So also tonight we want to congratulate eric and lara trump on the birth of their first child. Eric tweeted out he was excited to announce son luke. Grandpa now has 9 grandchildren. Good night, everybody. See you tomorrow. Tucker well, good evening and welcome to Tucker Carlson tonight. You probably thought espn stood for entertainment and sports programming network. Now it looks likenedless stupid political nagging. The network has drawn criticism for pulling robert lee off a uva Football Game because his name bore some resemblance to that of a dead confederate general. Now it gets better Ge Jimmie Mel Hill White Supremacist surrounded himself with White Supremacists. More than a dozen followup tweets trump has empowered
White Supremacists see charlottesville. People noticed this and today espn released a statement in response saying quote the comments on quit from her jemele hill do not represent the position of espn. We have addressed this with jemele and she recognizes her actions
so they speak a lot of zero tolerance and alisyn, we don t see zero tolerance. in fact, alisyn, it would be important, for example, just to apply the law. canon law is very strict on these things. there s a law that accompany this is kind of law that is very strict on how you deal with sexual abuse but they are not enforcing it. so you know, i happen not to blame the pope on this. . i think the pope is doing what he needs to do. it s these bishops that don t listen. the pope can say whatever he says but if the bishops don t do what what he s saying and are not transparent we re not going
people into this country, why don t they pay for it? why are they forcing me to pay for it. excellent question. it s not just a question of whether it s christian or not to welcome the foreigner or the stranger. that s from the bible. so, of course, it is christian. now, who pays for it is another question. now, the government is giving money to lots of organizations, private organizations to do things that the government thinks is good for the common good. okay.nk that is positive for the common good. let me tell you, private organizations like catholic charities, like red cross does a lot better job ofof doing these things for the common good than the government does. and you would agree with that, i think. tucker: i would not. look, i m a protestant but i m very kind of pro-catholic in a lot of ways. i know you are. tucker: i don t think that this is adding to, d as you describe,e the common good. i don t think it s a good idea to move, i don t know, tons of somalis from ref
ever met. let me ask you a broader question here. you often hear catholic bishops and clergy say we have a christian obligation to help immigrants come here. yeah. tucker: that s a fair position. what i don t understand is the fact that the overwhelming majority, something like 98% of the money that the catholic charities gets to resettle people comes from taxpayers. if you have a christiane obligation to do something, why is it christian to force other people involuntarily to pay for it? okay. there is, like, five different questions there here. first of all, bishops don t say we have a responsibility to help immigrants come here. rather, that there is a natural right to immigrate. that s with an e to leave one s country in pursuit of a better life. but the bishop and the catholic church would say most christians would say there is a responsibility. and the pope actually talked about this on the plane. he said there is a responsibility of thee government to use prudence. he used
charities is going to bring people into this country and others why don t they pay for it? why are they forcing me to pay for it. excellent question. it s not just a question of whether it s christian or not to welcome the foreigner or the stranger. that s from the bible. so, of course, it is christian. now, who pays for it is another question. now, the government is giving money to lots of organizations, private organizations to do things that the government thinks is good for the common good. okay. that is positive for the common good. let me tell you, private organizations like catholic charities, like red cross does a lot better job of doing these things for the common good than the government does. and you would agree with that i think. tucker: i would not. look, i m a protestant but i m very kind of pro-catholic in a lot of ways. i know you are. tucker: i don t think that this is adding to as you describe the common good. i don t think it s a good idea to move, i don t kn