americans, than those of the americans who want to have an ability to use our democracy to fight for a better world. tucker: that seems a littlese bit of a stretch. are you against putting gates on the national parks? that divides the country. putting gates at national parks?ke tucker: you are against the board of all because you are against dividing barriers between places. there aren t gates on our national parks. tucker: sure, there are. if you want to drive into a yellowstone, you have to drive ksrough a gate and pay the money. in other words, protecting the environment sometimes means walling it off from too many people. not really. there is no gate around yellowstone. there is a fence but you have to pay a $20 fee. there is not a wall around it. just like there shouldn t be a wall around our country. have you seen yellowstone? tucker: yeah, i was just there. my question is, it s a little more specific than that. we can have a debate about walls and xenophobia and all
again, why is that germane to your mission as expressed in your mission statement? i will give you another example. abortion. last year, on the university of roe vs. wade, you issued a press release saying that the sierra club stands in solidarity with planned parenthood. people feel that way, okay. what does that have to do with the environment? why does legal abortion make the environment better? we believe in empowering women s rights.. we think that women who have rights and the ability to have choice about their reproductive make their own reproductive choices, will help to produce strong families and help to protect the environment at the same time. the sierra club is pro-choice. tucker: but why? i get that you are pro-choice. that s fine. but that doesn t what does it have to do with the environment? how specifically does more p abortion or legal abortion help the environment? helps to address a number of people that we have on this planet. we feel that one of the ways
public lands. we also take positions that our members care about that might not be the traditional home issues that you grew up on butbo they are important to our members. sierra club members tucker: i m just saying, you are turning off a lot of people, like me, who care about the environment and want to help.rs why would i sign up for this that has nothing to do with your core mission?li it is distressing. we are actually turning on a lot of members. we are breaking members about membership of the united states. we have a surge in membership. tucker: congratulations. you don t have my support. i m sorry. thanks, michael. up next, president trump has made repealing obamacare one of his top priorities. a columnist says the same critical error president obama made himself. he is joining us now to explain what he means. that college experience that i had. the classes, the friends, the independence.
how do you say, i ve always like the sierra club, i grew up camping in the sierras, give money to the sierra club, i think john muir is really cool. i read your founding statement about protecting and enjoying the environment, i totally agree with that as a sportsman. p then, i see you coming out in all kinds of issue they don t appear related at all to be to the environment. i m confused. for example, you issued a report s release saying that president trump s border tax in mexico is going to be used to pay for the wall is enough phobic. you can debate that. why is that within your purview as a environmental organization? part of the sierra club s job, our mission is to explore and protect the planet. we don t think that separating some parts of america from others is a good way to do that. the sierra club stands to protect the right of all americans to have clear and air, clean water, and a healthy democracy, in order to fight for their rights. if we start to deny a pathway to citi
to my question?u what is and how to do with the environment? i wanthave to know why it isn t i want to know why it isn t germane to the sierra club? i was about to answer it before you interrupted me. we take a position on the border wall, on reproductive rights, we joined the women s march, on transgender rights, because we think it is the right thing to do. a many sierra club members may be gay, may be transgender, latino, they may be undocumented. we believe it is important to stand up for people s rights so that we can all stand togethernd to advocate for a better environment. tucker: that s fine. go work for the dnc. you are not running an environmental group. you are running a left-wing advocacy organization with every trendy issue getting thrown in the same basket and it dilutes your mission. do not see that are no? most definitely i am running that s what we will be talking about today. the other issues that we are working on. the sierra club is working hard to transiti