rubio said about it today. you cannot be lawless. we live in a republican. there are ways to change the rules of the country. we get frustrated with it, that s whee we have elections and have people we can hold accountable. and i agree there s too much federal control over land, especially out in the western part of the united states, states for example like nevada that are dominated by the federal government in terms of land holding and we should fix it. but no one should be doing it out of the way of the law. responsible commentary by rubio and ted cruz s change of tone and content on this one, how do you read that in. i think we ve got to apply the rule of law evenly across all parts of the political spectrum. conservatives were cheering for, you know, swift law enforcement response to ferguson and baltimore and everything else and liberals are cheering, including some calling for the protesters to be shot by the federal government. rick, stop. stop.
joy, that s not what happened last time. not only were they not arrested but cliven bundy s $1 million that they still owed, the federal government has not enforced that. they re pursuing it in civil actions in federal court but it s like a bill collector chasing somebody. and what lesson have they indeed taught the malitia movements which have multiplying throughout the country. they ve taught them there s a reward or no penalty for literally threatening at the force of arms the federal government. one of the people involved in this standoff made a martyr video. they haven t actually committed any violent act. but when you re making videos saying you re prepared to die, imagine a muslim group making that exact same statement on the
their virtues every day. and when no one was arrested the malitia world said courage is contagious. and the number of militias in our country have grown considerably since that time. what we re seeing is the predictable result of the failure of law enforcement to crack down because of what happened at the bundy ranch in april of 2014. let s listen to what marco rubio said about it today. you cannot be lawless. we live in a republic. there are ways to change the rules of the country. we get frustrated with it, that s why we have elections and have people we can hold accountable. and i agree there s too much federal control over land, especially out in the western part of the united states, states for example like nevada that are dominated by the federal government in terms of land holding and we should fix it. but no one should be doing it out of the way of the law. responsible commentary by rubio and ted cruz s change of tone and content on this one,
they have a legitimate right to protest and air their grievances, if this gets loud and folks die on both sides of the equation, it s not good for the republic. what should law enforcement do in this situation? i think they need to wait them out. there s in reason to provoke a con front facing. the bundy clan will eventually leave and when they do i think they should be arrested. joy, that s not what happened last time. not only were they not arrested but cliven bundy s $1 million that they still owed, the federal government has not enforced that. they re pursuing it in civil actions in federal court but it s like a bill collector chasing somebody. and what lesson have they indeed taught the malitia movements which have multiplying throughout the country. they ve taught them there s a reward or no penalty for
american public that it would be hard are think for ms americans to have sympathy. the biggest concern is more of what marco rubio said. that is grounded in american love affair with militarism in the middle east. and if we had to somehow have a normal regular relationship with saudi arabia that wasn t pumping billions of weapons into their pockets, a normal relationship not based on this militarism, that would hurt a lot of people here in washington. and we are attached to that to our peril. it was saudi arabia in 1979 that with us started to arm and train those in afghanistan that brought us osama bin laden and 9/11. holding on to this idea that they re our military ally has only hurt us and it will continue to hurt us. that will be the last word on it tonight. thank you both for joining us tonight.