it s important for history to talk about who he is, but i commend you for doing that. my heart is hurting. everyone i spoke to today, their heart is hurting, and they feel helpless. i m going to talk to the audience about that in just a little bit. but we ve seen this all too often. yeah. you know, anybody at home can probably remember the names of the killers in columbine but not necessarily the people the names of people who lost their lives. i feel like that s the case for a lot of mass killings in this country. we all focus on the shooter, and people learn that person s name, and they want that. they want that kind of attention. i think it s important to report on them and their motivation and everything about them. but i just don t think we should give them that kind of extended coverage. and to call listen, we have to call it what it is. that s our job without fear or favor. but also i was sitting writing the opening to my show tonight, and you again inspired me
U.S. Congressman Brian Babin (R-Woodville) has sent a letter to the President urging him to quickly declare a disaster for southeast Texas in the wake of the Tuesday, January 24th
congress. and in light of this shooting, we reached out to congressman babin and perry as well as senator ron johnson and j.d. vance. those are the republicans we mentioned who have promoted elements of replacement theory in the past. we only received a response from the office of senator ron johnson. they say, quote, the senator absolutely condemns the racist murders that occurred in buffalo, and they called the notion that the senator supports replacement theory a lie. joining me now, extremism expert peter simi. he s the author of american swastika. good evening to you. sunlen s reporting shows the recent examples of replacement theory making it into the mainstream, but just how long have these racist ideas been around? well, it s a very long history, don. you know, before you saw the term replacement theory become