it s important for history to talk about who he is, but i commend you for doing that. my heart is hurting. everyone i spoke to today, their heart is hurting, and they feel helpless. i m going to talk to the audience about that in just a little bit. but we ve seen this all too often. yeah. you know, anybody at home can probably remember the names of the killers in columbine but not necessarily the people the names of people who lost their lives. i feel like that s the case for a lot of mass killings in this country. we all focus on the shooter, and people learn that person s name, and they want that. they want that kind of attention. i think it s important to report on them and their motivation and everything about them. but i just don t think we should give them that kind of extended coverage. and to call listen, we have to call it what it is. that s our job without fear or favor. but also i was sitting writing the opening to my show tonight, and you again inspired me
minorities and immigrants. the racist theory has been promoted by some on social media and by elected officials and right-wing media figures. here s cnn s sunlen serfaty. jews will not replace us! reporter: what was once a fringe white supremacist conspiracy theory has now become mainstream. jews will not replace us! we know what the democrats are up to here. they want open borders. this is exactly their strategy. they want to replace the american electorate. reporter: with a growing number of republican lawmakers now openly promoting the far-right, so-called great replacement theory. for many americans, what seems to be happening or what they believe right now is happening is what appears to them as we re replacing national-born americans, native born americans to permanently transform the political landscape of this very nation. reporter: the racist, anti-immigrant theory that says non-white immigrants are being brought to replace america s
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