>> Tucker: DEMOCRATIC
LEADERS DOWNPLAYED THE ODDS
THEY WILL TRY TO IMPEACH THE
PRESIDENT.
I WILL NEVER HAPPEN.
YOU ARE BEING PARANOID!
THAT'S WHAT THEY SAID BEFORE
THE ELECTION.
TURNS OUT, WHAT WE KNEW ALLW
ALONG IS TRUE.
THEY MAY NOT IN THE END BE
ABLE TO CONTAIN THEIR PARTY'S
OWN BASE.
RETREATED TO LEAVE AS A NEWLY
ELECTED DEMOCRATIC CONGRESS
REMOTE FROM THE OF MICHIGAN.
BY MoveOn.org, SHE DELIVERED
AT A THURSDAY NIGHT EVENT HOSTED
A VULGAR PROMISE ABOUT WHAT
HER PARTY WOULD ACCOMPLISH
THIS YEAR.A
WATCH THIS.
>> WHEN YOUR SON LOOKS AT YOU
AND SAID MAMA, LOOK, YOU WON.
BULLIESOU DON'T WIN.
I SAID, BABY, THEY DON'T.
WE'RE GOING TO GO IN THERE AND
WE ARE GOING TO IMPEACH THE
[BLEEP]!
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
>> Tucker: SHE'S IMPRESSIVE.
THE AMAZINGS THING IS THE
MoveOn.org WAS FOUNDED -- I
REMEMBER WHEN THIS HAPPENED --
TO OPPOSE IMPEACHMENT OF BILL
CLINTON 20 YEARS AGO.
HUH.
INTERESTING.
TIMES CHANGE.
LISA BOOTHE IS FOLLOWING THE
STORY AND JOINS US TONIGHT.
HEY, LISA.
>> THERE IS A LITTLE BIT OF
IRONY.
SHE SAID THIS AT A
MoveOn.org EVENT.
OBVIOUSLYY STARTED TO ENCOURAGE
CONGRESS TO CENSURE AND MOVE
ON.
SHE DOES NOT WANT TO DO THAT
WITH PRESIDENT TRUMP.
SO LITTLE BIT OF IRONY THERE.
THIS IS NOT THE FIRST TIME SHEHE
CALLED FOR PRESIDENT TRUMP'S
IMPEACHMENT EITHER.
SHE TWEETED ABOUT THIS A MONTH
AGO AS WELL.
CLEARLY THIS IS SOMETHING SHE
FULLY BELIEVESLY IN.
>> Tucker: IT'S SO INTERESTING
THAT A GROUP LIKE MoveOn.org,
WHICH STARTED WITH SOME
PRINCIPLE BEHIND IT, IS
COMPLETELY DISHONEST WITHOUT
ANY PRINCIPLES AT ALL.
IT'S LIKE, WHATEVER IT TAKES TO
ACHIEVE POWER, WE'RE FOR.
DOES ANYONE EVER SAY THAT?
>> NO, THEY DON'T.
WE ARE ONLY IN THE FIRST --
THIS IS THE FIRST WEEK, NOT
EVEN A FULL WEEK OF THE
116th CONGRESS.
>> Tucker: [LAUGHS]
>> THIS IS WHAT HAPPENED THIS
WEEK.
YOU HAVE COMMENTS FROM RASHIDA
TLAIB.
JONATHAN, COMPARED PRESIDENT
TRUMP TO HITLER.
ANOTHER MEMBER OF CONGRESS
INTRODUCE LEGISLATION TO
ABOLISH THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE.
ANOTHER ONE THAT BROUGHT FORTH
ARTICLESR OF IMPEACHMENT.
IT'S BEEN A BANNER WEEK FOR
DEMOCRATS, NOT EVEN THE FIRST
FULL WEEK IN CONGRESS.
THIS IS WHAT WE ARE FACING FOR
NEXT TWO YEARS.
BUCKLE UP.
>> Tucker: I DON'T KNOW IF YOU
FOLLOWED UP ON THE STORY.
HANK JOHNSON FROM
ATLANTA, THE DEMOCRAT FROM
ATLANTA, SAID IN A HEARING HE
WORRIED GUAM THE ISLAND MIGHT
CAPSIZE, FLIP OVER, IF TOO MANY
AMERICAN TROOPS WERE PLACED ON
ONE END OF IT.
DID GUAM EVER CAPSIZE?
DID YOU KNOW?
DID YOU EVER FALL FOLLOW THA?
>> I DID SOME RESEARCH
AND IT DID NOT.
>> Tucker: NOT ALL FEARS
COME TRUE.
>> HIS FORESHADOWING WAS OFF
THERE.
[LAUGHTER]
>> Tucker: I KIND OF LIKE
HANK JOHNSON.
I CAN'T HELP MYSELF.
LISA BOOTHE, IT IS SO GREAT TO
SEE YOU, AS ALWAYS.
>> GOOD TO SEE YOU, TOO, TUCKER.
BYE.
>> Tucker: WE OFTEN HEAR
PEOPLE SAY DONALD TRUMP DRIVEN
THE AMERICAN LEFT CRAZY.
THAT IS A TALKING POINT
OBVIOUSLY.
BUT ALSO INCREASINGLY TRUE.
NOT JUSTRA FIGURATIVELY CRAZY,
MEANING ZANY OR ECCENTRIC OR
RED IN THE FACE MAD.
BUT ACTUALLY CRAZY.
MEANING DELUSIONAL, NEEDS HELP,C
DANGEROUS TO SELF AND OTHERS.
HERE'S A GUY CALLED DONNIE
DEUTSCHE READING ALOUD FROM A
DREAM JOURNEY
ON MSNBC, KEEP IN MIND AS HE
WATCHED D THIS, HE CAN APPEARS O
BE COMPLETELY SERIOUS.
>> THIS IS ALL THAT DONALD HAS
LEFT.
THIS WALL IS NOT A WALL.
IT'S LET'S KEEP AMERICA WHITE
AGAIN.
SOMETHING THAT TALKS THE 39,
40, 41% BASE THAT SAYS THE
BLACK MAN, JEWISH MAN, BANKER
MAN COMING TO TAKE YOUR LIFE.
YOU ARE NOT IN THE POSITION
YOU ARE IN BECAUSE OF YOU,
IT'S BECAUSE OF EVERYTHING
ELSE.
THAT IS ALL HE HAS LEFT.
>> Tucker: TAKE YOUR WIFE?
THAT WAS BIZARRE.
WHAT DOES IT MEAN?
WHO M KNOWS.
MUCH EASIER TO INTERPRET IS RICK
WILSON.
WILSON IS A SEMIOBSCURE
CONSULTANT WHO WAS HELD JUST
ENOUGH LOW-LEVEL POLITICAL JOBS
THAT CABLE TELEVISION PRODUCERS
CAN BILL HIM AS A REPUBLICAN
STRATEGIST.
WILSON SEEMS TO SPEND MOST OF
HIS LIFE OPINING IN A SHOUT
FEST THAT THE OTHER CHANNEL
SPECIALIZES IN.
HE IS OFTEN SHOUTING THE
LOUDEST.
WHAT MAKES WILSON NOTABLE, LIKE
SO MANY ON THE LEFT, HE MOVED
ON FROM HATING TRUMP TO HATING
PEOPLE WHO VOTED FOR TRUMP,
WHICH IS TO SAY A LOT OF THE
COUNTRY.
THIS IS WILSON LAST NIGHT ON
CNN.
>> THE WALL HAS ALWAYS BEEN A
CON FOR DONALD TRUMP'S
CREDULOUS, RUDE, TIN-TOOTH
BASE.
THE WALL HAS ALWAYS BEEN A SCAM.
