decided that the best way that i could serve my country, the united states, was to serve in the armed forces. and so having served in the armed forces, having been with brothers of all different races, colors and creeds and different faith, look we all bleed red, white and blue. when you have a front-runner candidate like donald trump making statements that seem to divide our society and divide our armed forces, you know it just hit a nerve with me and i had to respond. so i am very honored that there s many americans, as a matter of fact, if you can look at the number of tweets we ve had, many americans agreed with that sentiment and i m very grateful for that. your tweet has flown all around the world. and, of course, as we know, it should be noted that donald trump, when his, the day came in his life to decide whether to do military service during the period when when he a draft in
attack on clarence thomas? yes or no. i think. yes or no. i think the attacks are bigoted it. you got the attacks on me. make a decision for yourself, i m asking you. i made my decision for myself, david. i asked you, yes or no. i m telling you, he should is not have said those words. what about skocott. should the naacp issue a statement condemning this? i don t work for the naacp. see he can t even go against the dynamic, and i like richard, he seems like a nice guy. but this is what goes on in the left quarters of the black community. they feel that they re somehow entitled to some higher purpose. i got news for you, we re all red, we all bleed red. we re all human, there is only one race human, and frankly if a man and woman lie down, that is where it stands with most americans. i m offended by
attack on clarence thomas? yes or no. i think. yes or no. i think the attacks are bigoted it. you got the attacks on me. make a decision for yourself, i m asking you. i made my decision for myself, david. i asked you, yes or no. i m telling you, he should is not have said those words. what about skocott. should the naacp issue a statement condemning this? i don t work for the naacp. see he can t even go against the dynamic, and i like richard, he seems like a nice guy. but this is what goes on in the left quarters of the black community. they feel that they re somehow entitled to some higher purpose. i got news for you, we re all red, we all bleed red. we re all human, there is only one race human, and frankly if a man and woman lie down, that is where it stands with most americans. i m offended by
lucky to be white? it is not luck, it is privilege. we re privileged people see us, not a color. privilege that we don t get stared at when we walk into a room. privileged we don t get followed by security when we go shopping. or pulled over when we re in the wrong neighborhood. we re privileged because society is set up for us and our silence keeps it in place. we re privileged, and that s unfair. martha: very interesting i guess is one word for it. jehmu green, joins me, former president of the women s media center and fox news contributor. michael gram, radio talk show host and columnist for the boston herald. jehmu, let s start with you. what is your reaction? good morning, martha. i think to start with, i truly believe in the lyric from the ronnie dunne song we all bleed red. now this campaign has really good intentions, and they can check something off of their box because by being
13,000 gay troops were kicked out after their secrets leaked out and the taxpayers spent more than $100 million replacing them. today don t ask, don t tell is no more. repeal took effect at 12:01 a.m., nine months after signing the measure from the waining days of a lame duck congress. gays can now serve openly in every branch of service and all of those discharged service members can try to reenlist. key word, try. turns out repeal is one thing but reality is much different. more on that in our next segment moments from now. more than 22 years after former army ranger and offduty police officer was shot to death in savannah, georgia, the man convicted of killing him is once again set to die. the georgia board of pardons and paroles rejected the last ditch appeal for clemency. the state relied almost entirely on witness testimony and seven out of nine witnesses who implicated davis have since recanted or changed their stories. amnesty international is one of several group