GRATEFUL YOU SPENT THE EVENING
WITH US.
GOOD NIGHT FROM WASHINGTON.
I AM SHANNON BREAM.
♪ ♪
Tucker: WELL, GOOD
EVENING AND WELCOME TO
"TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT."
AND, OF COURSE, HAPPY NEW
YEAR.
AMERICA LASTED YET ANOTHER
12 MONTHS AS THE BEST
COUNTRY IN THE WORLD.
BUT IT WAS A TURBULENT YEAR AND
2018 COULD BE EVEN MORE SO.
LATER TONIGHT, ADVICE ON HOW
TO THRIVE OVER THE YEAR
AHEAD NO MATTER WHAT
HAPPENS.
BUT, FIRST, THIS COUNTRY'S
LARGEST STATE HAS TAKEN
ANOTHER DRAMATIC STEP
TOWARDS DISUNION.
AN OPEN DEFIANCE OF THE
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.
AS OF YESTERDAY, CALIFORNIAA
IS NOW A SANCTUARY STATE.A
IT'S THE NATION'S FIRST.
ALL POLICE STATEWIDE IN
CALIFORNIA ARE BANNED FROMIA
ASKING ABOUT A SUSPECT'S
IMMIGRATION STATUS OR
COOPERATING WITH FEDERAL
IMMIGRATION OFFICIALS.
LANDLORDS ARE BANNED FROM
REPORTING THE LEGAL STATUS
OF THEIR TENANTS.
COLLEGES CAN'T MONITOR THE
IMMIGRATION STATUS OF THE
KIDS THEY ENROLL.
THESE MEASURES AUGMENT THE
STATE'S MANY EXISTING LAWS
ALL DESIGNED TO ENABLE
ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION.
ILLEGALS IN CALIFORNIA ARE
ALREADY COMBINE ENTITLED TO
RECEIVE DRIVERS LICENSE.
INSTATE FREE TUITION
HEALTHCARE, AND JOB.
DOESN'T MATTER IF THEY HAVE
A HISTORY OF CRIME, EVEN
VIOLENT CRIME.
IN CALIFORNIA, ILLEGAL ALIENS
ARE NOW A PROTECTED CLASS AND
MAYBE EVEN MORE SIGNIFICANT, THE
STATE ITSELF IS NOW IN DIRECT
OPPOSITION TO THIS COUNTRY'S
MOST BASIC LAWS.
55 YEARS AGO THIS MONTH,
GOVERNOR GEORGE WALLACE TOOK
HIS OATH OF OFFICE AND
PLEDGED RESISTANCE TO
FEDERAL AUTHORITY.
EFFECTIVELY DECLARING
ALABAMA ITS OWN COUNTRY.
YOU KNOW THE HISTORY.
WELL, GOVERNOR JERRY BROWN
OF CALIFORNIA HAS DONE
SOMETHING SIMILAR THIS WEEK.
TRAVIS ALLEN IS A REPUBLICAN
IN THE CALIFORNIA STATE
ASSEMBLY AND HE JOINS US
TONIGHT.
MR. ALLEN, THANKS FOR COMING
ON. J
THANKS SO MUCH, TUCKER.
Tucker: CALIFORNIA IS THE
BIGGEST STATE BUT STILL A
STATE, NOT A COUNTRY.
HOW CAN IT HAVE ITS OWN A
IMMIGRATION POLICY?
HOW CAN IT REDEFINE
CITIZENSHIP WHEN IT'S
NOT A COUNTRY?
SIMPLY PUT, IT CAN'T.
THIS WHOLE SANCTUARY STATE
IS ENTIRELY ILLEGAL.UA
WE ARE ACTUALLY WELCOMING
TRUMP AND SESSIONS TO COME
OUT TO CALIFORNIA AND TAKE
THEM TO COURT.
Tucker: BUT HOW DOES THIS
END? S
I MEAN, WHEN STATES DECLARE
PUBLICLY, WE'RE NOT FOLLOWING
THE LAWS OF THE COUNTRY, WE
ARE MAKING OUR OWN LAWS AND
THERE IS NOTHING YOU CAN DO
ABOUT IT, THAT SOUNDS LIKE
THE BEGINNING OF A SCHISM, A
SPLIT, A WAR.
WITHOUT A DOUBT.
I MEAN, CALIFORNIA TRULY HAS
"RESISTANCE" TO
THE PRESIDENT.
AND EVERYTHING THAT SEEMS TO
MAKE COMMON SENSE IN THE
UNITED STATES.
SO, WITH JERRY BROWN'S
RECENT ACTION OF THE
SANCTUARY STATE, CALIFORNIANS
DON'T EVEN AGREE WITH
THIS.
POLITICIANS THAT RUN THE
STATE IN SACRAMENTO.
THE LEGISLATURE UNTIL
RECENTLY WAS TWO THIRDS
DEMOCRAT AND ALL OF THE
STATEWIDE OFFICERS ARE
DEMOCRAT AS WELL.
PASSED THIS LAW EVEN THOUGH
CALIFORNIANS ARE ABSOLUTELY
AGAINST IT.
Tucker: WHAT'S SO
STRIKING IN THE SPECIFIC
CASE OF CALIFORNIA IS THE
STATE IS HEMORRHAGING ITS
MIDDLE CLASS.
THEY ARE MOVING TO
NEIGHBORING STATES,. NORTH
AND EAST IN HUGE NUMBERS.
IT'S BEEN WRITTEN ABOUT A
LOT.
THE STATE DOESN'T SEEM TO
CARE.
EVEN AS THIS HAPPENS, SEEMS
TO BE IMPORT AGO NEW MUCH
POORER, LESS EDUCATED PEOPLE
WHAT'S THE THINKING THERE?
YOU KNOW, I REALLY DON'T
KNOW THAT THERE IS A
THINKINGOW THERE.
A LOT OF SACRAMENTO AND
SAN FRANCISCO EXISTS REALLY IN
ITS OWN BUBBLE.
THE NUMBERS CAME OUT JUST
RECENTLY, 243,000
CALIFORNIANS HAVE LEFT IN
JUST THE LAST FEW YEARS,
TAKING ABOUT $8 BILLION WITH
THEM..
AND IN THEIR PLACE, OF
COURSE, NOW WE HAVE THIS
BURGEONING ILLEGAL
POPULATION, WHICH NOW AS YOU
MENTIONED, HAS PROTECTED
CLASS STATUS.
AND IT GETS VERY BAD BECAUSE
YOU SEE, THIS IS CALIFORNIAA
TAXPAYER DOLLARS BEING USED
TO SHELTER CRIMINALS WHO ARELT
COMMITTING CRIMES WHILE THEY
ARE HERE.
THESE AREN'T SMALLMM CRIMES.
WE ARE TALKING ASSAULT ON A
POLICE OFFICER.
DOMESTIC BATTERY.
ANIMAL CRUELTY, POSSESSION
OF CONCEALED WEAPONS,CE
BIOLOGICAL AGENTS.
I MEAN, THESE ARE REAL
CRIMES AND, YET, JERRY BROWN
THE CALIFORNIA DEMOCRATS
WANT TO ESSENTIALLY IGNORE
FEDERAL IMMIGRATION LAW AND
PROTECT THESE PEOPLE AT
CALIFORNIA'S EXPENSE.
AND THAT'S JUST WRONG.
Tucker: IGNORING IMMIGRATION
LAW IS NOT THE SAME AS
IGNORING OTHER KINDS OF LAW
BECAUSE IT GETS TO THE
DEEPEST QUESTION ABOUT ANY
COUNTRY WHICH IS WHO IS A
CITIZEN AND WHO IS NOT.ZE
WHO DESERVES TO BE HERE AND
WHO DOESN'T, WHAT ARE
BORDERS?
AND SO CALIFORNIA CAN'T, YOU
GOVERNOR CAN'T EXPECT THIS
TO GO IGNORED.
YOU CAN'T JUST DECIDE YOU
ARE NOT GOING TO ENFORCE THE
BORDERS AND EXPECT
WASHINGTON TO DO NOTHING.
IS THERE A SHOWDOWN COMING?
ABSOLUTELY THERE IS.
I MEAN, THIS IS TRULY --
IT'S A BLUFF.
AND IT'S UP TO THE PRESIDENT
AND JEFF SESSIONS TO STEP IN
AND CALL THE BLUFF OF JERRY
BROWN AND ALL THE CALIFORNIA
DEMOCRATS THAT ARE PASSING
THESE UNCONSTITUTIONAL LAWS.LL
AND KEEP IN MIND, TOO,
A LOT OF PEOPLE AROUND THE
COUNTRY SAY, WELL,AL EVERYBODY
IN CALIFORNIA IS LIBERAL.
THEY ARE DEMOCRAT.
THERE COULD BE NOTHINGNG
FURTHER FROM THE TRUTH.
THERE IS ACTUALLY MORE
REPUBLICANS HERE IN
CALIFORNIA THAN IN ANY OTHER
STATE.
AND PAST THAT, FORGET ABOUT
PARTY LINES FOR A MOMENT.
74% OF CALIFORNIANS ARE
ABSOLUTELY AGAINST SANCTUARY
STATE.
INCLUDING 65% OF LATINOS.
Tucker: WHY WOULD THEY BE
FOR IT?
MIDDLE CLASS ISN'T LEAVING
CALIFORNIA BECAUSE IT'S
THRIVING.
THE INFRASTRUCTURE IS A
MESS.
THE SCHOOLS ARE TERRIBLE.
THERE IS MORE POVERTY IN THE
STATE THAN ANY STATE IN THE
UNION.
I MEAN, IS THERE A
CONNECTION, DO YOU THINK,
BETWEEN THE STATE's
IMMIGRATION POLICIES AND THE
DIRECTION OF ITS ECONOMY?