IT HAS ALWAYS BEEN A LIE.
WALL HASBOUT THE
EVER BEEN REAL.
AND DONALD TRUMP KNOWS IT.
IT SEEMS TO WORK WITH HIS
BASE.
BECAUSE THEY BELIEVE IT OVER
AND OVER AGAIN THAT NOTHING
WILL STOP THE N BROWN HORDE
EXCEPT THE WALL.
>> Tucker: PAYS TEN
TOOTHPASTE.
IMAGINE MOCKING PEOPLE WHO CAN'T
AFFORD TO FIX
AFFORD TO FIX THEIR ROTTING
TEETH.
THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO
DID VOTE FOR TRUMP IN THE HOPE
HE WOULD CARE ABOUT THEM OR NOT
RUB THEIR FACES IN THE
POVERTY.
WHAT A CRUEL AND AWFUL THING TO
SAY.
DOES IT OCCUR TO HIM THAT
MAYBE PEOPLE WHO LOSE THEIR
CARE?
TEETH BECAUSE OF CHEAPER DENTAL
MAYBE WASHINGTON COULD HELP WITH
THAT.
NO.
IT'S EASIER TO MAKE FUN OF
THEM AND GET RICH DOING IT,
SOMETHING THAT WILSON
SPECIALIZES IN.
>> THE PICTURE OF THE CRUELTY
OF THE ADMINISTRATION IS
DELIBERATE.
THEIR CORE SUPPORTERS WANT
ANYONE WHO IS DARKER THAN A
LATTE DEPORTED.
>> Tucker: OH, SO NOT ONLY ARE
THOSE POOR, TOOTHLESS AMERICANS
UGLY, THEY ARE RACIST NOW, TOO.
THEY ARE BAD PEOPLE.
IT'S OKAY NOT TO CARE ABOUT
THEM.
THEY CAN DIE YOUNG OF
DIABETES AND OVERDOSES AND WE
CAN FEEL FINE ABOUT IT.
RICK WILSON CAN KEEP TAKING
PICTURES OF HIMSELF INSIDE
PRIVATE AIRPLANES, SECURE THE
KNOWLEDGE THAT THE DUMMIES WITH
BAD TEETH DESERVE EVERYTHING
THEY GET.
THEY ARE IMMORAL, UNLIKE RICK
WILSON.
VICTOR DAVID HANSON IS A FELLOW
AT THE HOOVER INSTITUTION AND HE
JOINS US TONIGHT.
PRESSER, THANKS VERY MUCH FOR
I KEEP NOTING THIS PHENOMENON
COMING ON.WH
WHERE THE FURTHER BEHIND MIDDLE
AMERICA, RURAL AMERICA, FALLS,
THE LONGER, YOU KNOW, THE DEATH
RATE CONTINUES TO RISE, THE LIFE
EXPECTANCY CONTINUES TO FALL.
THE MORE THE PEOPLE IN CHARGE
HATE RURAL AMERICA, THEY HATE
THE PEOPLE WHO ARE SUFFERING
THE MOST.
WHY IS THAT?
>> I DON'T KNOW.
I'M SPEAKING FROM RURAL
AMERICA AND I CAN TELLL YOU
THAT IT'S PHENOMENAL WHEN YOU
SEE CONCRETE EVIDENCE AND THE
EMPIRICAL FASHION OF WHEN YOU
HAVE THE 3% ANNUAL G.D.P.
GROWTH OR RECORD LOW
PEACETIME UNEMPLOYMENT OR
300,000 JOBS CREATED IN A
YEAR.
THAT'S A MORAL ACT, TUCKER.
THE LATINO POPULATION, I LIVE IN
A COMMUNITY THAT IS 90% LATINO.
IS AT THE RECORD LOWS.
YOU CAN SEE IT.
PEOPLE ARE UP.
THEY ARE WORKING, THEY HAVE MORE
DISPOSABLE INCOME.
BUT RATHER THAN FIXATE ON THAT
OR CRITIQUE IT, WE GET BACK TO
NOT ONLY IS TRUMP A NAZI, BOTH
OF THE CLIPS, THE SPEAKERS,
CALLED TRUMP AND SUPPORTERS IN
THE PAST NAZI-LIKE, BUT THIS
IS AN ATTACK ON PEOPLE.
I THOUGHT THAT WAS THE PURPOSE
OF THE POLITICALLY CORRECT
MOVEMENT.
YOU DON'T STEREOTYPE AN
INDIVIDUAL BY DEMONIZING AN
ENTIRE GROUP.
WE GOT TO REMEMBER THIS IS
NOT NEW, TUCKER.
ALL WILSON WAS DOING IS
RECHANNELING, I THINK HIS NAME
WAS CAPUTO, A POLITICAL
REPORTER, THREE OR FOUR MONTHS
AGO, WENT TO A RALLY TO
SAY ONE PERSON HAD MORE TEETH
YOU REMEMBER PETER STROZK
THAN EVERYBODY IN THE RALLY.
SAYINGU HE WENT TO A SOUTHERN
VIRGINIA WALMART AND COULD
SMELL THE TRUMP REPORTER.
THERE IS ANOTHER F.B.I.
PERSON THAT SAID THE TRUMP
REPORTERS WERE P.O.S.
PIECES OF BLANK.
THIS IS THE UNDERBELLY OF THE
DEPLORABLES, THE IRREDEEMABLE
AND CLINGERS THAT OBAMA AND
CLINTON USED.
IT'S REALLY IRONIC BECAUSE THEY
ARE VERY ELITE THEMSELVES.
THEY THINK THAT BY MAKING FUN
OF THE POOR WHITE AND MOSTLY
PEOPLE, THAT EARNS THEM THEIR
POOR WHITE WORKING CLASS
AN EXEMPTION OF THEIR OWN
PRIVILEGE AS BEING PRIVILEGED,
ELITE WHITE PEOPLE.
WILSON CALLED JEWISH PEOPLE
TERMITES, CHANNELING FARRAKHAN.
AND THEY BELIEVE THEY ARE
EXEMPTION BECAUSE THEY HAVE
THE VICTIM STATUS AND THEY CAN
SAY WHATEVER THEY WANT.
IT'S A SAD COMMENTARY WHEN THE
ENTIRE POLITICAL CORRECT
MOVEMENT WAS DESIGNED TO NOT
ANDOFFENSIVE SPEECH
STEREOTYPE PEOPLE.
TURNS OUT TO BE NOTHING TO DO
WITH THE PRINCIPLE BUT POWER
ALL ALONG.
>> Tucker: YOU ARE A
HISTORIAN.
HAVE YOU EVER SEEN REVOLUTION
AIMED AT THEEL PEOPLE BELOW?
AREN'T MOST REVOLUTIONS FROM
BELOW TRYING TO TAKE POWER FROMO
THE PEOPLE IN CHARGE?
THIS THIS IS LIKE PEOPLE IN
CHARGE SUPPRESSING THE PEOPLE
THAT DON'T HAVE POWER.
>> YEAH.
I THINK WHAT WE HAVE, WE HAVE
A VERSAILLES ARISTOCRACY.
THEY ARE WORRIED THAT PEOPLE
OUTSIDE THE GATES OF BURSAE ARE
GETTING RESTLESS.
WE ACTUALLY SAW THIS IN FRANCE.
I THINK THEY UNDERSTAND
WHATEVER THEY WERE DOING, THAT
WAS A DEVOTION TO THE
GLOBALIZATION.
OPTIONAL WARS OVERSEAS,
STAGNANT ECONOMY.
THE GREEN INITIATIVE THAT WAS
HURTING PEOPLE IN THE MIDDLE.
