Paul Horner, Fake News Writer Who Took Credit for Trump Victory, Dies at 38
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Trump's Criticism of Anthem Protests Infuriates Military Veteran - Duration: 8:56.
Trump's Criticism of Anthem Protests Infuriates Military Veterans Who Fought 'Precisely' for
that Right
President Trump upped the ante on the controversy surrounding national anthem protests initiated
by quarterback Colin Kaepernick in vilifying those sitting out the song as �sons of bitches�
on Friday night; but, the instigator-in-chief�s shaming not only backfired, his comments earned
severe criticism from a source the billionaire apparently hadn�t considered: members of
the military.
�Three generations of my family, serving the USA, in harms� way,� wrote Green Beret
Michael Sand � father of a U.S. Army officer who served in Afghanistan and son of a World
War II veteran � in a post to Facebook Sunday.
�Three vastly different enemies, but enemies who shared one common trait.
ALL of them stifle free speech.
All of them bully, degrade and terrorize those who hold opposing views and who peacefully
express them.
All of them are intolerant and demand �loyalty� to the leader.
�I can tell you, speaking for three generations of my family, it is PRECISELY for men like
Kaepernick, and his right to peacefully protest injustice, that we were willing to serve.�
As if Trump�s original contention hadn�t caused enough outrage, the mogul�s assault
on the people�s right to protest only amplified early Monday morning, following Sunday�s
massive demonstrations during the national song by NFL players and coaches � who sat,
locked arms, or remained in the locker room � as well as by a major league baseball
player over the weekend, as he tweeted and retweeted posts containing the hashtag #StandForOurAnthem.
�This has nothing to do with race,� Trump stated Monday in an attempt to deflect concerns
pertaining to racist overtones in his condemnations � but seeming to ignore that Kaepernick�s
protest indeed centers around police violence against Black Americans.
�This has to do with respect for our country.�
Former San Francisco 49ers quarterback Kaepernick stunned American sports fans in 2016 by sitting
down for the singing of the national anthem before National Football League games � rather
than standing with right hand on his chest, as tradition would dictate � in protest
against unchecked violence by law enforcement against minorities.
Despite the fact protest against injustice and State power has long been considered the
duty of patriots, millions, including Trump, have employed social media as a platform to
excoriate Kaepernick and the other players, the protest, and what it putatively means
to be a good citizen.
But, undeterred by resounding consternation from the president of the protest as un-American,
a number of service members have spoken out in support of those sitting out the anthem
� whether or not they agree with people�s motives.
As one 97-year-old World War II veteran and grandfather declared plainly, �those kids
have every right to protest.�
Posts from members of the U.S. military across several social media platforms concurred with
that sentiment, variously touting rights protected by the First Amendment � free speech, free
expression, and the right of the people to petition government for redress of grievances,
for instance � as particular concerns for defense of the nation, in their choice to
join the service.
�Colin sat down and exercised his right to protest, which is something that I feel
like we all swore an oath to defend,� asserted Iraq War and Navy veteran, Tom Baker, to Business
Insider, as the national anthem protests exploded into the spotlight last year.
BI catalogued a number of posts and statements from service members after Kaepernick�s
protest finally began making headlines in late August 2016:
�I also agree with the statements [Kaepernick] made,� said one.
�We don�t respect the rights of black and brown people.�
�The whole narrative of, �You�re disrespecting veterans and those who sacrificed� is bullshit,�
another intoned.
Another implored people �defending� the sacrifices of soldiers to consider advocating
for veterans rights and care for military returning home from duty or service, rather
than focusing on the anthem or flag, pointing out, �If these people truly gave a shit
about us veterans they would�ve kicked down the doors on the Capitol and demanded a real
inquiry into the deaths at the [Department of Veterans Affairs] and the insane number
of veterans committing suicide.�
Stoking the divide being the boon of the State, however, Trump continues masterfully manipulating
the public�s emotional response to perceived �injury� to the United States through
its symbols and traditions to swell patriotism utterly blind to the nation�s multitude
of domestic issues � in particular, the increasingly rogue police state � and devastatingly
imperialist foreign activities.
Kaepernick doesn�t hate America; he doesn�t hate the flag; he doesn�t hate police; he
does not wish ill of military members, their families, the president, nor anyone else.
In fact, it would behoove this fraught debate to be reminded the athlete sat down for the
Star Spangled Banner out of love for all people � regardless of race, creed, or politics
� and to call attention to stark disparities in treatment of minority communities which
make the United States an uneven playing field.
