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The presenter said: "There’s no point pretending it’s anything other than embarrassing and disappointing."
"I know what you're trying to do - you want me to say Muslims," the Tory leadership hopeful said.
The deputy prime minister has also become embroiled in the controversy.
"I'm not going to stray into American democracy," the foreign secretary said.
The PM made it clear the violent riots would not make him change government policy "one bit".
"It makes me pretty angry that they've left the country in this sort of state," Rachel Reeves said.
"We are going to make different decisions, things aren’t going to carry on as they were," the chancellor said.
The BBC has insisted the exchange with Ed Deavey was "courteous, fair and duly impartial".
The Reform UK leader said "MPs from all sides now are increasingly at risk" of attack.
Former health secretary Victoria Atkins made the claim 48 hours after her party endured a historic defeat at the polls.