WITHOUT A DOUBT.
AND, I MEAN, REALLY, YOU
HAVE TO GO BACK A COUPLE OF
DECADES.
THE CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE
HAS BEEN DOMINATED BY
DEMOCRATS BY 39 OF THE LAST
40 YEARS.
THE BROWN FAMILY HAS RUN
CALIFORNIA FOR 24 OF
ESSENTIALLY THE LAST 50
YEARS.
SO, YOU NEED TO LOOK TO NO
FURTHER THAN WHAT HAS BEEN
GOING ON SUCCESSFULLY, WE HADE
DRIVERS LICENSES FOR
UNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRANTS,
PEOPLE ARE HERE ILLEGALLY.Y.
AND NOW THIS IS REALLY JUST
THE NEXT STEP.
NOW IT'S SANCTUARY STATE.
ALL OF THESE THINGS ARE
UNCONSTITUTIONAL.
BUT THE CALIFORNIA LEGAL
SYSTEM IS BROKEN.
CALIFORNIA POLITICAL SYSTEM
IS BROKEN.
THAT'S WHY WE TRULY NEED
WASHINGTON TO HEAR THIS
MESSAGE AND COME TO
CALIFORNIA.
SUE CALIFORNIA, TAKE THEM TO
SUPREME COURT, AND LET'S GET
THE CONSTITUTION ENFORCED.
THERE IS A LOT OF
CALIFORNIANS HERE THAT WANT
TO BE PROTECTED.
UNTIL WE GET A NEW
GOVERNOR IN STATE --
YOU KNOW I'M RUNNING TO BE
THE NEXT GOVERNOR OF
CALIFORNIA -- UNTIL THAT
HAPPENS WE COULD ACTUALLY
NEED SOME HELP FROM THE
NATIONAL GUYS.
Tucker: IT AFFECTS THE
REST OF US, TOO.
ASSEMBLYMAN ALLEN, THANK YOU
FOR JOINING US.
WITHOUT A DOUBT, TUCKER.
WHAT STARTS HERE IN
CALIFORNIA USUALLY SPREADS
TO THE REST OF THE NATION,
LET'S PUT A STOP TO IT.
Tucker: LIKE A VIRUS.
THANK YOU.LI
CATHY ROUX IS THE PUBLISHING
EDITOR.
THANKS FOR COMING ON.
WHETHER YOU AGREE OR NOT WITH
THE NEW POLICY IN
CALIFORNIA, DOESN'T IT GIVE YOU
PAUSE THAT CALIFORNIA IS
BASICALLY DOING WHAT
SOUTHERN STATES DID 50 YEARS
AGO, 60 YEARS AGO IN SAYING
WE'RE IGNORING FEDERAL
AUTHORITY ON STATES RIGHTS
GROUNDS, WE'RE NOT GOING TO
ACKNOWLEDGE THAT YOUR LAW IS
VALID.
LIBERALS USED TO BE AGAINST
THAT THEY ARE NOT ANYMORE.
IT'S QUITE THE OPPOSITE.
THEY ARE ALLOWING OUT
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO DO
WHAT IT'S SUPPOSED TO DO, THEUS
STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS
ARE NOT SUPPOSED TO HANDLE
IMMIGRATION AND ASK FOR
PAPERS.
IF ANYTHING, THEY ARE GIVING
AUTHORITY BACK TO THE
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT NOT
TAKING IT IN THEIR OWN
HANDS.
Tucker: NO.ER
BECAUSE THERE ARE MANY
SPECIFIC CASES WHERE THE
STATE OF CALIFORNIA AS A
MATTER OF POLICY HAS REFUSED
TO HAND OVER AND THIS LAW
CODIFIES IT, CRIMINALS TO THE
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.
THEY ARE REFUSING TO
COOPERATE WITH FEDERAL LAW.
THEY ARE SAYING WE ARE
NOT -- WE DON'T ACKNOWLEDGE
THAT LAW AS VALID.
HOW IS THAT DIFFERENT FROM
WHAT GEORGE WALLACE SAID?
NO.
IT'S NOT LIKE THAT AT ALL.
AND AS A MATTER OF FACT,
THIS IS NOT THE FIRST STATE
TO BECOME A SANCTUARY STATE
OREGON --
Tucker: IT IS.
OREGON IS A SANCTUARY
STATE AND OREGON IS ONE OF
THE SAFEST STATES IN OUR
UNIONS.S
SANCTUARY STATES AND UNIONS
ARE SOME OF THE SAFEST PLACE
TO BE IN THE UNITED STATES.
Tucker: THAT'S SIMPLY NOT
TRUE.
YES, IT IS.
Tucker: IT'S ACTUALLY BEEN
STUDIED AT SOME LENGTH.
RIGHT.ST
OKAY.
Tucker: LET ME ASK YOU,
THOUGH, CALIFORNIA IS NOT ONE OF
THE SAFEST CITIES THE STATE IN
MANY PLACES ARE A MESS.
THE ECONOMY IS IN ROUGH
SHAPE MORE POVERTY AND
HOMELESS PEOPLE IN THAT
STATE THAN ANY OTHER STATE.IN
AND CALIFORNIA DOESN'T
HOUSE -- 67% OF ALL THERY
HOMELESS IN CALIFORNIA HAVE
NO SHELTERS.
WHY THE EMPHASIS ON CODDLING
PEOPLE FROM ANOTHER COUNTRY
WHEN CALIFORNIA'S OWN
CITIZENS AND RESIDENTS ARE
SUFFERING IN HUGE NUMBERS?
WELL, THESE PEOPLE FROM
ANOTHER COUNTRY AREN'T
EXACTLY HURTING THE SYSTEM
IN ANY SINGLE WAY.
THEY WOULDN'T BE HERE IF THE
WORK AND THE JOBS WERE NOT
HERE, SO THESE PEOPLE ARE
NOT HURTING OUR SYSTEM.
Tucker: REALLY?
BECAUSE THERE ARE 135,000
HOMELESS PEOPLE IN THE STATE
OF CALIFORNIA.SS
THE OVERWHELMING MAJORITY --
-- IMMIGRANTS?
Tucker: HOLD ON, HAVE NO
JOBS.
HAVE NO HOMES.
OKAY.
Tucker: ARE LIVING
OUTSIDE, OVERWHELMING
MAJORITY OF THEM AND YET,
SOMEHOW THERE IS A NEED FOR
MORE LOW WAGE LABOR IN THE I
STATE?
WHY SHOULDN'T THE STATE BE
ATTENDING TO THEIR NEEDS
BEFORE THE NEEDS OFEE PEOPLE
WHO SNUCK IN ILLEGALLY FROM
ANOTHER COUNTRY?
THEY ARE NOT CODDLING.
THEY ARE NOT HELPING THESE
IMMIGRANTS IN ANY WAY.
THESE IMMIGRANTS ARE HERE.
Tucker: THEY ARE GIVING
THEM DRIVERS LICENSE, THEY
ARE PAYING FOR SCHOOLS.
THEY ARE PAYING FOR
HEALTHCARE, INFRASTRUCTURE.
IMMIGRANTS PAY TAXES.
THEY DO.
Tucker: ACTUALLY, HOLD
ON, EVERY ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT
WORKING IN THIS COUNTRY IS
USING FAKE FEDERAL DOCUMENTS
ILLEGALLY.
THAT'S A FELONY BY THE WAY.
FAKE DOCUMENTS.
THEY ARE NOT ALL PAYING
TAXES.
YOU KNOW THAT'S NOT TRUE.
SURE THEY ARE.
Tucker: WHY SHOULD THE
STATE ATTEND TO THEIR NEEDS
WHEN YOU HAVE GOT MORE N
HOMELESS PEOPLE LIVING IN
CALIFORNIA THAN LIVE IN THE
ENTIRE CITY OF DAYTON, OHIO?
THAT'S A LOT OF PEOPLE.
IMMIGRANTS PAY MILLIONS
OF DOLLARS IN TAXES.
THEY ARE HELPING THE STATE
AND THEY WOULDN'T BE THERE
IF IT WASN'T WORK.
SO IF THERE IS ANYONE'S
PROBLEM ARE THE CORPORATIONS
THAT ARE HIRING THESE
IMMIGRANTS.
Tucker: HOLD ON.
WHAT ABOUT THE CALIFORNIANS
WHO ARE BORN THERE?
RIGHT.
Tucker: WHO ARE.
NATURALIZED AMERICANS BORN
SOMEWHERE ELSE, BUT CAME THERE
ILLEGALLY?
RIGHT.
Tucker: THEY DON'T HAVE WORK.
AGAIN, LIVING OUTSIDE.
WHY ISN'T THERE PLIGHT
PRIORITY NUMBER ONE?
WHY ISN'T THAT PERSON'S
PLIGHT MORE IMPORTANT.
WHO IT TO SAY THE
PLIGHT'S ISN'T NUMBER ONE?
THE UNDOCUMENTED PERSON'S
PLIGHT ISN'T NUMBER NUMBER.
BIGGEST ENSURE A STATE MEANS
THAT THEY WON'T TAKE THE TIME
FOR THE PEOPLE WHO WILL CALL IN
THESE CRIME, THEY ARE NOT GOING TO
TELL THESE PEOPLE, YOU ARE NOT
WANTED HERE, YOU ARE NOT
WORKING, YOU'RE NOT BEING
PRODUCTIVE, YOU ARE NOT HELPING
COUR SOCIETY, THEY ARE JUST
SAYING, BE A PART OF OUR
COMMUNITY.
CALL IN THE CRIME.
FEEL SAFE HERE.
Tucker: HOLD ON.
