your former golf caddie turned videographer dan scavino rip out a campaign video that is almost explicitly political in his release in its nature. it doesn t honor the people there or comfort them. hey, rick, i got to say that was to me, that was the most egregious thing, was that video that they i was like who signed off on that? why would they ever put something even if it was signed off on, wouldn t you say, are you sure you want to do this? go on, rick. sorry. don don, i ve made a lot of political ads in my career and done a lot of things that are pretty much out there on the borderline of should we do this or not. this is one i would have said, no, bro. no. uh-uh. stop. this is a guy who would make a video of himself doing the thumbs up at 9/11. it s just disgusting. i thought it was, like, well, you know, he shouldn t be talking about crowd sizes. maybe he s bad at small talk.
one is, of course, because of the ideology that we re seeing that ties a lot of these mass attacks, the white supremacist ideology, they will feel emboldened by the press around it, by the misery, by the focus on it. they also may be feeling a little bit defensive, which always makes someone in law enforcement nervous. a tendency to lash out. so, for example, when 8chan, the network or the website that they all communicate on went down, lost its platform, i did worry about the possibility that someone would feel so defensive that they would lash out. and then i think the other piece to it that phil was talking about is you also have a nation on edge that is likely to react in ways, to a noise, to someone else that are certainly not healthy but also may lead to unintended violence or deaths. you know, phil, the senate majority leader mitch mcconnell says the senate is going to discuss a background check legislation when it comes back from the summer recess. is he just stalling or is h
texas, this afternoon. the white house says that the president wants to grieve, pray, and offer condolences to the families and the entire communities that have been impacted by these horrific tragedies. the motive in dayton still unclear. the motive in el paso, though, appears to be crystal clear, according to law enforcement. hate, hate of hispanics, hate of immigrants. said another way, white supremacist ideology. but that s not what you would have heard on fox news last night. listen to this. white supremacy, that s the problem. this is a hoax. just like the russia hoax. it s a conspiracy theory used to divide the country and keep a hold on power. that s exactly what s going on. he s calling the findings of the fbi and texas law enforcement a hoax. on national television. it has to be called out. cnn s daniel dale fact checking all of it for us. he s joining me right now. daniel daniel, 22 people are dead in el
white supremacists, but many of them were. i have a list here. white supremacist skin head murdered an african-american woman. white supremacist shot and killed two at a jewish community center. ne neo-nazi murdered a gay man. white supremacist murdered loub bock, texas, police officer. the list goes on and on. i ll point out in closing, even president trump has acknowledged that white extremism is a serious problem. his own national counterterrorism strategy last year that has his name and signature on it, talks about the threat posed by a neo-nazi group in the united kingdom that s been in communication with like-minded people in the united states. to make the claim that tucker carlson made, you not only have to ignore 22 people killed in el paso, you have to ignore law enforcement and president trump himself. and it s just a remarkable thing. look, it is always an important moment to have an opportunity to point out the facts as you have them, daniel. it s always worthwhile to poi
control? yes, both of those. we have more than 90% of the people in the nation who want to have some responsible gun control legislation. i mentioned to some people before, as a vietnam vet, i know the damage those weapons can cause. they re not supposed to be in our communities. no way shape or form. e.r. doctors say that when they see the wounds from this kind of high-powered ammunition. no way shape or form. so these potential situations, you never know what kind of night some individuals have had, how much they ve been listening to certain other leaders around this nation who are also divisive in terms of their communication and lack of action as far as protecting the people of this nation. it s very disheartening to see these kind of things continue. you said a couple days ago in the wake of this shooting here that the emotion in this community is turning from sadness to anger. yep. explain why that is. anger because, again, the laws have not been changed sufficientl