Racism � as literally no one should need reminding � remains quite alive and well.
Zito Madu of SBNation writes,
�Kaepernick was protesting racism.
He kneeled during the anthem because he thought the United States was not living up to its
own ideals of freedom.
The form of racism that he was concerned with was police brutality.
Kaepernick thought that unarmed and harmless minorities, black people especially, shouldn�t
be killed by the same police officers tasked with protecting them.
And the officers shouldn�t do so with impunity.
�Kaepernick kneeled as a plea for humanity.
He thought that human beings of a different race should be given the same respect, compassion,
and fair treatment as other human beings.
He wanted police officers to not profile or kill minorities in a disproportionate fashion.
He asked this because he loves the U.S. and knows that love isn�t pretending that what
you love is perfect, but shows itself in wanting the object of your love to be the best version
of itself.
�That plea for compassion, in a country that believes itself to be the greatest civilization,
is what is at the heart of all of this anger.
That people should be treated fairly seems like a mundane sentiment, or it would be if
the U.S. was more like the ideal of itself and not the work in progress that it is right
now.�
Decades after the Civil Rights Movement turned disobedience into a most efficacious if peaceful
weapon, Americans still cannot reckon its infinitely-complex distribution of races,
nationalities, and beliefs with a Constitution vowing protection of the rights of all.
With tolerance at a premium, police brutality running rampant, and a commander-in-chief
hell bent on dividing the populace beyond repair, a protest as uncomplicated as Kaepernick�s
must be accurately portrayed � and denouncements of false information, forthcoming.
While sitting for the national anthem pains many to witness, the resonant pain ricocheting
from this nation�s egregiously racist past and manifesting in an interminable list of
Black people and other minorities slain by law enforcement without consequence remains
a bloody and festering wound � one deafeningly ignored by Trump and the vast majority of
patriotism virtue-signalers.
�Want to know what�s unpatriotic?
Using your white privilege to avoid serving, citing �bone spurs in the heel� while
playing varsity tennis at college while others went.
Want to know what is antithetical to American values?
Using the most powerful pulpit in the land to incite violence � against ANYONE,�
continued Sand, the Green Beret, alluding to the president�s widely-condemned avoidance
of the draft during the Vietnam War.
�Want to define disgraceful behavior?
Denigrating a man like Senator John McCain�s service and heroism while you sat home.
�Want to respect the American flag?
Then respect the ideals for which it stands.
Bullying language and calling peaceful protesters �sons of bitches� who should be fired
aren�t among them.�
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Jared Kushner's bad week just got a little weirder. On Sunday, Politico reported that the presidential son-in-law and adviser corresponded with top White House officials through a private email server (and he wasn't the only one).
On Monday, a prankster impersonating the real estate scion — apparently convincingly — asked his lawyer what to do with pictures "featuring adult content" he said he had received. The lawyer responded: "Don't delete. Don't send to anyone. Let's chat in a bit."
While reports about Kushner's emails are not analogous with those on Hillary Clinton's, they nonetheless raised questions about security and hypocrisy in the chaotic Trump White House, from which Trump ridiculed Clinton for her use of a private email server long after Election Day.
The news on Wednesday was different, but nonetheless eyebrow-raising: When Jared Kushner registered to vote in 2009, he apparently identified his sex as female.
[On Jared Kushner's emails, the real problem is the media's hypocrisy] Democratic opposition research group American Bridge spotted the error, which was first reported by Wired.
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IRS Hands Over Info On Trump Officials To Special Prosecutor - Duration: 3:40.
According to a new report on CNN, the IRS is officially handing over documents to special
prosecutor Robert Mueller in his investigation into possible collusion and criminal activity
in the Trump campaign and the Trump administration.
This latest information shows what they believe is that Mueller is looking into the IRS tax
returns from people like Paul Manafort and Michael Flynn.
Manafort worked on the campaign.
Flynn worked in the administration.
They're trying to find out what kind of payments either person received from groups like Russia
or Turkey, or any other foreign entity.
However, we do not know for sure that those are the people that Mueller got information
on, and we do not know if Mueller received information from Donald Trump's tax returns.
Right now this is all still speculation, but we do know that both former and current members
of both the Trump campaign and the Trump administration have been targeted, and their information
from the IRS has been handed over the Robert Mueller.
According to reports, what he's seeking is banking records and real estate records.
It's that second one that leads many people to believe that he actually is looking at
Donald Trump's tax returns.