A LOT OF PEOPLE WERE HURT BY
IT.
WE CREATED TWO AMERICAS.
THEY ARE ON THE WINNING COAST
AND THEY HAD TO DEVELOP SOME E
TYPE OF REASON TO EXPLAIN WHY
PEOPLE IN THE
MIDDLE WERE NOT
DOING WELL.
RATHER THAN SAYING THE JOBS
WERE OUTSOURCED OR WE WERE
OFFSHORING OR NEGLECTING THE
MANUFACTURING, THEY CAME UP
WITH A SELF-FULFILLING
PROPHECY.
THEY DON'T HAVE TEETH.
THEY STINK.
THEY ARE NOT EDUCATED.
THEY ARE WORRIED ABOUT THE
MANHOOD.TO
THAT EXPLAINS, YOU KNOW, "A"
TO "Z" WHY THEY ARE NOT DOING
AS WELL AS PEOPLE IN MALIBU OR
THE UPPER WEST M SIDE.
PEOPLE ARE SICK OF IT.
THEY'RE HYPOCRITES.
RICK WILSON WENT AROUND IN
2012 IN A RED PICKUP AND
BRAGGED HE CARRIED A KNIFE AND
HE WAS GOING TO CONNECT WITH
THE REAL PEOPLE AND HELP MITT
ROMNEY GET OVER HIS ISOLATION
ON WALL STREET.
WHATEVER, IF IT PAID BETTER
THEY WOULD DO SOMETHING ELSE.
IF BARACK OBAMA WANTED TO
BUILD A WALL, AND HE DID AT ONE
TIME, AS DID HILLARY CLINTON,
THEY WOULD SAY THE WALL IS THE
GREATEST THING SINCE SLICED
BREAD.
IT'S POLITICAL PROSTITUTION.
IT'S SAD BECAUSE WE HAVE A
REVOLUTIONARY ECONOMIC AND
FOREIGN POLICY CYCLE GOING ON
THAT IS HELPING MILLIONS OF
PEOPLE.
IF THEY DON'T LIKE IT, THEY
SHOULD CRITICIZE IT ON THE
PRINCIPLE.
BRING FACTS.
TALK ABOUT THE DEBT.
>>P Tucker: STOP ATTACKING
AMERICAN CITIZENS.
IT'S TOTALLY FINE TO ATTACK
POLITICIANS, INCLUDING TRUMP, BY
THE WAY.
BUT WHEN YOU TURN AROUND AND
ATTACK TENS OF MILLIONS OF
YOUR OWN O COUNTRYMEN, SOMETHING
IS WRONG.
I THINK.
VICTOR DAVIS HANSEN, THANK YOU
SO MUCH.
>> I THINK SO, TOO.
>> Tucker: GREAT TO SEE YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
>> Tucker: BERNIE SANDERS
COULD RUN FOR PRESIDENT ONCE
AGAIN.
HE MAY.
BUT NOW THE LEFT IS MOUNTING A
#MeToo CAMPAIGN AGAINST HIM.
IS IT FAIR?
IS THEREHE SOME OTHER REASON
THEY ARE DOING THAT?
AFTER THE BREAK WE EXPLAIN.
♪ ♪
>> Tucker: NO SECRET CITIES
ARE THE ECONOMIC HUB OF
AMERICA NOW.
150 YEARS AGO YOUNG PEOPLE
>> Tucker: IT'S NO SECRET THAT
CITIES ARE THE ECONOMIC HUB OF
AMERICA NOW.R.
150 YEARS AGO, YOUNG PEOPLE
LOOKING FOR OPPORTUNITY
SETTLED THE FRONTIER.
NEW YORK, SAN FRANCISCO, BOSTON
AND WALK.
IN FACT, THOSE FOUR CITIES
ACCOUNTED FOR THE MAJORITY OF
THE PLACES LAST YEAR
GRADUATING CLASS AT HARVARD
WENT.
WHY?
THAT IS WHERE THE JOBS ARE.
RURAL COUNTIES ARE SHRINKING.
SO THAT IS A SUCCESS FOR THE
CITIES.
CORRECT?
BUT THERE IS ANOTHER SIDE TO
IT.
CITIES MAY HAVE THE JOBS FOR
YOUNG PEOPLE BUT THEY DON'T
OFFER THE LIFE THAT AMERICA
USED TO GIVE CHILDREN.
HOMESS ARE MUCH MORE EXPENSIVE.
PUBLIC SCHOOLS ARE OFTEN
AWFUL.
ALMOST ALWAYS AWFUL.
IF THE JOBS PAY MORE, IT'S NOT
ENOUGH TO OFFSET RISING COST
OF HEALTHCARE AND SERVICING
STUDENT LOANS.LT
AS A RESULT OF THIS,
SOMETHING DRAMATIC AND NOT
OFTEN NOTED HAPPENING IN THE
AMERICAN CITIES.NG
EVEN THOUGH THAT IS WHERE THE
YOUNG PEOPLE LIVE, NOBODY IN
THE CITIES IS HAVING CHILDREN.
BIRTHRATES ARE FALLING
EVERYWHERE IN AMERICA WITH THE
MOST DRAMATIC DROP BY FAR HAS
BEEN IN THE URBAN AREAS.
ACCORDING TO THE C.D.C., FROM
2007-2017, BIRTHRATES IN MAJOR
CITIES FELL BY ALMOST 20%.
AT THIS POINT, THE CITY OF
SAN FRANCISCO HAS MORE PET DOGS
THAN IT HAS CHILDREN.
IF THIS CONTINUES, IF THE
TREND PERSISTS, IT DOESN'T
MATTER HOW MANY JOBS IT HAS.
IF SOCIETY CAN'T REPRODUCE
ITSELF, IT HAS, BY DEFINITION,
FAILED.
OUR CITIES ARE FAILING BY THE
MOST BASIC MEASURE AND NO ONE IS
PAYING ATTENTION.
WE ARE, THOUGH.
BERNIE SANDERS MAY RUN FOR
PRESIDENT AGAIN THIS YEAR.
BUT BEFORE THAT CAMPAIGN CAN
BEGIN, THE MEDIA ARE TARGETING
HIM OVER THE DEEDS HE APPARENTLY
COMMITTED IN 2016.
NOT POLICY DECISIONS MADE.
BUT #MeToo MATTERS.
A SERIES OF "NEW YORK TIMES"
REPORTS ACCUSES THE SANDERS
CAMPAIGN OF HAVING A TOXIC,F
SEXIST ATMOSPHERE WHERE THE
WOMEN WERE ROUTINELY
MISTREATED WITHOUT ANY
CONSEQUENCES.
ASKED ABOUT THIS RECENTLY,
SANDERS SAID HE DIDN'T KNOW.
HE WAS BUSY TRYING TO BECOME
PRESIDENT.
>> I AM NOT GOING TO SIT HERE
AND TELL YOU THAT WE DID
EVERYTHING RIGHT IN TERMS OF
HUMAN RESOURCES, IN TERMS OF
ADDRESSING THE NEEDS I'M N
HEARING NOW THAT WOMEN FELT
DISRESPECTED, THAT THERE WAS
SEXUAL HARASSMENT WHICH WAS NOT
DEALT WITH AS EFFECTIVELY AS
POSSIBLE.
>> YOU SEEM TO SAY THAT YOU
DID NOT KNOW AT THE TIME ABOUT
THE ALLEGATIONS.
IS THAT CORRECT?
>> YES. T
I WAS A LITTLE BIT BUSY
RUNNING AROUND THE COUNTRY
TRYING TO MAKE THE CASE.
>> Tucker: ALLIE BETH STUCKEY
IS A PODCAST COAST AND SHE JOINS
US TONIGHT.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR COMING ON.
