country. it s divided. i ve said before, we el paso is at the unfortunate intersection of the gun violence epidemic and the hate epidemic. that s what happened here. it is the destiny of this place, though, right? you take the name el paso from the name of the passage, the passage north. this is a passageway that this whole country is going through. there s so much pain involved in it for the people who are struggling to be here, struggling to remain, and struggling to establish themselves and establish that they belong. you got to hope for good things. you were right to make the argument and you know what, chris, i got to stand up for my community. 100%. i got to stand up for the
because we ve seen do you believe what he says resonates with them? because his defenders will say, no, they hate him. they believe he s not for the white community enough. do you believe that? listen, chris, i m intimate with words like the ones that the president used. 30 years ago, i wrote lyrics that i put out into the world. i got out 23 years ago. in 2015, those lyrics resurfaced in a post of dylann roof. i understand the responsibility that we have for those words. we need action. an apology just isn t good enough. in terms of who is susceptible, your name is italian. you are not some waspy guy from the midwest. how did you get sucked in?
i ve said before, we el paso is at the unfortunate intersection of the gun violence epidemic and the hate epidemic. that s what happened here. it is the destiny of this place, though, right? you take the name el paso from the name of the passage, the passage north. this is a passageway that this whole country is going through. there s so much pain involved in it for the people who are struggling to be here, struggling to remain, and struggling to establish themselves and establish that they belong. you got to hope for good things. you were right to make the argument and you know what, chris, i got to stand up for my community. 100%. i got to stand up for the people who are weeping and in pain and struggling. this beautiful community, everybody that i talked to, from the camera crews to the producers have expressed how incredible we are. we are.
who is feeling like an equalization, it s starting to feel like oppression to them. they re wrong. there is no great replacement. there is no white genocide happening. these are all tropes that have been happening for centuries. and they re keying in on these things now because of the words, you know, in part from a president who has a responsibility to measure his words in these cases. because we ve seen do you believe what he says resonates with them? because his defenders will say, no, they hate him. they believe he s not for the white community enough. do you believe that? listen, chris, i m intimate with words like the ones that the president used. 30 years ago, i wrote lyrics that i put out into the world. i got out 23 years ago. in 2015, those lyrics resurfaced in a post of dylann roof.
welcome back, if you say we pay too much attention to the smoke and the tweets, how about some law making. this week, celebrating pride. a recent article detailing the sharp rise of anti-lbgt gegs this year alone. in fact, more than 100 anti-lbgt bills have been introduced in 29 states in just the past five months. they say it is backlash because of the decision to legalize same sex marriage. the majority of the bills site religious freedom. many of the bills specifically target the transgender community. 100, ali velshi. freedom to not service, no provide services to people whose