right thing to do. but also really thinking through political calculations and recognizes that actually this is something that their base wants to see. this is something their base does believe. to that point, it is the trump campaign who reportedly thinks that being called a supremacist is politically advantageous. do you think it is? can we just sit there for a second and just marvel at what you just asked me? isn t that amazing in 2019? that the president of the united states is being labeled a white supremacist. look how he ran his campaign. muslim ban. the wall. obama birther conspiracy. me mexicans and rapists. he tripled down on one talkin point. not the economy. not jobs. invasion. caravan of rapist and criminals. that is a white supremacist conspiracy theory that was mainstream by trump and the
however, we need meaningful background checks so that sick people don t get guns. i think in the end, i think in the end wayne and the nra will either be there or maybe will be a little bit more neutral. that would be okay too. right now the nra is not there. making that clear not only in phone calls to the president but also in a statement saying they do not support the recent calls for extensive background checks. thank you. a contributing op-ed writer. welcome to both of you. i want to ask you quickly of the news we ve just been getting. the washington post is reporting the suspect said he was targeting mexicans. not surprising at all. it s a white supremacist terrorist. if you read his 4-page machine f manifesto, it spells it out.
that is my absolute favorite part of the story. this when i read your tweets the name was familiar and i realized i ve been wearing that pow/mia bracelet since i was a child and asked how to get it to texas and found the information because it was there in the obituary and that is being mailed to texas we understand. colonel knight s family said in the obituary any pow/mia bracements will be placed in the casket for the funeral tomorrow. i ve got nothing. i m speechless. this is extraordinary. and how about you for thank you for calling everyone s attention to it and sharing it and may he rest in peace. jackson, thank you very much. thank you. it was a privilege to see and to share. thank you. more on our breaking news. the suspected gunman in the el paso attack told police he was targeting mexicans. what the arrest affidavit also reveals. but first, let s honor this
they ll get to see their parents again. i ll talk with an activist who s trying to help her community. also, more on our news. just in on the el paso mass shooting suspect. we have now confirmed he told police that he was, in fact, targeting mexicans. you re watching cnn. i m brooke baldwin. [farmers bell] (burke) at farmers insurance, we ve seen almost everything, so we know how to cover almost anything. even a three-ring fender bender. (clown 1) sorry about that. (clown 2) apologies.
committed crimes have been released from detention. last year alone, the obama administration released over 30,000 illegal immigrants who had been charged with crime. so there is enormous frustration over those elements. i don t think it s because of his attack on memexicans i think it s because a great many want to seal the border and deal with criminal illegal aliens. i do too by the way. you ve confronted donald trump, do you think jeb bush will riou the day he did not do so to the extent george pa tack question has. you guys are the political experts. i don t know who s going to riou what day. i was never looking for a fight with donald trump, i am going to always stand up and defend people who i think have been wrongly attacked. and in this case mexicans. let me show you what another of your competitors said. this is ted cruise embracing donald trump.