>> THANK YOU.
>> Tucker: I'M NOT SURE WHAT
TO MAKE OF THIS.
ONE HAND THERE IS AN IRONY
STORY THAT THE PROGRESSIVE
CAMPAIGN HAD AN ENVIRONMENT
THAT WOMEN FELT THREATENED BY.
ON THE OTHER HAND, YOU HAVE TO
WONDER, ARE THESE STORIES PLANTS
FROM ANOTHER DEMOCRATIC
CAMPAIGN?
WHAT DO YOU THINK THIS IS?
>> I'M NOT SURE ABOUT THAT.
I THINK THIS IS A SAD
SITUATION.
APPARENTLY THERE ARE CAMPAIGN
WORKERS WHO HAVE BEEN BRINGING
THIS TO THERI ATTENTION OF
BERNIE SANDERS AND THOSE
AROUND HIM SINCE 2017.
ACCORDING TO THEM, THIS IS THE
FIRST TIME THAT THEY HAVE
HEARD FROM BERNIE SANDERS,
ACTUALLY ACKNOWLEDGING THAT
THIS WAS A PROBLEM.
SO I DON'T THINK IT ISIS
EXCLUSIVE TO HIS CAMPAIGN.
WE KNOW IT'S NOT EXCLUSIVE TOO
HIS CAMPAIGN.
BUT THERE IS A SPECIAL IRONY
IN SOMEONE LIKE BERNIE SANDERS
SAYING, I'M REALLY SORRY.
I WAS TOO BUSY TO WORRY ABOUT
HARASSMENT WHEN HE JUST VERY
RECENTLY MADE IMPASSIONED PLEA
TO THE PRESIDENT, OR TO MAKE
SURE WE DIDN'T CONFIRM
KAVANAUGH BECAUSE HE WASN'T AUG
"CHOIR BOY."
WE HAD TO BELIEVE ALL WOMEN.
IT DOESN'T SEEM LIKE HE HAS
THE SAME CONSIDERATION FOR THE
WOMEN ON HIS STAFF.
>> Tucker: WHAT KIND OF
ANSWER IS THAT IN 2019?
WHEN EXQUISITE SENSITIVITY IS
WAS BUSY.
REQUIRED TO SAY, YOU KNOW, I
I HAD OTHER PRIORITIES.
ARE YOU ALLOWED TO SAY THAT,
PARTICULARLY IF YOU'RE A
PROGRESSIVE STANDARD BEARER
LIKE BERNIE SANDERS?
I WAS BUSY.
IS THAT ADEQUATE?
>> CERTAINLY NOT.
CERTAINLY IF YOU ARE MAKING
ACCUSATIONS AGAINST SOMEONE
ELSE HE HAS.
THIS IS A GENERALIZATION WE
SEE FROM MANYIO PROGRESSIVES
THAT THE #MeToo MOVEMENT IS
MORE OF A CONSERVATIVEOV
PROBLEM, THAT WE ARE THE ONES
PERPETUATING THE TOXIC
MASCULINITY AND THE
PATRIARCHY AND IT DOESN'T SEEM
TO BE TRUE.
NO, I DON'T THINK IT WAS AN
ADEQUATE ANSWER.
HOPEFULLY HE WILL BE HELD
ACCOUNTABLE FOR THAT.
>> Tucker: YOU WHENEVER YOU GO
INTO A POLICY DEBATE ASSUMING
YOU ARE A GOOD PERSON, YOU WIND
UP EXCUSINGD YOUR OWN
CRAPPY BEHAVIOR.
I NEVER ASSUME I'M A GOOD
PERSON.
I JUST WANT TO GET TO THE
RIGHT ANSWER.
JILL ABRAMSON, THE PERSON WHO
RAN "THE NEW YORK TIMES" FOR A
OUT, ANDS A NEW BOOK
IN IT, SHE RECOUNTS THIS MOMENT
WHEN THE PUBLISHER OFF THE PAPER
WROTE A LETTER OF APOLOGY TO THE
FASCIST GOVERNMENT OF CHINA
AFTER THE "NEW YORK TIMES"
WRITTEN A STORY ABOUT
CORRUPTION IN CHINA.
THERE IS NO INDICATION
THAT THE STORY THAT
THE PAPER WROTE WAS FALSE.
THE PROBLEM WAS IT WAS IT
OFFENDED POWERFUL LEADERS IN
CHINA.
SO IN THE LETTER, THE "TIMES"
APOLOGIZED FOR "THE PERCEPTION"
THAT THE STORY CREATED ABOUT
THE TOTALITARIAN HELL HOLE. D
I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO SAY ABOUT
THIS.
I DON'T WANT TO BELIEVE THIS
IS TRUE.
BUT IF THIS TURNS OUT TO BE
THE CASE, THAT THE PUBLISHER OF
THE "NEW YORK TIMES"
APOLOGIZED TO THE FASCIST
GOVERNMENT OF CHINA FOR BEING
RUDE, IS THERE ANYTHING MORE
CRAVEN THAN THAT?
IS THERE ANYTHING THAT
CONTRAVENES THE BASIC
PRINCIPLES OF JOURNALISM MORE
THAN THAT?
>> IF IT IS TRUE, AND SHE
ALLEGES THAT IT IS, THE
PUBLISHER WAS EMBARRASSED
OUTED BY HER THAT HE HAD
WRITTEN THE LETTER ALL BY
APOLOGIZING BECAUSE HE WANTED
TO KEEP THE SITE A OPEN IN
CHINA.EC
THE "NEW YORK TIMES" IS STILL
BANNED IN CHINA.
HE WANTED TO MAKE SURE IT WASN'T
THE CASE.
THIS IS MAYBE NOT HIM EXACTLY
BUT THIS IS THE SAME- KIND OF
PRICE THAT PRESIDENT TRUMP AND
PEOPLE OVER HERE ARE SHUTTING
DOWN A FREE PRESS, YOU CAN'T
SIMULTANEOUSLY SAY THAT AND THE
THEN --
>> Tucker: WE LOST HER.
SHE WAS ON A ROLL.
SHE WAS ABSOLUTELY RIGHT.
YOU HAVE TO WONDER IF THAT
STORY IS TRUE, WHY DIDN'T
"THE TIMES" REPORT ON IT AT THE
TIME?
BY THE WAY, I THINK AROUND THE
TIME THIS HAPPENED, THE KID AT
THE MEDIAT REPORTER AT CNN WAS
THE MEDIA REPORTER AT THE "NEW
YORK TIMES."
DID HE REPORT ON THAT?
I DON'T REMEMBER READING THAT.
YOU ARE BACK.
TIMES" REPORT ON THIS?
WHY DIDN'T THE "NEW YORK
IF THE EDITOR KNEW THAT THE
PUBLISHER WAS SUCKING UP TO
THIS TOTALITARIAN GOVERNMENT
ON BEHALF OF THE PAPER, I NEVER
SAW A MENTION OF IT IN THE
PAPERS PAGES.
DID YOU?
>> RIGHT.S.
WE DON'T KNOW.
WE HAVE ALSO SEEN THAT
ABRAMSON SAID THEY ARE
PASSIONATELY ANTI-TRUMP.
THEY HAVE ALSO DENIED THAT.
WE KNOW THAT'S TRUE.
THEY JUST SEEM TO NOT BE ABLE TO
TAKE ON THAT SELF-AWARENESS.
BUTAW IF THEY ARE THE STRINGENT
REPORTERS AND THE JOURNALISTS
FIGHTING FOR THE FACTS THEN
THEY SHOULD OWN THE MISDEED OF
APPARENTLY THE ONE PUBLISHER
TO ACQUIESCE CENSORSHIP.