WHY DOESN'T THE GOVERNOR
JUST SIGN A LAW DESIGNED TO
HELP THE MORE THAN 100,000
PEOPLE LIVING OUTSIDE IN
CALIFORNIA, THE AMERICAN
CITIZENS LIVING OUTSIDE,
DYING OUTSIDE?UT
WHY DOESN'T HE SIGN A LAW
HELPING THEM?
HE IS HELPING EVERYONE BY
MAKING THESE PEOPLE FEEL
WELCOME IN HIS STATE.
HE IS HELPING EVERYONE.
Tucker: HOLD ON, HOW DOES
IT HELP AMERICANS OR
CALIFORNIANS IN THIS CASE
WITHOUT JOBS TO WELCOME
PEOPLE TO WORK FOR LESS THAN
THEY WOULD MAKE?
HOW DOES IT HELP THEM?
UNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRANTS
ARE NOT HURTING ANYONE'S
JOBS.OE
THEY'RE NOT TAKING AWAY ANYONE'S
JOBS..
WE NEED MORE WORKER VISAS
FOR THESE PEOPLE, WE DON'T
HAVE A SYSTEM --
Tucker: I'M SORRY.
I'M TRYING TO BE PATIENT AND
TRACK WITH YOU LOGICALLY.
OF COURSE.
Tucker: HOW IS IT WHEN
YOU HAVE A HUGE POOL
OF
PEOPLE UNEMPLOYED, IT'S HELPFUL
TO THOSE PEOPLE, THE AMERICAN
UNEMPLOYED TO BRING IN A
WHOLE LOT OF OTHER PEOPLE
AND GIVE THEM JOBS?
HOW DOES THAT HELP THE
UNEMPLOYED IN AMERICA?
I'M TOTALLY BAFFLED.
WHAT IS HURTING IS
TECHNOLOGY AND THE
MANUFACTURING JOBS ARE GONE
AND TECHNOLOGY IS HURTING
WORKERS IN AMERICA.
IT'S NOT THE UNDOCUMENTED
IMMIGRANT.
Tucker: IF TECHNOLOGY IS
MAKING ALL THE LOW WAGE JOBS
GO AWAY, THEN WHY ARE WE
LETTING IN HUNDREDS OF
THOUSANDS, NATIONALLY
MILLIONS OF PEOPLE WITH NO
SKILLS, TECH SKILLS AT ALL?T
WELL, IMMIGRATION IS AT
AN ALL-TIME LOW.
Tucker: IT'S NOT
ALL-TIME LOW.
IT'S A MADE UP STATISTIC.
NO, ACTUALLY BIGGER IN
THE 1970S, IT IS LOWER NOW
THAN EVER.
Tucker: THAT'S NOT TRUE,
ACTUALLY.
I KNOW THE NUMBERS.
IN ONE SENTENCE, IF
TECHNOLOGY IS MAKING IT
HARDER FOR PEOPLE WHO DON'T
HAVE ADVANCED TECH SKILLS --
RIGHT. I
Tucker: TO FIND WORK.
RIGHT.
Tucker: WHY IN THE WORLD
ARE POLITICIANS LETTING IN
MILLIONS OF PEOPLE WITH NO
TECH SKILLS AT ALL?
THEY ARE PROBABLY NEEDED.
Tucker: THEY ARE GOING TO
BE DISPLACED BY TECHNOLOGY..
RIGHT NOW THEY ARE
NEEDED.ED
THESE WORKERS ARE NEEDEDEE
YEAR AROUND AND WE NEED
VISAS FOR THESE TYPE OF
WORKERS AND WE NEED FOR THEM TO
FEEL COMFORT BE IN OUR COUNTRY.
Tucker: THANK YOU, CATHY.
I APPRECIATE IT.
STEVE CORTES WORKED ON
DONALD TRUMP'S PRESIDENTIAL
CAMPAIGN ON HISPANIC
ADVISORY COUNCIL AND HE
JOINS US TONIGHT.
THANKS A LOT FOR COMING ON
TONIGHT.
YOU SORT OF
PRESS A LITTLE BIT ON THE
ECONOMIC RATIONALE FOR THIS.
AND NO ONE IS ATTACKING THE
IMMIGRANTS.
I'M CERTAINLY NOT.
YOU'VE GOT TO WONDER ABOUT
THE MOTIVE IF YOU HAVE
SOMEONE ARGUING
SIMULTANEOUSLY THAT
TECHNOLOGY IS MAKING LOWTH
WAGE JOBS DISAPPEAR AND
THAT'S TRUE, AND AT THE SAMEME
TIME, ARGUING WE NEED
MILLIONS MORE LOW WAGE
WORKERS IN THIS COUNTRY?
WHAT IS THE ACTUAL MOTIVE
HERE?
RIGHT.
YOU CAN'T HAVE IT BOTH WAYS,
TUCKER.
YOU ARE EXACTLY RIGHT.
BY THE WAY, I SAY THIS AS AN
HISPANIC AND IMMIGRANT'S SON.
NO ONE SUFFERS MORE FROM
ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION THAN
HISPANIC AMERICANS.
WHETHER THEY BE NATIVE BORN
OR LEGAL IMMIGRANTS.
AND LEGAL IMMIGRANTS GO
THROUGH A DIFFICULT, LONG
PROCESS TO BECOME AMERICAN
CITIZENS.
SO, THEY ARE THE MOST
CHEATED WHEN WE ALLOW AND
TOLERATE ILLEGAL
IMMIGRATION.
BUT WHAT'S THE MOTIVE HERE?
WHY DOES THE LEFT WANT SO
MANY ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS?
WHY DO THEY WANTE? AMNESTY?
LET'S BE HONEST ABOUT IT,
TUCKER.
THEY WANTS THEIR VOTES.
THE MORE AMNESTY THEY GRANT,
THE MORE VOTES THEY WILL
GET.
THEY HAVE BEEN SYSTEMIC
DECLINE, PARTICULARLY IN STATE
HOUSES IN AMERICAN ELECTIONS.
THEY THINK ONE WAY TO
REVERSE IS THAT IS MILLIONS
OF NEW WORKERS.
MILLIONS WHO WILL FLOOD THE
WORKFORCE.
AND AS YOU SAID CREATE AN
UNNATURALLY LOW WAGE TO
COMPETE WITH AMERICAN
WORKERS, MANY OF THEM
HISPANIC.
BUT, THEY WILL ALSO GET
MILLIONS OF NEW VOTES.
SO, IT IS A CRASS POLITICAL
CALCULUS WHICH THEY HAVE
ENGAGED IN AND WHICH THEY
ARE PURSUING.AV
LET'S BE HONEST ABOUT IT.
Tucker: I DON'T WANT TO
BELIEVE THAT BECAUSE IT'S AN
INVERSION OF THE DUTY OF D
GOVERNMENT, WHICH IS TO LOOK
OUT FOR ITS OWN PEOPLE.
ITS OWN CITIZENS.
HERE YOU HAVE A STATE,
CALIFORNIA, WHERE THE MIDDLE
CLASS IS RUNNING AWAY AND
ENRICHING ALL THE
NEIGHBORING STATES AND
BEING REPLACED BY POOR
PEOPLE WITH NO SKILLS WHO
AREN'T EVEN HERE LEGALLY.
THAT SEEMS LIKE THE OPPOSITE
OF WHAT THE GOVERNMENT
SHOULD BE DOING TO ITS OWN
PEOPLE.WH
WELL, TUCKER, OF COURSE
IT IS.
WHICH IS WHY BY THE WAY,
LISTEN, I LOVE IMMIGRATION.
I'M NOT ANTI-IMMIGRANT.
FAR FROM IT.
IT'S WHY WE NEED TO MOVE TO
MERIT BASED IMMIGRATION.
CHAIN MIGRATION HAS BEEN A
DISASTER FOR THIS COUNTRY
AND DISASTER FOR OUR
ECONOMIC SECURITY.
FOR OUR NATIONAL SECURITY.
THE VISA LOTTERY SYSTEM IS AN
INSANITY THAT HAS TO BE
ENDED YESTERDAY.
WE NEED TO MOVE TO AN
IMMIGRATION SYSTEM THAT
MAKES SENSE FOR AMERICA.
PEOPLE WHO BRING DRIVE AND
SKILLS AND WHO LOVE OUR
COUNTRY AND LOVE OUR VALUES.
THAT'S WHERE WE WERE
HISTORICALLY AND WHERE WE
NEED TO BE AGAIN.
Tucker: WITHOUT CHAINT
MIGRATION, CALIFORNIA WOULD
BE THE CALIFORNIA THAT VOTED
FOR RONALD REAGAN TWICE.
IT'S HAD MASSIVE POLITICAL
UPSIDE FOR THE DEMOCRATIC
PARTY.
AND, AGAIN, I THINK
THAT'S THE CRASS CALCULUS
THAT THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY
HAS ENGAGED IN.
YOU KNOW WHAT, TOO?
YOUR EARLIER GUEST IS
RIGHT.
WE SHOULD TAKE HEED HERE.
OFTEN WHAT HAPPENS IN
CALIFORNIA, WHETHER IT'S
FASHION OR TELEVISION OR
POLITICS, WHAT HAPPENS THERE
DOES BLEED INTO THE REST OF
THE COUNTRY.
AND WE SHOULD TAKE NOTICE.
DO WE WANT TO BECOME
CALIFORNIA, WHICH RIGHT NOWCH
IS IN MANY WAYS A THIRD
WORLD PLACE.
IT'S A PLACE OF INCREDIBLY A
RICH ELITES AND INCREDIBLY
IMPOVERISHED, DEPENDENT
UNDERCLASS.
THAT'S WHAT THE DEMOCRATIC
PARTY WANTS TO CREATE
THROUGH MASS MIGRATION,
THROUGH CHAIN MIGRATION.