One of the things we know that came out recently was one of Donald Trump's associates that
he bought some property with and took out some loans with up North had actually been
convicted on criminal charges.
Trump knew this but still sought a loan with this person, which is highly illegal.
That could be one of the things that Mueller is looking into, because that definitely would
point to some criminal activity on Trump's part that actually has nothing to do with
the original intent of this investigation.
Robert Mueller has a special power that was granted to him by the interim AG when he was
appointed.
He is allowed to pursue any form of criminal evidence in this investigation whether or
not it relates to the initial claim of collusion with the country of Russia, meaning if Mueller
uncovers something that he thinks might lead to a completely different financial crime
by anyone that's been swept up in this investigation, he is allowed to pursue that crime, as well,
in addition to the original investigation of collusion.
So don't think that just because Mueller's got Trump's tax returns and they don't show
that he colluded or received payments, don't think for a minute that that doesn't mean
Donald Trump can't be prosecuted for something else, because it absolutely does.
I think that's why Mueller is taking his time here, working with the IRS, trying to get
as much information as possible on as many people as possible, so that one day he can
walk into the Senate or walk into the White House or walk up to a podium for a press conference,
drop a file and say, "Hey, I've got 15 indictments in my hand for 15 different people.
Line up and come get them, Trump administration."
I think that's what most people in this country are hoping for at this point.
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Sup you beautiful bastards hope your having
Fantastic Wednesday welcome back to the Philip DeFranco show and let's just jump into it.
And the first thing I want to talk about today is a killer clown
Story that has popped up in the news and no this is not a joke. It's not one of those prank videos where someone was dressed
As a clown just to freak someone else. It's a crazy story and actually starts in the 90s
What happened well may 26?
1990 Marlene Warren heard a knock at her door when she answered the door she found herself face-to-face with a clown holding flowers and balloons
And I mean the whole deal clown hair nose
outfit one of the balloons said you're the
Greatest, the other one had Snow White on it. And as Marlene went to accept the balloons and flowers the clown raised a gun and shot
Her in the face. And reportedly Marlene's two teenage sons along with some of their friends were witness to this well
She didn't die on the scene
She was taken to the hospital and she died two days later
And initially police suspected the husband Michael Warren this because friends and family said they're actually having problems with their marriage and so the police
investigate him
But they don't find any evidence that he was the one that murdered his wife instead what they uncovered was unrelated evidence of crimes he
committed at his car rental agency and so 1992
He was found guilty of 43 counts of odometer tampering grand theft and racketeering he served three years for this
He was then released and he disappeared in
1997 only to resurface in
2002 when he married Sheila Keene then in 2014 the clown murder case is reopened the old DNA they had was tested with new DNA
Technology and based off of that yesterday the Palm Beach County Sheriff's announced they arrested Sheila Keene for that
1990 murder. It turned out Sheila Keene had actually worked at the husband's car rental agency at the time of the murder and it also
Turns out the police have been told about an alleged affair between Sheila and Michael a few months after the incident
So there you go after 27 years it appears that her children are gonna get some closure
I mean imagine how horrible and crazy that is for them
I mean they they as teenagers watched their mom get killed by a clown their dad goes to jail on unrelated charges
He gets out and then apparently marries the woman that murdered their mother I was her stepmother
And then you find that out 27 years after it happened also
There's the question now of did the husband know or was it just this woman who made this choice this whole story just feels like
Too much, then really quickly let's talk about the Streamy Awards yesterday. And by now
You might have heard we didn't win show of the year. I cried myself to sleep. I actually didn't
Congratulations to Sugar Pine 7 of course the leader over there Stephen Suptic they're doing really cool stuff
I'm excited to see where it goes, and if I was going to lose to anyone
I'm happy it was them some of the other winners
We saw we had the breakout artist of the year that went to David Dobrik beating out the likes of Jake Paul. Best in comedy
We saw Liza Koshy beat out the likes of h3h3
Production as you imagine the internet had a lot of different opinions about that
That's also understandable considering how big of a space YouTube is I mean this situation we're talking specifically about h3h3 productions
and Liza Koshy
Maybe there's some crossover there and often what you'll see on the internet is people becoming massive with their pillar of followers that
Maybe just aren't into this other thing styles are different people's personal preferences are different, and there are a lot of other winners
I'm not gonna go through every category
I wanna leave this story on 2 notes the first being I want to thank everyone that supported the show whether with votes are
Just with your patience every time I was like hey. Do you want to vote for me after the first two pushes?
