injured in critical condition in the state of virginia. and then, to walmart. and then of course the colorado springs which seems to be an attack on the lgbtq+ community. whatever it is, discrimination, it s hatefulness. the tool of choice is a gun and it is in most instances and automatic weapon or a handgun that has the capacity to shoot several rounds. and so i am committed to pushing forward president biden, and also including my storage bill which is the enlivens doored bill which also plays a lot in holding people responsible for leading guns around for young people to access them. particularly those weapons that are the weapons of choice. we have no other choice, and the question, is are we are going to be adults on the floor of the house and recognize that the world watches as we kill kill. 440 million guns, rev. more than people in the united states. and we know, as i think i said earlier, that the choice of weapon for young men, tragically those who are now
agents. during the virtual meeting, he went on to quote, saying quote, our best response, and that s one that can never be questioned or torn apart or taken out of context, is to demonstrate our determination to doing our work the right way. joining us now former fbi special agent, national security analyst for nbc news, and msnbc, clint wolf, thank you very much for joining us. can you give me some sense of how much attacks against fbi agents and against the fbi as an institution have picked up since the mar-a-lago search two weeks ago? i would put it probably equal to that period right after the election, but before january 6th, before it was just frothing with threats of violence and hatefulness. and this time, it is very directed toward the fbi. i think that is a little bit different, that there is a singular target that is being there, that bloodstream of vit ottic hate on social media. and i think most importantly it is not just a generalized threat
rhetoric in recent months, do you believe the republican parties echoing of far-right, neo-nazi rhetoric is partly to blame, indirectly to blame for this atmosphere of violence we now have an america? well, as you said, earlier there s one person responsible for at least in this horrible violence and death. but the environment in which this individual was able to get, be exposed to these ridiculous insane, replacement theory arguments which are being amplified by the mainstream media, you know tucker carlson and fox news, amplified by members of congress, i mean it s normalizing this kind of hatefulness and i think we see the results of that. we do tragically, senator tanner smith from minnesota thank you so much for coming back on the show, i appreciate.
19 past the hour. let s take a look at some must read opinion pages in a recent op ed for the guardianen tiled, trump still won t shut up. he s doing democrats running for office a huge favor. robert reef writes in part, whether trump s endorsements pay off in wins is beside the point. by making these races all about him, trump and the media are casting the midterms as a whole as a referendum on trump s continuing power and influence. this is exactly what democrats need. democrats can also count on american s reawakened awareness at the hatefulness and chaos trump and his republican
rachel campos-duffy. merry christmas, you guys. merry christmas, jesse to you and your beautiful family. jesse: thank you, and to you as well. sean, i will go to you first because your wife put you second on the cover of the book put despite all the things we just laid out, the negativity, the hatefulness, the desire to punish the american people. you must be a little optimistic about 2022. tell us why. you look at all the negative things happening. you laid it now the this grinch story. but every good thing happens in our home. our faith, family and kids. too much wine and too much food. but the core of our community and society is the family. i m hopeful for that. our founders were smart. they made sure the house was up every two years.