and it just shows that there s just not going to be total acceptance in society. now, the assistant coach of the vikings, priefer, released a statement saying that i vehemently deny today s allegations made by chris kluwe. i want to be clear that i do not tolerate discrimination of any type, and am respectful of all individuals. i personally have gay family members who i love and support, just as i do any family member. liz, what s your response to this? i mean, we have responding to an allegation. what s your response to that? that last line is kind of weird like i love my gay family members just like the other family members. i m not really sure what that means, as though he would they re you know, we have purebred dogs and rescue dogs and i love them all the same. so i just think that one thing that says we have moved forward is the fact that, you know, a special teams coach in a major league, you know major nfl football team has to issue a
winsted and liberal comment at a timer and comedian john fugelsang. great to have you with us tonight. it s the evolution of society and acceptance and maybe the nfl isn t there. but let s get right to it. do you think chris kluwe wee was fired for his activism? liz, what is your take on this? well, i m not a giant football fan. so i can t really say. but i have to say that chris kluwe doesn t seem like the kind of person who would just come out and make these accusations blindly. i think that when you come out on a controversial issue in an environment that is hostile towards t you are putting your own self on the back burner to work for the greater good. so i am really curious to hear if what he says is true. and if his special teams coach said that, then that person should be fired. what about that, john fugelsang? how can anybody put any kind of social pressure on the nfl as big an industry as they are, and
this week. earlier this week, all-pro quarterback of the green bay packers, quarterback aaron rodgers, felt pressured to address an internet report about his sexuality on a local radio show. or if you get, you know, crazy rumors that swirl around you from time to time that it is silly. i have no idea what you could be referring to. yeah. oh, you mean the aaron rodgers is gay story. yeah. el well, you know what? so you re aware. you saw this out there. yeah, i m just going to say, i m not gay. i really, really like women. that s all i can say about that. 2013 was a huge year in this country for equality in america. but these two stories make one thing clear. the nfl has got a long way to go. joining me now is our rapid response panel author liz
0 say, all right, we re going to let the american people decide whether these sequester cuts are too much or not. but you ve got to do something for the unemployed. these are special circumstances, we still have high unemployment. it s still above 6%. i believe that the democrats should take the position that it s going to be unlimited. it s going to be unlimited unemployment insurance, be until we get that unemployment under 6%. it s a fight that you can win with the american people. democrats. get your cell phones out. i want to know what you think. tonight s question. is there anything that will make john boehner care about unemployed americans? text a for yes, b for no to 67622. go to our blog at ed.msnbc.com. we ll bring the results later. and keep in mind, this is the same john boehner in the republican house that has refused to work with the democrats and this president, when it comes to a jobs package. let me bring in former senator, byron dorgan of north dakota. senator, good
it should have been out there or should not have been out there. the cyber security rules. i mean, we re into this new information age. i mean, oh, it s okay if we release that. you know, liz winsted, comic said the other day, everybody is having a hard time picking their health care plan, why not just turn it over to the nsa. i thought that was pretty good. they can fill out the documents. they can fill out the whole thing right there. the thing is, again, i think it s important to be consistent here. there are times when we have cheered when people put out information that the government was illegitimately withholding from us. i think what s particularly disturbing in this case, and why pelosi acted, is because if some of this gets out there, it endangers the very thing issa is supposed to be trying to protect. it endangers national security. it could endanger the security of the website. so what you want to do is, you do not want that stuff leaked in a way that could hurt pe