THROUGH ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION,
THAT'S NOT THE AMERICA THAT
WE WANT TO LIVE IN AND NOT
THE AMERICA THAT HISPANIC
AMERICANS WANT TO LIVE IN.
Tucker: TOTALLY RIGHT.
IF YOU ARE IN SANTA BARBARAC
OR PACIFIC HEIGHTS, YOU DON'T
SEE IT BUT IT'S THERE.
STEVE, THANK YOU FOR THAT
THAT WAS REALLY INTERESTING.
THANK YOU.
Tucker: DONALD TRUMP WAS
MOCKED, ATTACKED REALLY FOR
SAYING THE OBAMANG
ADMINISTRATION SPIED ON HIM.
BUT NINE MONTHS LATER,ON
REASSESS THAT STATEMENT.AT
WAS HE RIGHT?
PLUS, AFTER 2017, WHERE THE
COUNTRY NEARLY TORE ITSELF
APART, WE GOT SUGGESTIONS
FOR SURVIVING THIS NEW YEAR
COMING UP.
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Tucker: NINE MONTHS AGO,
PRESIDENT TRUMP SENT OUT A TWEET
THAT SHOCKED A LOT OF PEOPLE.
HERE'S WHAT IT SAID, TERRIBLE,
EXCLAMATION POINT, I JUST FOUND
OUT THAT OBAMA HAD MY WIRES
TAPPED IN TRUMP TOWER BEFORE THE
VICTORY.
NOTHING FOUND.D.
THIS IS MCCARTHYISM.
THE PRESS JUMPED ON THAT
TWEET.
THE CLAIM WAS RIDICULED, TO
PUT IT MILDLY.
SHOULD IT HAVE BEEN THOUGH.
IS IT TIME TO REASSESS?
MAYBE THAT WAS TRUE.
IF IT IS, KIND OF A BIG
DEAL.
MICHAEL FLYNN HAD HIS LIFE
DESTROYED APPARENTLY M BECAUSE
THE FBI WAS MONITORING HIM.
MEANWHILE THE FBI MAY HAVE
USED THE INFAMOUS TRUMP
DOSSIER JUSTIFY A FISA
WARRANT AGAINST THE TRUMP
CAMPAIGN.
OBAMA ADMINISTRATION
OFFICIALS UNMASKED TRUMP
AIDES WHOSE PHONE CALLS WERE
THEN MONITORED.S
LOOKS AN AWFUL LOT LIKE THE
PAST ADMINISTRATION
DELIBERATELY SPYING ON ITS
POLITICAL OPPONENT.
ISN'T THAT WHAT THEY GOT
NIXON FOR?
DAN BONGINO IS A FORMER
NYPD OFFICER AND SECRET SERVICE
AGENT.
HE JOINS US TONIGHT.
DAN, THE EVIDENCE IS
STACKING UP, I DON'T KNOW
HAD HIS WIRES TAPPED.
I'M NOT SURE WHAT THE
PRESIDENT MEANT BY THAT, BUT
IT LOOKS LIKE PEOPLE IN HIS
ORBIT WORKING FOR HIS
CAMPAIGN WERE BEING
SURVEILLED BY THE
ADMINISTRATION.
WHY IS THAT NOT AUL HUGE
STORY?
TUCKER, IT SHOULD BE.
WE'RE ONLY LOOKING AT WHAT I
BELIEVE TO BE THE BIGGEST
POLITICAL SCANDAL OF OUR
LIFETIME.
YOU KNOW, CHALK THAT UP THAT
UP TO HYPERBOLE.
IF YOU'RE A LIBERAL WHO IS
SCARED BY THIS, I COULDN'T CARE
LESS ABOUT YOUR OPINION ON THIS.
WE KNOW SOME THINGS FOR FACT
RIGHT NOW.
THE USE OF THE WORD WIRETAP MAY
BE POORLY WORDED.
TRUMP WASN'T A FEDERAL AGENT.
HE IS USING THE WORD THAT PEOPLEMP
IN NORMAL, EVERY DAY
CONVERSATION WOULD USE.
IT WAS TRUMP SURVEILLED AS
YOU SAID?
TUCKER, NO REASONABLE, SANE
PERSON CAN QUESTIONQU THAT WAS
TRUMP SURVEILLED BY THE
OBAMA ADMINISTRATION?
NO REASONABLE PERSON CAN
QUESTION THAT.
IS THERE STILL NO EVIDENCE
OF A PREDICATE CRIME TO
SURVEIL YOUR OPPOSITION
POLITICAL PRESIDENTIAL
CANDIDATE WHO WON THE
PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION?RE
WE KNOW THAT FOR A FACT, TOO.
AND, YET, LIBERALS SEEM TO
BE WHISTLING DIXIE.
THEY SEEM TO HAVE NO PROBLEM
WITH WHAT MY OPINION IS AN
UNBELIEVABLY BLATANT ATTACK
ON THE CONSTITUTIONAL
REPUBLIC AND AN EFFORT TO
OVERTHROW A LAWFUL ELECTION.
Tucker: YOU SAY WE KNOW.
I JUST WANT TO GIVE ONE
EXAMPLE THAT I THINK IS KIND
OF DEFINITIVE OR CLOSE TO
DEFINITIVE, ANYWAY.
IN THE STATEMENT OF OFFENSE,
THAT THE INDEPENDENT
COUNSEL, ROBERT MUELLER PUT
OUT ABOUT GENERAL FLYNN, M
THERE IS MENTIONED A NUMBER
OF TIMES PHONE CALLS
BETWEEN FLYNN AND TRANSITION
OFFICIALS.
ONE OF WHOM WAS DESCRIBED AS
A SENIOR TRANSITIONES
OFFICIAL.
A TRUMP GUY.
AND, REMEMBER, THIS IS
BEFORE THE INAUGURATION.
AND THE CONTENTS OF THOSE
CALLS IS DESCRIBED IN SOME
DETAIL.
ISN'T THAT PRIMA FACIE
EVIDENCE OF SURVEILLANCE?
ONLY IF YOU ARE NOT IN A
MENTAL HOSPITAL.
I MEAN, TUCKER, HOW DO YOU
THINK THEY GOT THIS
INFORMATION?
ESP, EXTRA SENSORY
PERCEPTION?
THEY GOT THIS BY APPLYING
FOR A FISA WARRANT.
A FISA WARRANT TO SPY ON
TRUMP CAMPAIGN OFFICIALS
UNDER THE GUISE OF USING
WHAT WE WOULD CALL REVERSE
TARGETING.
IN OTHER WORDS, TUCKER,
LET'S PRETEND WE ARE
TARGETING A FOREIGN AGENT AS
A PREDICATE REASON TO REALLY
LISTEN TO AN AMERICAN
CITIZEN WE'RE TARGETING IN
THE FIRST PLACE, HENCE THE
TERM REVERSE TARGETING.
WHICH BY THE WAY TUCKER,
ENTIRELY DEFEATS THE PURPOSE
OF THE BILL OF RIGHTS.
THAT'S WHY LIBERTARIANS AND
STRONG CONSERVATIVES OUT
THERE HAVE ALWAYS BEEN
SKEPTICAL ABOUT THE
MONOPOLISTIC POWERM.
OF THE GOVERNMENT TO SURVEIL
PEOPLE WITHOUT PROBABLE
CAUSE WARRANTS.
THIS FISA THING IS A SCAM.
IT SHOULD CONCERN EVERYONE
REGARDLESS OF YOUR POLITICAL
STRIPES.
Tucker: WHY DON'T
REPUBLICANS -- I WOULD
DISAGREE WITH YOU ON THAT.
REPUBLICANS IN WASHINGTON
HAVE DEFENDED THIS SINCE
RIGHT AFTER 9/11 AND ASSURED
US THAT IT STOPPED A LOT OF
TERROR PLOTS.
NEVER PROVIDED EVIDENCE FOR
THAT BUT WE'RE NOT SUPPOSED
TO COMPLAIN ABOUT IT, IT'S
UNPATRIOTIC TO RAISE
QUESTIONS.
WHY HAVE SO MANY D.C.
REPUBLICANS DEFENDED THIS SO
RELENTLESSLY FOR SO LONG?
YEAH.
JUST TO BE CLEAR, WHEN I SAY
FISA SCAM, I'M TALKING ABOUT
FISA WARRANT ON TRUMP.
THE PROGRAM HAS SOME
MERITS, TUCKER, IN THE
TARGETING OF OVERSEAS ACTORS.
THEY HAVE NO BILL OF RIGHTS
FOREIGN ACTORS AND TERRORISTS.
I'M NOT SUGGESTING --
Tucker: AMERICANS --
AMERICANS SWEPT INTO THIS OR A
THIS PROGRAM BEING USED AS A
PRETEXT BASICALLY TO SPY ON
AMERICANS.
WHY WOULDN'T THAT BE OF
GRAVE CONCERN TO EVERYBODY?
BECAUSE YOU HAVE LIBERALS
RIGHT NOW AND A FAR LEFT
ACTIVIST GROUP THAT IS SO
INFECTED WITH THE TRUMP
DERANGEMENT SYNDROME VIRUS
THAT THEY ARE WILLING TO
LITERALLY FORFEIT AWAY
EVERYTHING.
INCLUDING, TUCKER, THE
POTENTIAL IN THE FUTURE THAT
THEY THEMSELVES COULDHE BE THE
VERY SAME TARGETS OF THE BIG
GOVERNMENT POLICE TACTIC
THAT THEY ARE CHAMPIONING NOW
AN EFFORT TO ATTACK TRUMP.
Tucker: THAT'S IT.
THANK GOODNESS WE HAVE
RICHARD GOODSTEIN ON THE SET.
DAN, THANK YOU.
GOOD TO SEE YOU.
