name keeps coming up in your reporting. tucker carlson, one of the first things i always see when i go to the facebook pages of a lot of these insurrectionists, posts from tucker carlson, reshare from someone else. sometimes it s don jr., sometimes it s better johnson with turning points usa. a lot of these are often memes shared of tucker s show. in one instance it was actually really fascinating because last month in december, tucker carlson went through and said, hey, here s this individual. who is this individual in the red paint? he s on the frontlines. and tucker carlson had a january 6th defense attorney on who was accusing this individual who had his face painted red and wearing a keep america great again hat as being an agent provoke tour, being an undercover law enforcement officer. that s not the case, as i reported, it turns out this is just a guy who was a little bit on the edge there and kind of runs around cardinals stadium in st. louis during cardinals home
trying to discredit and fight back against her every way that they could, so you ve seen stuff on turning points usa, tons of videos, all over fox news trying to discredit the 1619 project, which was an incredibly well-reported piece of journalism, like you said. it s not surprising to me that because she was so polarizing and ultraconservatives just really disliked her and the message that the 1619 project brought, that they wanted to fight against it. it was a sort of natural conclusion to what s been happening over the last year. the 1619 project just sort of laid out receipts for something that people of color have been saying for a very long time, which is that the legacy of race in this country still has aspects that affect people of color today. and if you re still struggling with that contention, you just may need to read the 1619 project or get you some black friends. jenny, i wonder if i can get you
it s unclear. we do know eddie gallagher was here just across the street this time last week for turning points usa, which is a conservative advocacy group trying to cultivate the next generation of conservative leaders. so eddie gallagher clearly indicating he wants to get involved in the political space somehow. whether or not he will campaign with the president or the president will bring him around, potentially. we don t have any firm reporting on that. but we know that the president likes the audiences. i mean, what was his last official act before he flew down here? he signed the defense authorization act at joint base andrews. and that, in some ways, was subdued. the president didn t really give a campaign-style speech but he has done that in the past in front of men and women in uniform. geoff. hans nichols, great to see you, my friend. thank you. anne, shermichael, juanita, stay with us. the holidays are over. 2020 candidates are back on the trail and so are we coming up nex