>> Tucker: THE PAPER IS A
JOKE.
I WISH THAT WEREN'T THE CASE.
THERE ARE SMART PEOPLE THERE
BUT IN GENERAL IT'S GARBAGE.
IT'S SAD.
ALLIE, HACKED BY CHINA
MID-SEGMENT.
THANK YOU FOR COMING ON.
>> THAT'S WHAT IT WAS.
MUST HAVE BEEN.
>> Tucker: APPRECIATE IT.
>> THANK>> YOU.
>> Tucker: WELL, YOU
REMEMBER PARKLAND DEPUTY SCOTT
PETERSON?
HE DID NOTHING TO STOP MASS
SHOOTER NIKOLAS CRUZ.
HE HID OUTSIDE.
HE WAS ALLOWED TO KEEP HIS
MASSIVE PENSION.
TAXPAYER MONEY FOR LIFE
OVER $100,000 A YEAR IN
ANYWAY.
WHY DID THAT HAPPEN?
WE WILL TELL YOU AFTER THE
BREAK. D
♪ ♪
>> Tucker: ONE OF THE MOST
DREADFUL AND THE FRUSTRATING
PARTS OF THERU HORRIFIC SCHOOL
SHOOTING THAT TOOK PLACE IN
PARKLAND, FLORIDA, WAS THE
ROLE PLAYED BY THE POLICE
DEPUTY CALLED SCOTT PETERSON.
PETERSON WAS ARMED AND RIGHT
ON THE SCENE BUT BECAUSE OF
COWARDICE, STAYED WHERE HE
WAS AND HE DIDN'T GO TO THE
SCENE.
DESPITE THIS, CLEARLY A
DERELICTION OF DUTY, PETERSON
WAS NOT T FIRED.
HE NOW DRAWS OVER $100,000 A
YEAR IN PENSION.
NOW WE HAVE A HINT TO WHY.
CORRESPONDENT MATT FINN,
FOX'S EXPERT ON PARKLAND AND
HE COVERED IT EXTENSIVELY FOR
US LAST YEAR.
HE JOINS USLY TONIGHT.
MATT, GOOD TO SEE YOU.
>> TUCKER, THIS WEEK THE
STONEMAN DOUGLAS COMMISSION
RELEASED A SCATHING 450-PAGE
REPORT.
THE INVESTIGATORS ON THE
COMMISSION INTERVIEWED
HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE AND PORED
OVER MASSIVE AMOUNTS OF
EVIDENCE AND DETERMINED THAT THE
SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICER, SCOTT
PETERSON'S, RESPONSE WAS,
"ABYSMAL."
AND THAT LAW ENFORCEMENT'S
RESPONSE OVERALL WAS A
FAILURE.
AND THAT THE MASSACRE WOULD
NOT HAVE HAPPENED IF THE
SHOOTER NIKOLAS CRUZ'S MENTAL
HEALTH ISSUES WERE ADEQUATELY
ADDRESSED.
ALSO THIS WEEK, THE LATEST IN
A SERIES OF REPORTS
QUESTIONING HOW DISGRACED
PARKLAND SCHOOL RESOURCE
OFFICER SCOTT PETERSON WAS
ABLE TO RETIRE WITH FULL
BENEFITS, SIX-FIGURE SALARY
EVEN THOUGH HE WAS CAUGHT ON
TAPE STANDING BY OUTSIDE..
INSTEAD OF RUSHING IN THE
PARKLAND SCHOOL TO STOP THE
SHOOTER FROM MURDERING MORE
STUDENTS.
A 2014 SCHOOL INCIDENT REPORT
FILED BY THE SCHOOL RESOURCE
OFFICER, SCOTT PETERSON, MIGHT
HOLD THE ANSWER.
THE REPORT INDICATES THAT
PETERSON'S BOSS, BROWARD
COUNTY SHERIFF SCOTT ISRAEL,
HAD A SON WHO WAS A STUDENT AT
STONEMAN DOUGLAS.
ACCORDING TO THE INCIDENT
REPORT, ASSISTED IN BATTERY
AND PERHAPS SEXUAL ASSAULT
AGAINST A FELLOW STUDENT.
PETERSON CALLED FOR THE
SHERIFF'S SON TO BE SUSPENDED,
INSTEAD OF REFERRING HIM FOR
CRIMINAL PROSECUTION.
PERHAPS A FAVOR SHERIFF
SCOTT ISRAEL NEVER FORGOT.
PARENTS CONSULTED SAID THEY
WERE OKAY WITHOUT THE LAW
ENFORCEMENT ACTION BECAUSE
THEY FELT IT WOULD CAUSE
TRAUMA TO THEIR SON.
THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE CONFIRMED
IT RECEIVED OUR REQUEST FOR A
COMMENT ON THE STORY.
WE DID NOT HEAR BACK.
NEXT WEEK,K, GOVERNOR ELECT RON
DeSANTIS WILL BE SWORN INTO
OFFICE AND HE HAS ALREADYDY
INDICATEDND HE IS CONSIDERING
SUSPENDING SHERIFF SCOTT
ISRAEL.
TUCKER?
>> Tucker: LONG OVERDUE.
MATT FINN, THANK YOU VERY
MUCH.
JEFF BALES, THE PRESIDENT OF
THE BROWARD COUNTY SHERIFF
DEPUTIES ASSOCIATION.
HE JOINS US TONIGHT.
THANK YOU VERYRY MUCH FOR COMING
ON.
>> THANK YOU.
>> Tucker: THE LAST PART OF
MATT FINN'S REPORT, ALSO
CORROBORATED BY A LONG PIECE
THIS MORNING, GREAT PIECE IN
THE REAL CLEAR POLITICS, TO
SUGGEST THAT THERE IS AT LEAST
AN APPEARANCE OF QUID PRO QUO
BETWEEN SHERIFF ISRAEL AND
THIS DEPUTY PETERSON.
IT'S CORRUPT IF TRUE.
DO YOU BELIEVE THAT IS WHAT
HAPPENED?
>> THERE IS ABSOLUTELY THE
APPEARANCE THAT THERE WAS
IMPROPRIETIES OF HOW THE CASE
WAS HANDLED.
ALL DAY, EVERY DAY.
THE REPORT MADE IS ABSOLUTELY
A FELONY THAT IS ALLEGED TO
HAVE HAPPENED TO THAT VICTIM.
DEPUTY PETERSON TOOK THE
REPORT, WHICH HE SHOULD HAVE,
AND HE DID COMPLETE OFFENSE
REPORT.
BUT IN THE BODY OF THE REPORT,
HE DESCRIBED T THE FELONY AS A
MISDEMEANOR TO JUSTIFY IT TO
FIT UNDER THE PROMISE PROGRAM
TO ALLOW THE SHERIFF'S SON TO
SKATE ANY TYPE OF CRIMINALNY
PROSECUTION OR SEVERE
PUNISHMENT.
AND IT WAS ALLOWED TO BE
REFERRED INTO THE PROMISE
PROGRAM WHERE HE WAS THEN ISSUED
THREE-DAY H SCHOOL SUSPENSION
INSTEAD OF A FELONY ON HIS
RECORD, WHICH IS WHAT SHOULD
HAVE BEEN THE, OUTCOME OF THE
CASE.>>
>> Tucker: PETERSON'S
BEHAVIOR, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER
THE TRUTH OF WHAT WE ARE
TALKING ABOUT, PETERSON'S
BEHAVIOR ON THE SCENE OF THE
SHOOTING THAT DAY IS
ESPECIALLY INFURIATING TO THE
LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS ING
KNOW PERSONALLY BECAUSE IT'S
SUCH A PERVERSION OF THE DUTY
OF A LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER,
WHICH IS TO PROTECT THE PUBLICCE
WITH COURAGE IF NECESSARY.