YES, SIR.
Tucker: AS PROMISED,
RICHARD GOODSTEIN IS WITH
US.
HE ADVISED BOTH HILLARY
CLINTON'S CAMPAIGN.
LONG ENOUGH TO REMEMBER WHEN
LIBERALS, FRANK CHURCH OF
IDAHO, SENATOR FOR EXAMPLE,
REALLY WORRIED ABOUT THE
MISUSE OF OUR SPY AGENCIES
FOR DOMESTIC POLITICAL
PURPOSES.
RIGHT.
Tucker: I THINK THEY WERE
SPOT ON TO WORRY ABOUT THAT
BECAUSE THESE THINGS CAN BE
MISUSED.
IT SEEMS PRETTY CLEAR THAT THE
OBAMA ADMINISTRATION WAS SPYING
ON TRUMP PEOPLE BEFORE THE
INAUGURATION.
WHY WOULDN'T THAT WORRYGU
EVERY AMERICAN, NO MATTER
WHAT YOU THINK ABOUT TRUMP?
WHY DOES IT NOT WORRY
DONALD TRUMP THAT THE
RUSSIANS, ACCORDING TO THE
INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY TRIED
TO, AND INDEED DID KIND OF
INFILTRATE AND UNDERMINE OUR
DEMOCRACY BY WHAT THEY DID?
THAT'S THE ANSWER TO THE
QUESTION TO THE DISCUSSION
YOU JUST HAD.
Tucker: THAT'S NOT AN
ANSWER, THAT'S A BUMPER
STICKER.
WAS GET INTO SPECIFICS.
YOU DEFENDED ROBERT MUELLER
AND I HAVE BEEN VERY SLOW TO
ATTACK MUELLER AND I'M GOING
TO CITE HIM NOW.
IN THE STATEMENT OF THE
CHARGES AGAINST GENERAL
FLYNN, HE SAYS THAT FLYNN
WAS ON THE PHONE WITH
KISLYAK, THE RUSSIAN
AMBASSADOR, AND OTHER FOREIGN
OFFICIALS THEY WERE SAYING
WE WANT TO BRING U.S. CLOSER
TO BOTH RUSSIA AND ISRAEL.L.
THOSE ARE CAMPAIGN PROMISES
THAT TRUMP MADE.
WHY IS THAT AN ACT OF
DISLOYALTY AGAINST YOUR
COUNTRY THAT WOULD JUSTIFY
SURVEILLANCE?
I DON'T UNDERSTAND.
DOES IT SURPRISE YOU THAT
THE U.S. GOVERNMENT MIGHT
SURVEIL THE RUSSIAN
AMBASSADOR TO THE UNITED
STATES?
Tucker: NO, IT DOESN'T.
EXACTLY!
YOU ARE ASSUMING THIS WAS
A SURVEILLANCE OF FLYNN WHO
INCIDENTALLY, WE ALREADY HAD
A PREDICATE FOR BECAUSE THE
RUSSIANS HAD REACHED OUT.
THEY DIDN'T REACH OUT TO THE
HILLARY CLINTON CAMPAIGN.
THEY REACHED OUT TO THE
TRUMP CAMPAIGN.
THE TRUMP RESPONSE WAS,
LOVE
IT LET'S SEE MORE.
THAT UNDERMINES DEMOCRACY.
Tucker: THE INTEL T
AGENCIES ARE ALLOWED TO AND
OUGHT TO BE SURVEILLING
FOREIGN ACTORS IN THE UNITED
STATES AND ALSO ABROAD.
WE ARE SUPPOSED TO BE PRETTY
JUMPY ABOUT GETTING
AMERICANS INVOLVED IN THAT
SURVEILLANCE.
THERE IS A HIGH BAR, FISA COURT
EXISTS TO SURE THIS IS NOT
ABUSED.
THERE IS NO EVIDENCE THAT
MICHAEL FLYNN WAS DOING
ANYTHING WRONG WITH THE
RUSSIANS AT
ALL.
IT DOESN'T SHOW UP IN THE
MUELLER STATEMENT.IS
OKAY.
AND WHY WOULDN'T IT?
HE IS INVESTIGATING THAT.
THERE IS NO EVIDENCE HE DID
ANYTHING UNTOWARD OR
DISLOYAL TO AMERICA.
AND THEY ARE STILL SURVEYINGHI
OT
HIM.
WHY SHOULDN'T THAT BOTHER
YOU?
THIS WAS THE SAME MICHAEL
FLYNN SITTING NEXT TO
VLADIMIR PUTIN IN 2015.
THAT'S NOT A CRIME BUT THE
FACT TO SUGGEST THAT THERE
IS NO EVIDENCE ANYWHERE.
Tucker: WHERE IS THE
EVIDENCE?
IS SITTING NEXT TO PUTIN A
CRIME?
IF YOU PULLED OUT ROBERT
MUELLER'S DESK DRAWER, THERE
WOULD BE REAMS OF EVIDENCE.
Tucker: IT'S SECRET
EVIDENCE?
WE WILL SEE IT. W
Tucker: WHERE IS IT?
HE HAS ALREADY PLED GUILTY
TO A FELONY.
SO WHERE IS THE EVIDENCE?
EXACTLY. D
MY GUESS IS THERE WOULD HAVE
BEEN MULTIPLE FELONIES --
Tucker: I DON'T KNOW MIKE
FLYNN.
I'M NOT DEFENDING HIM ON A
PERSONAL BASIS.
THE GUY HAS HAD TO SELL HIS
HOUSE.
HIS LIFE HAS BEEN DESTROYED.
HE PLED TO A FELONY.
HE COULD GO TO JAIL.
YES.
HE SHOULD HAVE THOUGHT ABOUT
THAT BEFORE HE
LIED TO THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT!
HE DID HE OTHER THINGS AS
WELL.
Tucker: REALLY?
WHERE ARE THEY?E
WE KNOW, FOR EXAMPLE, HE
DIDN'T DISCLOSE WHAT HE
SHOULD HAVE DISCLOSED ON
FORMS.
Tucker: WHAT DID HE DO
WRONG?
THAT'S LIKE SAYING --
WHATEVER.
Tucker: IT'S NOT
WHATEVER.
I'M NOT EXCUSING PERJURY.
HE PLED TO IT -- WHATY I'M
SHOCKED BY IS OUR
INTELLIGENCE AGENCIES WERE
SURVEYING THE POLITICAL
OPPONENT OF THE PRESIDENT AT
THE TIME.
YEAH.
Tucker: THEY WERE?
IT'S RIGHT HERE.
THEY WERE AND NOBODY SEEMS
TO CARE BECAUSE YOU FEEL
LIKE SOMEONE YOU DISLIKE F IS
BEING HURT BY IT,
IT'S OKAY.
I WOULD SAY THE PROBLEM
WITH THAT ANALYSIS IT
SUGGESTS THE FBI WAS OUT TO
GET DONALD TRUMP AND HIS
PEOPLE AND THE ANSWER TO
THAT IS DONALD TRUMP SHOULD
THANK HIS LUCKY STARS FOR
THE FBI.IR
THAT'S WHY HE ISTE
PRESIDENT, BECAUSE OF WHAT
COMEY DID ON JULY 5TH AND
OCTOBER 28TH.
THAT IS THE REASON HE IS
PRESIDENT.
SORRY.
Tucker: THAT'S ENTIRELY
ZISEPARATE.
THE SUGGESTION THAT THE
FBI IS CORRUPTED --
Tucker: CAN WE TAKE TRUMP
AND HILLARY AND ALL THE
POLARIZING POLITICAL FIGURES
OUT OF THIS AND HAVE AN
HONEST CONVERSATION?
SURE.
Tucker: ISN'T IT
SOMETHING WE SHOULD BE S
CONCERNED ABOUT WHEN OUR
INTELLIGENCE AND LAW
ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES PUT
AMERICANS UNDER SURVEILLANCE U
AND DON'T TELL THEM ABOUT IT
AND DON'T TELL US WHY THEY
ARE DOING IT AND NEVER COME
UP WITH A REAL JUSTIFICATION
FOR IT AND THEN YOU SEE
PEOPLE'S LIVES DESTROYED??
HOW WOULD YOU LIKE THIS IF
IT HAPPENED TO A DEMOCRAT? H
YOU WOULD HATED!
I WOULD BE HONEST ENOUGH TO BE
ON YOUR SIDE BECAUSE IT'S
WRONG.
I THINK THE WHOLE POINT
OF SURVEILLANCE IS NOT TO
KNOCK ON THE DOOR OF THE GUY
BEING SURVEILLED AND
INCIDENTALLY WATCH YOURSELF
WHAT YOU SAY FROM NOW ON.
THAT'S NOT THE POINT.
THE POINT IS TO CATCH THEM
DOING THINGS THAT ARE
CONTRARY TO THE INTERESTS OF
THE UNITEDD STATES.
THAT'S WHAT MICHAEL FILM DID
AND THAT'S WHAT PAUL
MANAFORT IS ACCUSED OF
DOING.
Tucker: FLYNN, IF HE DIDYN
SOMETHING, IT WAS CONTRARY
TO THE INTEREST OF THET
UNITED STATES.
HE BETRAYED HIS COUNTRY,
WHICH IS WHAT YOU JUST SAID.
WHAT ISS IT?
WHEN HE WAS NATIONAL
SECURITY ADVISOR, AGAIN, THE
PRESIDENT'S NATIONAL
SECURITY ADVISOR PLED GUILTY
TO A CRIME.
Tucker: LYING TO THE FBI.
WHILE HE WAS NATIONAL
SECURITY ADVISOR, WE KNOW HE
ASKED STAFF TO BASICALLY
TAKE A CLIENT'S WISH LIST
AND PUT THE UNITED STATES
SEAL ON IT AND SAY DO WE
WANT THIS TO BE U.S. POLICY?
