her hair which was dumb. I apologize."