(NewsNation) — Chris Cuomo and Bill O'Reilly disagree on whether race is a factor in the Trump administration's crackdown on crime in Washington, D.C.

O'Reilly, the host of "No Spin News," joined "CUOMO" on Wednesday to discuss the deployment of the National Guard in urban areas of the nation's capital.

"The reason the National Guard and the FBI and the marshals are in D.C. is because President Trump is personally offended by the look of the city and the tone of the city. Simple as that, there's nothing to do with race," O'Reilly said.

Race insertion is 'garbage': Bill O'Reilly

He described the insertion of race into the discussion as "the usual phony garbage."

Cuomo argued it "of course" has to do with race, given, in his opinion, America will often "confuse criminality with race."

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