and we should never forget it. we re dealing with people that hate our country. so again, he s talking about four elected representatives that s who he s talking about. four american citizens. four women of color. four human beings who in his eyes and the eyes of at least the people chanting are the enemy. not the opposition. the enemy. a lot to talk about. we ll dig into the politics of this shortly but first, the larger questions and we re especially glad to be joined by dr. cornell west at harvard university. professor west, i want to talk to you because i find that chant so depressing and i mean, look, we ve seen this thing done before, you know, send them back was said to, you know, irish and italian and said to chinese and every wave of immigrants that came to the shores and desen
they arrive so that you don t have the kind of neofascist policies of the trump administration separating precious children from their mothers and fathers. tucker: that s silly. what, what? tucker: hold on, how do you think the desen dented of american slaves benefit when you bring in 25 million illegals, illegal immigrants from the third world, does that elevate poor americans? i don t see any evidence that they get richer or happy where you bring in more poor people. you ignored their problems. but, brother, if we were having this discussion 100 years ago and you had millions of people coming from jew-hating europe, irish hating britain and ireland, all of the folks who came into making the slice of this nation, did it not allow for the kind of coming together with poor and working people would be able to straighten their backs up and speak with dignity and decency about issues that affect all of us?
i think back, we have always had violent movies and video games and we didn t have these shootings. what do you think it is? i think that it s part of a moral decline in our society where young people are taught that they there are no absolute rights and wrongs. it s considered politically correct at times to talk about good versus evil and clearly there is evil. and if young people don t have any moral underpinnings or guidance, and they don t have any respect for the sanctity of human life, then, of course, they will act out. i think that the problem begins with the parents, the homes, the schools, and signals that they are being sent by our society. melissa: dr. bobber, do you agree with that? do you think it s a societal problem where we don t put value on life any longer and desen is he advertise children acts of violence through movies, video games,
absolutely. there are a lot of mall shootings that we are hearing about around the world. mane not only the drama, they are also fearful. i think they are fearful number one, they think there may be shots fired because we as a culture and almost a worldwide people concerned about liberty have ptsd. we have been exposed to a lot of terrorist events and people are therefore on edge. there is another thing they are addicted to as well. that is the kind of merchandise that bring them technology. it used to be a sweater or pair of pants. now not having certain things make you feel that much more like you re disconnected. you tonight have the right technology. you don t have the right sneakers. these folks are there looking for their identities when really they need the identity come from within. but social media deprives them of that as does a particular kind of consumer. does social media and maybe even video games, desen at this advertise these kids. absolutely. where violence
absolutely. there are a lot of mall shootings that we are hearing about around the world. mane not only the drama, they are also fearful. i think they are fearful number one, they think there may be shots fired because we as a culture and almost a worldwide people concerned about liberty have ptsd. we have been exposed to a lot of terrorist events and people are therefore on edge. there is another thing they are addicted to as well. that is the kind of merchandise that bring them technology. it used to be a sweater or pair of pants. now not having certain things make you feel that much more like you re disconnected. you tonight have the right technology. you don t have the right sneakers. these folks are there looking for their identities when really they need the identity come from within. but social media deprives them of that as does a particular kind of consumer. does social media and maybe even video games, desen at this advertise these kids. absolutely. where violence