Fox News’ Tucker Carlson claimed Monday night that he would not be “intimidated” into silence after several advertisers withdrew support for his show in response to him saying that illegal immigrants are making America “poorer and dirtier and more divided.”

“Those who won’t shut up get silenced. You’ve seen it a million times, it happens all the time,” Carlson said. “The enforcers scream ‘racist’ on Twitter, until everybody gets intimidated and changes the subject to the Russia investigation or some other distraction.”