THAT IS A PROBLEM.
Tucker: YOU JUST ACCUSED
HIM OF DISLOYALTY TO HIS
COUNTRY.
YEAH.
Tucker: HE HAS BEEN
INDICTED.
WHY WASN'T HE INDICTED FOR THAT?
YOU HAVE TO ASK ROBERT
MUELLER.
Tucker: AREN'TT YOU
BOTHERED BY IT?
I'M NOT THE LEAST BIT
BOTHERED THAT THE PROSECUTOR
DECIDES TO GO EASY ON
SOMEBODY WHO IS A
COOPERATING WITNESS.
IF IT OFFENDS PEOPLE, BE IT.
THAT'S TRIED AND TRUE.
THAT'S WHAT PROSECUTORS DO.
Tucker: HE HASN'T BEEN
SHOWN TO HAVE DONE ANYTHING
TO HURT AMERICA.
WE HAVE DESTROYED HIS LIFE
AND NOW WE ARE NODDING AND
SAYING IT'S OKAY THAT OUR
INTEL AGENCIES SPY ON A
AMERICANS.
DON'T YOU SEE THAT OUR
STANDARDS ARE GETTING REALLY
LOW?
WELL, AGAIN, PAUL
MANAFORT, I THINK WE HAVEFO
REASON TO BELIEVE WAS UNDERO
SURVEILLANCE FOR YEARS ANDEI I
THINK THAT'S WHAT DONALD
TRUMP IS REALLY WORRIED
ABOUT, THE CONVERSATIONS HE
HAD WITH MANAFORT.
Tucker: YOU MAY BE RIGHT
ABOUT MANAFORT.
IT'S FLYNN I'M OBSESSED WITH.
HE'S A GENERAL.
THERE IS NO EVIDENCE THAT HE
SOLD OUT AMERICA.
YOU'RE ASKING THE GOVERNMENT
TO PUT A STAMP ON YOUR CLIENT'S
GOVERNMENT, THAT IS ILLEGAL.
Tucker: THEY SHOULD HAVE
INDICTED HIM FOR IT.
RICHARD, THANK YOU.
WE HAVE SOME ADVICE FOR 2018.
IN CASE YOU ARE IN THE MOOD
FOR ADVICE AS YOU NURSE YOUR
POST NEW YEAR'S HANGOVER.
PLUS, WE TAKE A LOOK ATRE
BALTIMORE THE
CITY OF, WHERE THE
Tucker: WELL, AMERICA
DIDN'T INVADE ANY COUNTRIES
LAST YEAR BUT ONE CITY STILL
MANAGED TO
Tucker: WELL, AMERICA
DIDN'T INVADE ANY COUNTRIES W
LAST YEAR BUT ONE CITY STILL
MANAGED TO BECOME A WAR
ZONE.
UNFORTUNATELY IT WAS WITHIN
OUR BORDERS.
BALTIMORE, MARYLAND, IT
ENDED THE YEAR WITH 343
MURDERS OR 56 FOR EVERY
100,000 PEOPLE.
THAT'S THE CITY'S HIGHEST
PER CAPITA RATE EVER.
GREATER EVEN THAN DURING THE
GREAT CRACK EPIDEMIC, THE
SAD EPIDEMIC OF THE 1980s.
ONE OBVIOUS CULPRIT FOR THIS,
A STAND DOWN BY POLICE AFTER
THE 2015 RIOTS THERE
FOLLOWING THE DEATH OF
FREDDIE GRAY, BALTIMORE COPS
WERE PRESSURED TO BACK OFF
ON TOUGH T POLICING TACTICS.
A LOT OF THEM WERE AFRAID TO GO
OUT AND DO WHAT THEY DID BEFORE.
FOR THE MOST PART THEY
BACKED OFF AND THIS IS THE
RESULT.S
LADON JONES IS A CRIMINAL
DEFENSE ATTORNEY AND SHE
JOINS US TONIGHT..
THANKS FOR COMING ON.
THANKS FOR HAVING ME
BACK.
HAPPY NEW YEAR.
Tucker: HAPPY NEW YEAR.
THERE ARE PEOPLE IN
BALTIMORE WHO ARE NOT RIGHT
WINGERS, WHO ACTUALLY LIVE
THERE, IN CONTRAST TO A LOT
OF THE LEADERS OF BLACK
LIVES MATTER.
RICH KIDS ON COLLEGE
CAMPUSES.
WHO ARE SAYING THAT THE
POLICE LEAVING HAS BEEN A
TRAGEDY.
THIS IS THE REVEREND SCOTT,
ACTIVIST IN THE CITY,
"WE WANTED THE POLICE THERE.
WE WANTED THEM ENGAGED IN 3
THE COMMUNITY."
WHY WOULDN'T PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN
A CITY WITH OVER 300 MURDERS
WANT POLICE KEEPING ORDER?
WELL, THEY ABSOLUTELY DO.
NO ONE EVER SAID THEY
DIDN'T.
THEY WANT THE SAME THING YOU
TALKED ABOUT IN LAST FEW
SEGMENTS.
THEY DON'T WANT GOVERNMENT
OVERREACH BY HAVING POLICE
OFFICERS WHO ARE ABUSIVE TO
INNOCENT PEOPLE.
Tucker: RIGHT.
ABUSING THEIR POWER
RATHER THAN PERFORMING THEIR
ROLE AS LAW ENFORCEMENT.
Tucker: I THINK EVERYBODY
WANTS THAT FOR SURE.
AND I AGREE WITH THEM
COMPLETELY.
I HATE ANY ABUSE OF POWER,
WHETHER IT'S BY THE COPS OR
DMV WORKER YOU DEAL WITH OR
ANYBODY.
ABUSE OF POWER IS ALWAYS
WRONG.
THAT'S NOT AT ALL WHAT THE
BLACK LIVES MATTER PEOPLE IN
BALTIMORE WERE SAYING.
IT WAS "THE COPS ARE THE
PROBLEM.
THE CITY IS A BAD PLACE
BECAUSE OF THE COPS."HE
AND THEN, OF COURSE, THERE
WERE THREATS OF VIOLENCE
AGAINST THE POLICE.E
IF YOU ARE A BALTIMORE POLICE
OFFICER, WHY WOULD YOU BOTHER
TO PUT YOUR REPUTATION ON
THE LINE TO HELP PEOPLE?
I UNDERSTAND YOUR
ARGUMENT.
AS A PUBLIC SERVANT, WHEN YOU
HAVE A THANKLESS JOB, IT'S VERY
HARD TO GET UP THE NEXT DAY AND
DO WHAT YOU NEED TO DO.
THAT'S WHAT YOU SIGN UP FOR.
I DON'T THINK THE BLACK
LIVES MATTER STANCE -- LAST
TIME I WAS ON THE SHOW YOU
SAID I WAS A BLACK LIVES
MATTER ACTIVIST.
I'M NOT AN ACTIVIST.
THAT'S WHAT THEY SAID BUT
THAT'S NOT WHAT
PEOPLE
HEARD.
WE DON'T WANT THE POLICE TO
KILL US, WHICH IS A PRETTY
DIFFERENT THING.
Tucker: THE WHOLE LIKE
PIGS IN A BLANKET, MURDER
COPS STUFF, THAT'S THE
NUANCED MESSAGE THAT YOU ARE
DESCRIBING?
WELL, I WOULDN'T THINK IT
IS ANY MORE FAIR THAN TO PUT
ALL PEOPLE WHO HAVE THIS
KIND OF NEGATIVE AND
DIVISIVE CONNOTATION AS FOR
THE WHOLE CITY OF BALTIMORE
OR THE ENTIRE BLACK LIVES
MATTER, ANY MORE FAIR THAN
WOULD BE TO SAY THAT EVERY
WHITE PERSON IS WITH THE KU
KLUX KLAN OR A NEO NAZI.
THAT'S NOT THE CASE, RIGHT?
Tucker: WHOA, SLOW DOWN.
THAT WAS AT A BLACK LIVES
MATTER MARCH.
SO I MEAN, IT'S NOT LIKE SOME
OUT OF NOWHERE CONNECTION.
THAT WAS AT A MARCH.
IT'S ON VIDEO.
SO IT'S NOT LIKE I'M MAKING
IT UP, AS YOU WELL KNOW.
IN EVERY MOVEMENT, THERE
ARE DETRACTORS, THERE ARE
PEOPLE WHO TRY TO TAKE AWAY
FROM THE REAL CHANGE AND BE
DIVISIVE.
THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO ARE
MISLEAD.
WE HAVE SEEN THAT IN EVERY
SINGLE MOVEMENT THAT THERE
WAS.S
BLACK LIVES MATTER IS NO
DIFFERENT.
BUT, ANYONE WHO REALLY LOOKS
AT WHAT THEY STAND FOR,T WHAT
THEY PUT OUT, WHAT THEIR LEADERS
EXPOSE IS REALLY GETTING TO THE
21st CENTURY POLICING AND MAKING
SURE THERE IS NO GOVERNMENT
OVERREACH.
Tucker: YOU KEEP
USING THAT PHRASE.
I GET THAT YOU ARE NOT
AGAINST ANY GOVERNMENT
OVERREACH.
2017, 333 MURDERS IN THE
CITY OF BALTIMORE.
WHY IS THAT?
I DON'T LIVE IN BALTIMORE,
I LIVE IN ATLANTA.
AS A FORMER PROSECUTOR, THERE
ARE A NUMBER OF FACTORS THAT
GO INTO THE INCREASE OF
CRIMINAL ACTIVITY.