It was even annoying for me secondly
I realized this morning that the acceptance speech that I had written because I was scared that if we did win
I was gonna blank out on stage
I wrote it down actually works win or lose because it just serves as a way to say
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Texas back in 93 and we got a brand new meet Arnold answering the question everyone's asked what happens if you throw
Arnold's in a microwave spoiler alert
It's not a good thing that we got an honest trailer for Star Trek The Next Generation
Which actually separate from this does make me want to ask the question is the new Star Trek good?
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I haven't watched it yet if you want to see the full versions of everything
I just shared the secret link of the day anything at all links as always are in the description down below and in huge
International news Saudi Arabia is now going to allow women to drive. I know to a lot of you listening you're probably going
That's pretty fucking sad that that is progress, but hey for the area a win is a win
And hopefully this continues the snowball. And how this happened is last night
Saudi Arabia's King issued a decree to allow women to drive. And it's a huge deal because Saudi Arabia
I mean women have historically been by most modern standards oppressed in the country. For example they have guardianship laws
These laws dictate and much about a woman's life
Depending on the circumstances a woman needs to be accompanied by a male guardian
This is most often a husband, a father, sometimes a son. Sometimes they have to get paid drivers
This isn't just a small thing reportedly they're around six hundred
Thousand drivers in the country that are used for this most public activities
they need that guardian or at least a group of other women even some medical decisions need to be made by a
Guardian and in line with the strict guardianship laws women were not allowed to drive
What was amazing and I say amazing as in?
Ridiculous excuses for not allowing women to drive were crazy there were claims that men just wouldn't know how to handle
Oh, just blow their minds this would be the breakdown of the Saudi family and my personal favorite
And this is a real thing the claim that
Driving would be dangerous to women's ovaries and when I say women weren't allowed to drive
It's not like it was just frowned upon driving could land you in jail you could lose your job also all these years later
I have to just give respect to the women who first stood up for this right in 1990 there was the first-ever protest against the
Driving ban forty-seven women took part in it and drove around the capital all ended up getting arrested
I just want to point out that these women were badass motherfuckers
It's one thing to protest in America, and it's a whole other thing to protest in
1990 Saudi Arabia you may tweet that you don't give a fuck these women actually
Didn't give a fuck or actually they gave so much of a fuck that they didn't care what was going to happen to them they were
Going to protest this limp-dick woman-hating law and that original protest led to other
Protests throughout the years of women driving their cars now filming themselves doing it
What's really interesting is despite Saudi Arabia's history here the royal decree was very harsh in tone the royal decrees saying we take into
consideration the pros of
Allowing women to drive and the cons of banning them from driving it also referred to what the majority of the council of senior scholars
Agreed on which is that the original?
Islamic ruling in regards to women driving is to allow it and that those who have opposed it have done so based on excuses that
Are baseless and have no predominance of thought or paraphrase if you don't think women should have the right to drive you
Stupid so starting June 24th 2018 women will be officially allowed to apply for a license
This is a huge deal because it also appears to affect guardianship laws. Reportedly women will not need permission from a guardian here
You'll be allowed to apply
Receive and drive without a guardian present King outlined that a committee will be formed in the next few days and that committee will have
30 days to provide recommendations
About how to handle this to decree. Some of the things the committee has to consider this means there will be roughly seven point five
Million new drivers on the road police are also going to have to be retrained on how to deal with women
And they're rarely interact with non-related women in Saudi Arabia. What's interesting is most people have been publicly for this now
That's feel like I should maybe put a little asterisk on that part of that might be
Saudi Arabia despite it having a deeply conservative classic
Clerics a lot of those top clerics are on the payroll of the Saudi government and the Saudi government
Puts pressure on them to back the king or to be quiet and additionally prior to the announcement the government reportedly arrested two dozen clerics
And academics who would be critical of this change? Why exactly are we seeing this change in Saudi Arabia?
