brian: it s great that you have that first amendment right, and it s rooted in what that best defrost flag represents. jessica: but it was a time that we had slavery. dagen: let brian get in here. brian: every time in american history there is some injustice going on, the question is, would we forget all of american history and abandon all symbols because that? the answer is no, let s reclaim something. the betsy ross flag has been misused? why not choose a different perspective and reclaim the great thing that stands for? dagen: i would raise the issue that if an individual is offended by the flag, he was created in the 1770s to represent the original 13 colonies. well, there are 13 stripes in the current american flag. so are you offended by that despite the 50 stars on it? to this, this is a business decision. nike hired colin kaepernick, did his entire end campaign last year, it went over very well. sales went up, they made a risk
pressed by it, but colin kaepernick, he sells. he knows what s on the pulse of younger americans. we are not trying to nike is making a smart business decision for themselves. dagen: is going to be a smart business decision? because, again, what does it say about nike s place in america and their support of this country? because where are their products may? not here. why don t they bring some drops back here if they really cared about people in this country who are unemployed or underemployed? why don t you make your shoes here? tomi: it has been profitable for nike and it looks like today at least it has been giving them a boost. but i wonder how many more of these attacks on patriotism that nike is going to be able to withstand before people say, this is getting petty, it s gone too far. i m glad you said he has really put his heart and soul into this. they give me huge payout to be part of nike, which is great, because he can t play football. it s great that his activism ro
but dagen: talking about it gives you power and it passes power onto other people. that s something that is nonpartisan. tomi: that s exactly what i wanted to do. and to show that there are things that unite all of us. i really do believe that we all want what s best for this country, we have just different ways of going about it. but in order to level the playing field between the partisan sides of everything, we have to empower conservatives, especially conservative women, to be able to speak out. a lot of women, especially conservative women, don t feel they can. they feel that if they are not a feminist or a miley cyrus-toting feminist, they are inadequate. i say bull on that. brian: and to build the thick skin that allows you to do it. that s been your experience, building that skin. tomi: the thing i ve been most proud of his being able to take shots from the left on the right. i think that means i m an independent thinker, to stand my ground about it was coming at me.
jessica: no, we like people who represent a party. melissa: wait, the president shouldn t be patriotic? jessica: no, the president should be patriotic, but he shouldn t co-opt an event that has always been nonpartisan for his own purposes. he wants military to fling him. the military is nonpartisan. the rnc, as i said, is selling how do i know that? they are supposed to be. they serve the commander in chief. melissa: these are motives you don t know. he wants to celebrate the fourth of july. jessica: he can have his own party, his own rally. you don t take over the mall, over the lincoln memorial. dagen: they are taking and private donations to help pay for a lot of this. hogan gidley said that this morning. jessica: it ll cost the u.s. a ton of money. that s true. melissa: i would have no problem with president obama did this. tomi: i would have submitted this. jessica: tomi on the front row at president harasses celebration in 2021? i ll see you there. tomi: i
mixed right wing extremists. that is well documented. dagen: don t you agree this kind of violence needs to be prosecuted? they need to hunt down these individuals jessica: i want to know if there was a stand-down order. all of it. dagen: don t you feel like in some of these communities that this violence is allowed? and it isn t policed while it s happening? we seen this happen time and again. tomi: after the ice incident in portland i was in portland last year and i.c.e. agents were receiving death threats. their addresses are out there. there was no remorse from the community whatsoever. dagen: what were you going to say, brian? brian: he got a mayor in portland who has a history of an not stand by the rule of law on a number of issues. that s why people are talking about this. this is not an isolated incident. it looks like it s part of a pattern in certain places. that s the systemic issue. people want to know, are we going to let this happen in places like portlan