ONE OF THE NUMBER ONE THINGS
THE THINGS THAT BLACK LIVES
MATTER ASK AND MANY OTHERS
IS WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT
THE POLICE ARE INVOLVED IN
AN INTEGRAL PART OF THE
COMMUNITY, NOT AGAINST THE
COMMUNITY, AND THEY HAVE NOT
REACHED THAT POINT YET.
Tucker: HOLD ON, I'M
CONFUSED, YOU SAY YOU ARE A
PART OF BLACK LIVES MATTER,
AT LEAST SYMPATHETIC TO IT.
IT'S IN THE NAME, "BLACK
LIVES MATTER."
I DON'T KNOW WHAT
PERCENTAGE --
I DIDN'T SAY THAT BUT
YES.
Tucker: I DON'T KNOW WHAT
PERCENTAGE OF THOSE MURDER
VICTIMS WERE
AFRICAN-AMERICAN,
OVERWHELMING MAJORITY.
I'M A LITTLE CONCERNED AND
CONFUSED BY WHY YOU WOULDN'T
HAVE A BETTER ANSWER THAN
THERE ARE A LOT OF REASONS,
LIKE, IT'S AS SERIOUS
QUESTION.
WHY WERE 343 PEOPLE MURDERED
IN BALTIMORE THIS YEAR?
HAVE YOU THOUGHT ABOUT WHY?
ABSOLUTELY BUT I DON'T
UNDERSTAND WHY ONE ARGUMENT
HAS TO DO WITH THE OTHER.
ALL LIVES DO, IN FACT
WHETHER THEY ARE TAKEN BY
THE HANDS OF THE POLICE OR
OF CRIMINALS, I THINK PEOPLE
WHO REALLY CARE ABOUT THE
COMMUNITY WANT TO ADDRESS
BOTH OF THOSE.
IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE EITHERER
OR.
Tucker: LOOK, BLACK LIVES
MATTER SPENDS ALL OF ITS
TIME TALKING ABOUT HOW THE T
COPS ARE THE PROBLEM.
I DON'T HEAR ANYBODY EVEN
THINKING THROUGH, LIKE, WHY ISTH
THIS HAPPENING?
THAT'S A LOT OF PEOPLE TO
DIE IN A SMALL CITY AND I
NEVER HEAR ANYBODY SAY WHY.
TUCKER, I HAVE A HARD TIME
HE
BELIEVING THAT YOU REALLY
HAVE A WHOLE LOT OF
CONVERSATIONS WITH BLACK
LIVES MATTER TO KNOW WHAT
THEY ONLY TALK ABOUT.
Tucker: I'M HAVING ONE
RIGHT NOW AND I CAN'T GET AAV
STRAIGHT ANSWER WHICH A
LITTLE BIT REVEALING..
THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT I
TOLD YOU WHEN I CAME ON, I'M
NOT A BLACK LIVES MATTER
ACTIVIST BUT I DO UNDERSTAND
SS
WHY IT'S AN ISSUE.
Tucker: YOU THOUGHT ABOUT
THE ISSUE, PRESUMABLY.
ALL AMERICANS, I WOULD HOPE
THAT YOU WOULD, TOO.
ALL AMERICANS SHOULD THINK
ABOUT THIS ISSUE.
WE ARE ACTUALLY SAYING THE
SAME THING.
Tucker: THAT'S WHY I'M
DOING THE SEGMENT.
I WANT TO GET A REAL ANSWER
BUT I'M NOT GETTING ONE.
THAT'S THE ANSWER.
WHAT IS THE QUESTION?
Tucker: THANKS FOR
JOINING US.
I APPRECIATE IT.
2017 WAS A TOXIC YEAR IN
AMERICAN POLITICAL LIFE.
WE HAVE SOME ADVICE ON HOW
TO MAKE THE NEXT YEAR THIS
YEAR 2018 PERHAPS A LITTLE
BETTER, NEXT.
♪ ♪
Tucker: HAPPY NEW YEAR.
AMERICA IS STILL A GREAT
COUNTRY.
THE BEST IN THE WORLD.
BUT IT'S ALSO FRAGILE.
WEALTH AND POWER ARE
CONCENTRATED IN FEWER HANDS P
THAN AT ANY TIME IN OUR
HISTORY.
UNFORTUNATELY, MANY OF THE
PEOPLE WHO WIELD IT ARE
SHORTSIGHTED AND UNWISE.
SOME OF THEM ACTIVELYY
DISLIKE THE COUNTRY THEY
LEAD.
THAT DOESN'T MEAN DISASTER
IS COMING.
BUT IT COULD.TE
WE HAVE NO IDEA WHAT'S GOING
TO HAPPEN IN 2018.
IT SEEMS LIKE A GOOD MOMENT TO
REVIEW THE THINGS WE DO KNOW FOR
SURE.
HERE'S A PARTIAL LIST OF
THEM.
WARS ARE ALMOST NEVER MAKE
COUNTRIES RICHER OR HAPPIER.
READING THE INTERNET ALL DAY
DOES NOT MAKE YOU SMARTER.
SENDING MORE TEXTS AND EMAILS
DOES NOT MAKE YOU PRODUCTIVE.
YOU HAVE AN ABSOLUTE RIGHT
TO SAY WHAT YOU THINK IS
TRUE.
OTHER PEOPLE MAY NOT LIKE
YOUR VIEWS.
TOUGH.
FRIENDSHIP IS MORE IMPORTANT
THAN POLITICS, SO ARE SPORTS,
DINNER, CHURCH, DOGS, AND
MOST HOBBIES.
ATTACKING PEOPLE BECAUSE OF
THEIR SKIN COLOR IS WRONG.
THIS IS ALWAYS TRUE, NOTH
MATTER WHAT THE COLOR IS.
THE BEGINNING OF WISDOM IS
UNDERSTANDING HOW LITTLE YOU
CAN CONTROL.
GENDER IS NOT A SOCIAL
CONSTRUCT.
IT IS A BIOLOGICAL REALITY.
MEN AND WOMEN ARE INHERENTLY
DIFFERENT.TY
THEY ARE NOT
INTERCHANGEABLE.
PRETENDING OTHERWISE IS
ABSURD.
IT IS A SURE FIRE WAY TO MAKE
HEALTHY RELATIONSHIPS
IMPOSSIBLE.
FAMILIES FAIL AND A SOCIETY
COLLAPSE.
ANIMALS ARE CLOSER TO HUMANS
THAN WE THINK.EO
AND PEOPLE ARE CLOSER TO
ANIMALS.
NO MATTER HOW MANY PUBLIC
SAFETY AGENCIES GOVERNMENT
BUREAUCRATS INVENT, WHEN
IT COMES DOWN TO IT, YOU ARE
RESPONSIBLE FOR YOURSELF AND
YOUR FAMILY.
BEST TO KNOW THAT AHEAD OF
TIME.
THE ONLY IMMUTABLE LAW IS
THE LAW OF UNINTENDED
CONSEQUENCES.
NEW AND IMPROVED ELECTRONICIC
DEVICES RARELY IMPROVE YOUR
LIFE.
OFTEN THEY ENSLAVE YOU.
NO TEXT MESSAGE OR SOCIAL
MEDIA POST IS EVER WORTH
INTERRUPTING A MEAL WITH
PEOPLE YOU LOVE.
THE U.S. GOVERNMENT HAS ONE
DUTY, SECURING THE
WELL-BEING OF AMERICAN
CITIZENS.
RELATIVELY FEW PEOPLE WHO
WORK FOR THE GOVERNMENT
ACTUALLY BELIEVE THAT.
CHARITY BEGINS AT HOME.
BEFORE YOU SEND A CHECK TO
FIGHT MALARIA IN CONGO OR
SPONSOR A SYRIAN REFUGEE TO
COME TO MINNEAPOLIS,
ASK YOURSELF WHY SO MANY OFOL
OUR FELLOW AMERICANS ARE
LIVING ON THE STREET F OR
DYING OF DRUG OVERDOSES AND
THEN ASK WHAT CAN YOU DO TO
HELP.
LAWS CHANGE, CUSTOMS AND
BELIEFS CHANGE.
A LOT CHANGES, HUMAN NATURE
DOES NOT CHANGE.
ANY FOOD THAT MAKES YOUR
MOUTH WATER, LIKELY BAD FOR
YOU.
IN THE END, ALL THAT REALLY
COUNTS IS RELATIONSHIPS WITH
OTHER PEOPLE, NO MATTER HOW
SUCCESSFUL YOU ARE, IF YOUR
KIDS HATE YOU, YOU HAVE
FAILED.
HISTORY HAPPENED, WHETHER YOU
LIKE IT OR NOT.
AND FINALLY, YOU WANT TO MAKE
THE WORLD BETTER?
RAISE DECENT CHILDREN,
PREFERABLY A LOT OF THEM.
WELL, AFTER ENDING THE 2016
YEAR BY DECRYING FAKE NEWS,
THE PRESS IN AMERICA KEPT
PUBLISHING FALSE STORIES ALL
THROUGH 2017.
UP NEXT, WE'LL DISCUSS HOW
THEY CAN GET BACK ON TRACK
IN THIS NEW YEAR.
STAY TUNED.
♪ ♪
Tucker: IT'S A NEW YEAR
BUT NOT EVERYONE IS MAKING
RESOLUTIONS.
YOU ARE PROBABLY PLEDGING TO
SWEAR OFF DESERTS, I AM.
MANY OF YOU ARE GOING TO THE GYM
GYM.
IT'S ODD HOW EMBARRASSING
2017 NEWS COVERAGE ACTUALLY
WAS.
IT WAS ABOUT A YEAR AGO THAT
THE "THE WASHINGTON POST"
WAS REPORTING, YOU WILL
REMEMBER, THAT RUSSIA HAD
BREACHED THE AMERICAN
ELECTRICAL GRID. P WEE
PANIC ENSUED.