DO YOU THINK IT'S ODD HE
WASN'T FIRED FOR THAT?
>> TUCKER, WHAT WE SEE FROM
WITHIN THE BROWARD SHERIFF'S
OFFICE IS COMPLETELY DIFFERENT
FROM WHAT THE AVERAGE PERSON
ON THE OUTSIDE SEES LOOKING
INTO OUR OFFICE.
WE, AS THE EMPLOYEES, REALIZE
THERE ARE NUMEROUS PROBLEMS
WITHIN THE SHERIFF OFFICE THAT
ENCOURAGE BAD BEHAVIOR BY THE
COMMAND STAFF AND ENCOURAGE
THE BEHAVIOR BY THE PEOPLE
INSIDE THE SCHOOL, JUVENILES
GETTING AWAY WITH ARREST.
IT SEEMS LIKE THE DEPUTIES ARE
PUNISHED MORE FOR THE ACTIONS
THAN WHAT THE CRIMINALS GET
THROUGH THE JUVENILE JUSTICE
SYSTEM.
THIS IS WHY WE MADE
RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE
GOVERNOR WE NEED TO GET TOUGH
ON JUVENILE CRIME.
IN THEORY, THE PROMISE PROGRAM
KEEPS KIDS OUT OF PRISON.
BUT WE ARE NOT ARRESTING
JUVENILES OR SHOWING THEM
THERE ARE CONSEQUENCES FOR THE
ACTIONS.
WE ARE CREATING A PIPELINE FOR
THOSE KIDS TO GO INTO PRISON
INSTEAD OF STAYING OUT OF PRISON
BECAUSE WE ARE NOT SHOWING THEM
CONSEQUENCES FOR THEIR ACTIONS.
>> Tucker: WHAT ABOUT THE
OTHER KIDS THAT WANT TO LEARN
SOMETHING
AND GO TO COLLEGE?
WHAT IS THEIR EXPERIENCE LIKE
GOING TO SCHOOL WITH KIDS WHO
ARE OUT OF CONTROL?
>> THOSE ARE THE TRUE VICTIMS
IN THIS PROGRAM. K
YOU HAVE A SMALL PERCENTAGE OFN
THE KIDS THAT GO TO SCHOOL ON
A DAILY BASIS THAT DISRUPT THE
SCHOOL SYSTEM.
GOOD TEACHERS CANNOT TEACH IN
THE CLASSROOM BECAUSE THEY ARE
CONSTANTLY SPENDING 90% OF THE
TIME WITH 3% OF THE POPULATION
OF THE SCHOOL.
IF THEY CANNOT REFER KIDS TO
THE LAW ENFORCEMENT, BECAUSE
THEY ARE FORBIDDEN TO TELL
POLICE OFFICERS ON CAMPUS IF
THERE IS A CRIME OR NOT, AND
THEN THE SCHOOL ADMINISTRATOR
WILL TAKE A DECISION WHETHER TO
MAKE REPORT TO A POLICE OFFICER.
IF THEY DO, THEY TAKE AT IT
STEP FURTHER WHERE EACH CHILD
ALLOWED FOUR CRIMINAL OFFENSES
PER SCHOOL YEAR BEFORE WE ARE
ALLOWED AS THE DEPUTIES TO ACT
ON REASONABLE SUSPENSION AND
PROBABLE CAUSE.
THAT IS THE MAIN PROBLEM WITH
THE PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM TODAY.
WE HAVE SCHOOL
ADMINISTRATORS DICTATING TO
DEPUTIES, LAW ENFORCEMENT
OFFICERS, WHAT REASONABLE
SUSPICION AND PROBABLE
CAUSE IS.
WE NEED TO REMOVE POLITICS OUT
OF LAW ENFORCEMENT.
LET THE LAW ENFORCEMENT
PERSONNEL DO THEIR JOB.
TO KEEP OUR KIDS SAFE.IR
OTHERWISE WE WILL SEE THIS
TRAGEDY AGAIN AND AGAIN AND
AGAIN.S
>> Tucker: I SUSPECT SCOTT
ISRAEL IS NOT HELPING.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
IT'S GREAT TO SEE YOU.
I APPRECIATE THAT.
>> THANK YOU.
>> Tucker: AMERICA'S BORDERS
REMAIN OPEN. TONIGHT.
ITS MIDDLE CLASS IN DECLINE.
THE MILITARY GREATLY
OVERSTRETCHED.
MEANWHILE, THE MEDIA ARE ON
TOP OF IT.
THEY ARE ASKING NANCY PELOSI
WHICH ICE CREAM SHE PREFERS.
WE HAVE THE TAPE.
YOU'LL WANT TO STAY FOR IT.WH
♪ ♪
>> Tucker: WELL, THERE ISN'T
JUST ONE DRUG
>> Tucker: WELL, THERE ISN'T
JUST ONE DRUG CRISIS GOING ON
IN AMERICA AT THE MOMENT.
THERE IS ONE YOU READ ABOUT.
DRUG OVERDOSES MOSTLY BE
OPIOID.
FENTANYL PLAYS A BIG PART.
THOSE HAVE BEEN RISING FOR
YEARS AND KILLYS MORE EVERY YEAR
THAN THE ENTIRE VIETNAM WAR
DID OVER A DECADE.
SO THERE IS THAT.
IT'S HORRIBLE AND IT NEEDS MORE
ATTENTION.
BUT THEREE IS ANOTHER DRUG
CRISIS GOING ON.
IT MAY NOT BE AS DEADLY BUT
WORRYING B AND NO ONE MENTIONS
IT.
AT THIS MOMENT, MORE THAN ONE
IN SIX T AMERICAN ADULTS IS ON
SOME KIND OF PSYCHIATRIC DRUG.
AMONG AMERICANS OVER THE AGE
OF 12, ONE IN EIGHT TAKE
ANTIDEPRESSANTS.
A 65% INCREASE COMPARED TOS. 19.
20 YEARS AGO.
AMONG WOMEN, 16.5% ARE NOW ON
ANTIDEPRESSANTS.
ONE IN EVERY SIX WOMEN IN
AMERICA IS NOW TAKING A PILL
NJUST TO COPE WITH FEELING
MISERABLE.
WHAT IS GOING ON?
AFTER ANTI-DEPRESSSANTS, THE
MOST COMMON DRUGS ARE
ANTI-ANXIETY MEDICATIONS LIKE
XANAX.
THESE DRUGS ARE TYPICALLY VERY
ADDICTIVE AND ABUSIVE THEM HAVE
SOARED.
TRY TO GET OFF OF THEM, YOU CAN
DIE FROM WITHDRAWAL.
PEOPLE DO.
FRENZY FOR THE BRAIN PILLS IS
HITTING KIDS AS WELL.
ALMOST 10% OF ALL AMERICAN
CHILDREN DIAGNOSED WITH
SOMETHING CALLED ADHD BY THE
AGE OF 17.
HALF OF THOSE KIDS, FULLY HALF,
ONE IN 20 NATIONALLY, TAKE
MEDICATION FOR IT AND SOME OF
THE DRUGS ARE POWERFUL,
MORE THAN WE REALIZE.
ONE OF THE MOST FAMOUS ANTI-ADHD
DRUGS IS ADDERALL.
AN ADDICTIVE AMPHETAMINE.
BANNED IN JAPAN.
RARELY
PRESCRIBED IN EUROPE.
BUT IN AMERICA, MILLIONST
RECEIVE DIAGNOSIS AND RECEIVED
IT.
SINCE IT CAN IMPROVE FOCUS,
THERE IS AN UPSIDE,
ADDERALL IS ROUTINELY ABUSED
BY STUDENTS TO HELP WITH
ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE AND
ADULTS FOR DEMANDING JOBS.
FORGET USING COFFEE IN THE
MORNING.ER
IN THIS COUNTRY, MILLIONS OF
PEOPLE TAKE AMPHETAMINES TO
ADEQUATELY SERVICE THE MARKET.
IS IT MAKING THE COUNTRY
HAPPIER OR MAKING THE COUNTRY
MORE SANE?
OF COURSE NOT.
THE PROOF IS IN THE NUMBERS.
THE SUICIDE RATE IS HIGHEST ITOF
HAS BEEN IN HALF A CENTURY AND
STILL CLIMBING.
AMONG THOSE WHO HAVEN'T TAKEN
THEIR OWN LIVES, SELF-REPORTED
HAPPINESS IS LOWER THANG. IT WAS
A DECADE AGO.
THIS IS PARTICULARLY TRUE IN
OUR COUNTRY.
THIS IS NOT SOMETHING
HAPPENING WORLDWIDE.
THEY LOOKED AT THE
ANTIDEPRESSANT USE IN 25
WEALTHYY COUNTRIES AND THE
U.S. WAS FAR AHEAD OF EVERY
OTHER EXCEPT FOR ICELAND.
ANOTHER STUDY COMPARED AMERICAN
CHILDREN WITH GERMAN AND DUTCH
KIDS.
AMERICAN CHILDREN TAKE THREE
TIMES AS MANY PSYCHOTROPHIC
DRUGS TO FIGHT ADHD AND TWICE AS
MANY ANTIPSYCHOTIC DRUGS.
WE DON'T HAVE DATA FOR EVERY
COUNTRY WORLDWIDE, BUT IT SEEMS
POSSIBLE THAT AMERICAN
CHILDREN AND ADULTS ARE THE
MOST MEDICATED GROUP IN THE
WORLD.
WHY IS THIS HAPPENING AND IS
THE COUNTRY DOING ANYTHING
ABOUT IT?
TO THE EXTENT THAT THE COUNTRY
IS, WE LOOK FOR A NEW DRUG TO
FIX OUR PROBLEMS.
LEGALIZING MARIJUANA IS VERY
POPULAR.
A LOT OF REPUBLICANS ARE BEHIND
IT.
THE OBVIOUS DOWNSIDES ARE
POLITICIANS RAVE ABOUT THE TAX
SUPPRESSED.S.
REVENUE.
THE ADVOCATES DISCUSS THIS AT
POSTED MEDICAL BENEFITS OF
MARIJUANA.
ARE.
THERE MAY BE, THERE PROBABLY
BUT THERE ARE DOWNSIDES.
ONCE IT'S ILLEGALIZED
EVERYWHERE THERE WILL BE
ANOTHER DRUG THAT IS TOUTED AS
THE FIX.
WE ARE ALREADY SEEING THAT WITH
MICRO-DOSING FOR LSD.
AT SOME POINT, WE BEGIN TO
WONDER IS IT AMERICA'S BRAINS
SICK OR SOMETHING BIGGER GOING
ON?
MAYBE A PROBLEM WITH THE
SOCIETY.
PYEVERYWHERE YOU LOOK, THINGS
THAT MAKE PEOPLE HAPPY ARE
VANISHING.
MILES PER HOURS HAVE FEWER
CLOSE FRIENDS, GETTING MARRIED
LESS, FEWER CHILDREN, SOME ARE
HAVING NO CHILDREN BECAUSE
THEY CAN'T AFFORD IT IN A LOT
OF CASES.
THE FAMILIES ARE SMALLER AND
THEY LIVE FARTHER AWAY.
CONFIDENCE OF GOVERNMENT,EY
ALSO DECLINING, PEOPLE FEEL
LIKE THEY LOOK CONTROL OVER
THE LIVES.
DEMOGRAPHIC CHANGE MEANS MANY
AMERICANS DON'T RECOGNIZE
WHERE THEY GREW UP.
THEIR OWN TOWNS ARE
UNRECOGNIZABLE.
MANY CAN'T RELATE TO THE
NEIGHBORS AND SOMETIMES THEY
CAN'T UNDERSTAND THE LANGUAGE.
WE ARE TOLD WE ARE NOT SUPPOSED
TO WORRY ABOUT THIS, BUT IN REAL
LIFE, PEOPLE WORRY ABOUT THIS,
AND WHY WOULDN'T THEY?
AND MASSIVE OBESITY RUINING
PUBLIC HEALTH AND CAUSING
MISERY AS WELL.
THERE'S A LOT OF STUFF GOING ON.
BUT THE POINT IS, INSTEAD OF
ADDRESSING THE CRISISES,
POLITICIANS FOCUS ON THE
ECONOMIC GROWTH RATHER THAN
THE PROBLEMS THAT CAUSED ALL
OFWTBL THIS IN FIRST PLACE.
INCOME DOUBLED MORE THAN 40
YEARS AGO, BUT ARE WE BETTER
OFF?
PROBABLY NOT.
MAYBE WE SHOULD STOP AND THINK
ABOUT THAT FOR A MINUTE.
AS WE SAID, THERE IS A LOT
GOING ON IN AMERICA.
SO IT'S THE TIME TO ASK SERIOUS
QUESTIONS OF AMERICA'S
LEADERS, MAYBE EVEN THE NEW
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE.
CNN HAD A CHANCE TO TALK TO
WHAT DID THEY ASK?
NANCY PELOSI YESTERDAY.
ABOUT HER ICE CREAM CHOICES.
>> SHE ATTRIBUTES HER
BOUNDLESS ENERGY TO ITALIAN
GENES.
IT'S CERTAINLY NOT A BALANCED
DIET.
DARK CHOCOLATE AND ICE CREAM.
CHICAROS HER FAVORITE SINCE
SHE WAS A LITTLE GIRL.
>> THE CHOCOLATE.
NOT THE CHOCOLATE CHIP.
THE CHOCOLATE.
I LIKE MY CHOCOLATE
UNADULTERATED.
>> THAT WAS FASCINATING.T
SHE LIKES HER CHOCOLATE
UNADULTERATED.
>> NO WHITE CHOCOLATE OR MILK
CHOCOLATE.
DARK CHOCOLATE, PERIOD.
>> Tucker: DAN BONGINO IS A
FORMER SECRET SERVICE AGENT, AND
THE AUTHOR OF "SPYGATE: THE
ATTEMPTED SABOTAGE OF DONALD J.
TRUMP."
DAN BONGINO, YOU HAVE TALKED A
LOT ABOUT THE PRESS HOSTILITY
TOWARD TRUMP.
I'M MUCH LESS BOTHERED BY THAT
THAN I AM BY THE FAWNING
SUCK-UPPERYNG WE JUST WATCHED.
IF THE PRESS WASAS HOSTILE
TO EVERYBODY IN POWER, I'D BE
SATISFIED.SA
BUT TO SEE THEM SUCK UP TO
SOMEONE WHO IS THIRD IN LINE
IN SUCCESSION IN THIS E COUNTRY,
ONE OF THE MOST POWERFUL
PEOPLE IN THE WORLD, AND ASK
ABOUT ICE CREAM AT A TIME LIKE
THIS, WHAT IS THAT?
>> REMEMBER THE BETO O'ROURKE
PHENOMENON IN TEXAS.
THE LEFT WING MEDIA TYPE WALKED
WITH HIMRE THROUGH THE RALLIES
AND SAID, BETO, YOU ARE A ROCK
YOU ARE A ROCK STAR!