THAT STORY TO NOT TO BE TOTALLY
FALSE.
SO WERE COUNTLESS GAMES THAT
WERE REPEATED IN VIRTUALLY EVERY
PRESS OUTLET THAT THE RUSSIAN
GOVERNMENT HACKED OUR ELECTION.
THAT SUGGESTED THAT PUTIN
RIGGED IT OR ALTERED VOTE
TOTALS SOMEHOW.
THERE WAS NEVER ANY EVIDENCE OF
THAT AND STILL ISN'T.
THEY ARE STILL SAYING IT.
HOW ABOUT THAT STORY HOWT
FIKE FLYNN WAS GOING TO
HOW ABOUT THAT STORY HOW
MIKE FLYNN WAS GOING TO
TESTIFY THAT TRUMP ORDERED
HIM TO MAKE CONTACT WITH RUSSIA
BEFORE THE ELECTION.
REMEMBER THAT ONE?
ABC RAN IT AND RETRACTED IT
BUT NOT BECAUSE CAUSING BIG
SHORT-TERM LOSSES IN THE
STOCK MARKET.
OOPS.
THAT VERY SAME WEEK CNN MADE
UP A STORY ABOUT DONALD
TRUMP JR. AND WIKILEAKS.
REMEMBER THAT ONE?
WRONG AGAIN BUT THEY KEPT
GOING.
WE COULD KEEP GOING ON AND
ON AND ON.
THERE IS A LOT OF EXAMPLES.
DONALD TRUMP LOATHES THE
MEDIA.
HE TWEETED THIS, "I WILL BE
ANNOUNCING THE MOST
DISHONEST AND CORRUPT MEDIA
AWARDS OF THE YEAR ON MONDAY
AT 5:00.
SUBJECTS WILL COVER
DISHONESTY AND BAD REPORTING
IN THE VARIOUS CATEGORIES
FROM THE FAKE NEWS MEDIA.
STAY TUNED."
HE DOESN'T LIKE THE MEDIA.
BUT DOES THAT GIVE REPORTERS
LICENSE TO BE SLOPPY AND
DISHONEST?
JOE CONCHA WRITES ABOUT THE
PRESS FOR "THE HILL."
HE JOINS US TONIGHT.
WE CAN GO THROUGH ALL THE
EXAMPLES OF THE PRESS
GETTING IT WRONG OR PUTTING
A THUMB ON THE SCALE.NG
I WANT TO TAKE THREE STEPSHE
BACK BECAUSE IT'S A NEW YEAR
AND ASK WHAT IS THIS ABOUT?
IT SEEMS LIKE NEWS OUTLETS
ARE DEVALUING THEIR OWN D
CURRENCY, WHICH IS
CREDIBILITY, IN PURSUIT OF
TRUMP, IT'S HURTING THEM BUT
THEY ARE STILL DOING IT WHY?
THEY ARE DOING IT FOR
MANY NETWORKS AND PAPERS
LIKE "THE WASHINGTON POST"
AND "NEW YORK TIMES."
MOST READ YEARS EVER, DIGITAL
SUBSCRIPTIONS UP, CNN AND
NBC, MOST WATCHED YEARS FOR
THEM EVER.
GRANTED CNN, STILL IN THIRD
PLACE, NBC STILL IN SECOND.
FOX NEWS IN FIRST.
IT'S BEEN VERY GOOD FOR
BUSINESS.
I ALSO THINK THAT IF YOUNE
ABANDON ALL NEUTRALITY,
TUCKER, THAT YOU ACTUALLY
GET A GOLD STAR OR POSSIBLY
PROMOTION OR AN AWARD.
LET ME GIVE YOU ONE EXAMPLE.
THIS IS A VERY CLEAR ONE.
JORGE RAMOS IS AN ADVOCATE
WHO PLAYS ANCHOR ON TV. A
HE WAS AWARDED THE PRESTIGIOUS
WALTER CRONKITE AWARD.
HE SAID, "NEUTRALITY IS NOT AN
OPTION WHEN COVERING DONALD
TRUMP.
JUDGMENT DAY IS COMING FOR
THOSE WHO STAY SILENTTA ON
TRUMP."
THAT SOUNDS LIKE SOMEBODY
LEADING RESISTANCE.
AND IS HE GIVEN THE BIGGEST,
MOST PRESTIGIOUS AWARD IN
JOURNALISM FOR SAYING YOU
SHOULDN'T BE OBJECTIVE
ANYMORE WHEN COVERING A
SITTING PRESIDENT.
Tucker: JUDGMENT DAY IS
COMING.
THAT SUGGESTS A SPIRITUAL
ELEMENT TO THIS.
THAT SOUNDS LIKE SOMETHING
FROM A SERMON.
IT DOES, DOESN'T IT?
I WILL GIVE YOU ANOTHER
SERMON, BY THE WAY.
BOB WOODWARD SAID ON CNN ON
SUNDAY.
THIS SUMS IT UP PERFECTLY.
IN LOTS OF REPORTING,
PARTICULARLY ON TELEVISION,
COMMENTARY, THERE IS A
SELF-RIGHTEOUSNESS, SMUGNESS,
AND PEOPLE KIND OF
RIDICULING THE PRESIDENT.
WHEN WE REPORTED ON NIXON, IT
WAS OBVIOUSLY A VERY
DIFFERENT ERA.
WE DID NOT ADOPT A TONE OF
RIDICULE.
THE TONE WAS, WHAT ARE THE
FACTS?
BOB WOODWARD GETS IT.
THEY PURSUED FACTS WITHOUT
ACTUALLY RIDICULING AND
THAT'S THE WAY WE SHOULD BE
GOING BEEN ABOUT OUR BUSINESS
NOW.
IN 2018, TUCKER, THAT AIN'T
GOING TO CHANGE.
Tucker: IT SEEMS LIKENG
AND, LOOK, I WILL STIPULATE
WHAT IS OBVIOUS, WHICH IS THE
PRESIDENT GOADS THE PRESS.
HE DOESN'T LIKE THEM.
HE IS ALWAYS TWEETING ABOUT
THEM.
I WONDER WHY NOBODY IN THE
PRESS CORPS HAS DECIDED, I'M
NOT GOING TO RISE TO THE H
BAIT.
AND I'M GOING TO PLAY IT AS
STRAIGHT AS I POSSIBLY CANIT
AND LET MY STORIES SPEAK FOR
THEMSELVES.
THEY SEEM PERSONALLY
OFFENDED.
THERE IS DEFINITELY -- HOW
CAN I PUT THIS, WHEN THE
PRESIDENT CRITICIZES MEMBERS
OF THE PRESS, THEY TAKE IT
PERSONALLY.
MY WIFE IS AN E.R. DOCTOR.
SHE HAS COME PEOPLE COME
INTO THE EMERGENCY ROOM ALL
THE TIME, LOTS ARE DRUG
SEEKERS, FAKING ILLNESSES TO
GET A PRESCRIPTION.
WHEN THEY DON'T GET WHAT
THEY WANT, THEY PERSONALLY
START TO ATTACK HER VERBALLY.
SHE PUTS HER HEAD DOWN.
SHE IGNORES ALL THE
CRITICISM AND SHE DOES HER JOB.
THAT'S WHAT REPORTERS SHOULD
BE DOING.
THEY SHOULD IGNORE WHAT THE
PRESIDENT IS SAYING IN TERMS.
OF FAKE NEWS AND THE TWEETS
THAT COME OUT EVERY DAY
BECAUSE HE KNOWS IT'S A
POLITICAL PLAY BECAUSE HIS
BASE THINKS THE MEDIA IS THE
OPPOSITION PARTY.
THEY NEED TO DO THAT.
BUT INSTEAD, WHAT THEY END UP
TOO LONG IS THEY TAKE
UNNAMED SOURCED INFORMATION
THAT'S WEAPONIZED FROMOP
PEOPLE THAT ARE PURPOSEFULLYSE
PUSHING FALSE NARRATIVES AND
THEY RUN WITH IT BECAUSE
THEY FEEL THAT'S AMMUNITION
AND THEY DON'T CARE IF THEY
GET IT WRONG BECAUSE
THERE IS NEVER ANY
ACCOUNTABILITY FOR THE MOST
PART WHETHER THEY DO GET IT
WRONG.
Tucker: VERY QUICK, 10
SECONDS.
THEY TOLD US FOR A YEAR THAT
THE TRUMP CAMPAIGN COLLUDED
WITH THE PUTIN GOVERNMENT TO
STEAL THE ELECTIONS.
IF IT TURNS OUT NOT TO BE
TRUE, WHERE DOES THAT LEAVE
THEM?
IT LEAVES THEM WITH HALF
OF THEIR AUDIENCE BELIEVING
THAT IT STILL IS TRUE AND
THEY WILL JUST CONTINUE --
THEY WILL FIND ANOTHER
NARRATIVE TO PUSH AS LONG AS
IT'S NEGATIVE TOWARDS THE
ADMINISTRATION.TH
Tucker: THAT DIVIDES THE
COUNTRY RIGHT THERE.
JOE CONCHA, THANKS A LOT.
HAPPY 2018.
Tucker: HAPPY 2018.
WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK.
♪ ♪
Tucker: THAT IS ABOUT IT.
LIKE SANDS THROUGH AN
HOURGLASS, ANOTHER HOUR HAS
PASSED UNACCOUNTABLY.
IT IS GREAT TO BE BACK.
THANKS FOR JOINING US
TONIGHT.
TUNE IN EVERY NIGHT AT 8:00
P.M. EASTERN.
DVR IT IF YOU KNOW HOW THAT
WORKS.
GOOD NIGHT FROM WASHINGTON.
SEAN HANNITY IS NEXT.