LISTEN, YOU ARE A JOURNALIST.
STAR!
YOU ARE SUPPOSED TO REPORT ON
HIM, NOTM, FAWNING OVER HIM.
MIGHT AS WELL ASKED PELOSI FOR
AN AUTOGRAPH AFTER THAT.
AND A SELFIE TO PUT ON
INSTAGRAM.
WHAT IS FUNNY, YOU ARE RIGHT.
I DON'T CARE ABOUT THESE SOFT
LIFESTYLE PIECES HAPPEN ALL
THE TIME.
BUT THE PROBLEM IS, WHEN THEY
HAPPEN ON DONALD TRUMP IT'S
ALWAYS PAINTED TO PAINT HIM AS
TRANSACTIONAL.
AND GREEDY AND SELF-CENTERED.
PERFECTF- EXAMPLE.
YOU WANT TO TALK ICE CREAM?
LET'S TALK TURKEY AND ICE CREAM
NOW.
REMEMBER THE ICE CREAM STORY
WITH TRUMP?
TRUMP GETS TWORU SCOOPS OF ICE
CREAM AND EVERYBODY ELSE AT
THE TABLE THAT HE IS AROUND
GETS ONE.
THISTH IS ONE OF THE DUMBEST
STORIES.
WE WERE ALL DUMBER FOR HAVING
HEARD IT.
IT'S SIMILAR THING, WHEN IT'S A
LIFESTYLE STORY ABOUT TRUMP
IT'S MEANT TO PAINT HIM AS A
SELF-CENTERED JERK.
BUT IT'S PROBABLY NOT
ACCURATE.
IT'S STUPID.
>> Tucker: I COULDN'T HELP
WE CALLED
OVER TO THE WEIRD
IT.
KID AT CNN WHO DOES THE MEDIA
CRITICISM.S
AND WE ASKED THE SIMPLE
QUESTION.
HIS PUPPET.
WE ASKED AN OBVIOUS QUESTION.
IS THIS JOURNALIST?
HE DIDN'T GET BACK TO US.
BUT WHY NOT, AGAIN, IF YOU ARE
GOING TO BE HOSTILE TO ONE
SIDE, WHY NOT SAY WE HAVE A
PERMANENTLY HOSTILE POSTURE
TOWARD PEOPLE IN POWER.
WE'LL GRILL ALL OF THEM.
WOULDN'T YOU FEEL LIKE THAT HAD
INTEGRITY?
>> I KNOW THE GUY YOU ARE
TALKING ABOUT.
HE WATCHES FOX NEWS ALL DAY.
I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR
WATCHING.
HE ALWAYS TWEETS ABOUT IT.
HE TWEETS WHEN I'M ON, TOO.
SO THAT IS REALLY TERRIFIC.
I KNOW YOU GET THIS, SO I DON'T
WANT TO SOUND -- I HOPE YOU
DIDN'T TAKE IT AS
CONDESCENDING AT ALL.
BUT THESE ARE PEOPLE WHO HAVE
GROWN UP IN LEFT WING
ACADEMIA AND SURROUNDED
THEMSELVES WITH THE LEFT WING
MEDIA BUBBLE TYPE.
I GEUNINELY DON'T THINK THAT
THEY THINK ANY OF THIS IS
UNUSUAL AT ALL.
LIKE, NANCY PELOSI IS A GOOD
PERSON JUST BECAUSE SHE IS.US
WE HAVE BEEN INDOCTRINATED
AROUND THE LIBERAL NONSENSE
THAT IT IS THE DEFAULT
POSITION.
TRUMP IS THE AUTOMATIC
SKELATOR TO HE-MAN BECAUSE T
WE'RE TOLD THE HE-MAN IS THE
GOOD GUY THE WHOLE TIME.
SO THEY DON'T THINK IT'S
UNUSUAL.
THEY THINK NANCY PELOSI, THIS
IS GREAT. T
CHOCOLATE ICE CREAM STORY.
SHE'S WONDERFUL.
WE SHOULD ALL DO THIS
PROFESSIONALLY TO MAKE HER
LOOK GOOD.
THIS IS WHAT WE ARE SUPPOSED
TOUP DO.
>> Tucker: I KEEP WONDERING
IF THESE ARE PEOPLE WHO ARE
THE SHORT-TERM HORIZONS.
NOT LONG-TERM THINKERS.
MOST IN THE MEDIA, TO BE
HONEST.
AT SOME POINT TRUMP WILL BE
GONE.HO
PRESIDENCIES DON'T LAST
FOREVER.
NO MATTER WHAT HAPPENS.
WE'LL HAVE ANOTHER PRESIDENT
AT SOME TIME.
WHAT ABOUT THE PRESS?
IS ANYBODY EVER GOING TO TRUSTST
"THE WASHINGTON POST" AGAIN?
I MEAN IT'S NOT A REAL
NEWSPAPER ANYMORE.
WHAT ARE THEY GOING TO DO WHEN
THIS ISS OVER?
>> YEAH, THAT IS A GOOD POINT.
YOU SAY TRUST THEM AGAIN.
I DON'T KNOW WHEN WE TRUSTED
THEM RECENTLY.
IN THE LAST FEW DECADES WE
HAVE SEEN A GENERAL
DEMUNITION AMONG THE
CREDIBILITY.
I WONDERED ABOUT THE START, IN
I WONDERED ABOUT THE START, INED
THE LAST LINE OF WORK, I
TRAVELED WITH THE MEDIA AND THEY
ACT IN THE ACTING ENVIRONMENT.
MEDIA PEOPLE CAN'T EVEN DO
JOURNALISM.
WHY DO WE TAKE THEIR OPINION
ON ECONOMIC, HEALTHCARE,
ECONOMIC, EDUCATION POLICY.
WHAT MAKESON THEM AN EXPERT?
I'M REALLY NOT SURE.
THIS IS A SERIOUS QUESTION.
IF ANYONE IN THE MEDIA WANTS
TO TWEET TO ME.
>> Tucker: YOU ARE RIGHT.
>> Tucker: LET ME ASK YOU
>> I'M WONDERING.
QUICK.
WE ARERE ALMOST OUT OF TIME.
WE DID A SEGMENT.
A GUY CALLED RICK WILSON, AND I
NEVER MET HIM, AND HE WAS
ATTACKING TRUMP SUPPORTERS FOR
NOT HAVING GOOD DENTAL WORK.
DO YOU KNOW THIS GUY?
>> I HAVE THE UNFORTUNATE
DISPLEASURE OFE INTERACTING
WITH HIM OFTEN ON TWITTER.
HE'S A TIER ONE LEVEL LOSER.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO TELL YOU.
THAT'S PROBABLY NOT THE MOST
ELEGANT WAY TOO SAY IT.
HE O IS KNOWN ATTACKING PEOPLE.
HE MADE A TARGET OF ME IN THE
PAST.
>> Tucker: ATTACK PEOPLE BUT
DON'T ATTACK THE POOR PEOPLE
FOR HAVING BAD TEETH.
ONE OF THE MEANEST THINGS I
HAVE SEEN AND IT ENRAGED ME.
>> HE WAS ON THE WRONG SIDE OF
THE TRUMP PREDICTION.
>> Tucker: I GUESS.
WHATEVER..
THAT'S OKAY.,
DAN BONGINO, HAVE THE BEST
WEEKEND.
>> THANKNK YOU.
GOOD TO TALK TOO YOU.
>> Tucker: THANK YOU.
WE'RE DONE FOR THE WEEK.
SADLY WISH WE COULD KEEP
GOING.
WE'LL BE BACK MONDAY AT 8:00,
THE SHOW THAT IS SWORN ENE