Well a lot of it can most likely be attributed to Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and it may might sound familiar because we've talked
About this 32 year old heir to the throne before. And the big reason why is for years
He's outlined a plan on how to modernize Saudi Arabia. That and in the past year we've seen a big political shake-up
Where all of a sudden
he has a lot of influence a lot of what he's talked about is how to modernize Saudi Arabia as far as the economy and
society
Looking at the market
He seems aware that the oil can only take them so far for so long while allowing female drivers is a huge societal change for
Saudi Arabia it also might bring an economic boom reports say that there are many women capable of working who just refused to do so
Because of the driving law this because in addition to it just being a ridiculous hurdle to have to go through much of their salaries
Drained and it goes to the private drivers
That said it will be very interesting to see how the economy is affected by those private drivers
Not being as needed and so there you go while I still obviously have many
Many problems and concerns with Saudi Arabia at least we get some change. Hopefully like I said earlier
This is just the beginning of the snowball effect. Then let's talk about the really interesting Roy Moore and Luther Strange situation
this is a really weird and
Fascinating story so in Alabama there was a Republican
Runoff to find out who the Republican candidate would be to try and take Jeff Sessions old seat Jeff Sessions of course had to vacate
That seat so he could be the Attorney General Donald Trump had been really really pushing for Luthor Strange
Tweeting his support several times saying Alabama get out and vote for Luther strain
He has proven to me that he will never let you down MAGA. The election tomorrow in the great state of Alabama vote for senator
Luthor Strange tough on crime and border will
Never let you down Luther Strange has been shooting up in the Alabama polls since my endorsement finish the job vote today for big Luther
ultimately Luther Strange, the guy Trump backed
He lost. Moore one here
And he'll be a part of the special election against Democrat Doug Jones in December before all you Democrats start cheering
Yeah, Trump's guy didn't win. No let me talk about Roy Moore. While he may not have initially been Trump's a guy
I
Imagine if you're a Democrat you're not gonna like it. Roy Moore is a controversial former state Supreme Court justice
some of his best hits include in 2005
He said that homosexuality should be illegal "just behind because it's done behind closed doors
It can still be prohibited by state law do you know that bestiality?
The relationship between man and beast is prohibited in every state"
"Do you know that didn't I ask you this having sex with a cow" "No you didn't but its the same thing"
And to that of course people say well. That was 2005
Maybe he changed his opinion on it. Well to that
I would say we found a video it has incredibly low views, but it is him from 2015
So here's that "Do you still think that homosexuality should be illegal?"
"I think homosexuality should be illegal sodomy was declared illegal by the United States Supreme Court in
1987 it said there was no right under the Constitution to
enlarge the fundamental rights of
Homosexuals" In 2014 he reportedly wrote letters to all 50 state governors asking them to convene to ban gay marriage last September
He was actually suspended from Alabama Supreme Court is for failing to comply with the federal Supreme Court's ruling around gay marriage
Just keep in mind because Trump's guy lost you didn't win if anything this proves that the anti-establishment
Mindset goes way further than Donald Trump Luther Strange was supported by Mitch McConnell. He was supported by Donald Trump
There are millions of dollars thrown his way and the people of Alabama decided nah we're good
We're gonna go with Roy Moore. Roy Moore was the Steve Bannon candidate Steve Bannon even talking at his victory party
And it was Donald Trump who seemed to about-face. Trump deleting those previous tweets of support for Luther strange
And then tweeting "Congratulations to Roy Moore on his Republican primary win in Alabama Luther Strange started way back and ran a good race
Roy ,win in November!" Although as previously mentioned
It's in December so then he deleted that tweet and then posted a new one really I think in a small way this confirms
Kind of what some people have been saying and that is Donald Trump
isn't isn't the Republican candidate Donald Trump is and has been the weapon of the
Anti-establishment voter and while there will be a lot of people that follow him for the good, the bad, the ridiculous
Especially when his opponent is a liberal
They in large know what they want and will do what they want well that might give some Democrats
Hope that this is so this is a fractured party and when it comes to them having a common enemy they unite.
At least that's my personal take away and actually I'll pass the question off to you
Whether it be this this last story the first one anything in between what are your thoughts today? What are you thinking?
And why let me know in those
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What Roy Moore and Donald Trump Have In Common: A Closer Look - Duration: 8:18.
-This week has been a perfect microcosm of the Trump era,
as President Trump fanned the flames
of cultural flash points, like the NFL protest,
a darling of the far-right, Judge Roy Moore,
won a GOP Senate primary in Alabama.
For more on this, it's time for "A Closer Look."
[ Cheers and applause ]
Trump, of course, began his feud with NFL players
who peacefully protest racial injustice last week
at a rally in Alabama.
In fairness, that's pretty much what you expect
when you hear the words "rally in Alabama."
Nobody hears, "There was a rally in Alabama,"
and goes, "Oh!
Was it for transgender adoption rights?"
[ Laughter ]
And yet, despite tweeting repeatedly
about the NFL and the anthem,
Trump insists he isn't obsessed with it.
Yesterday, at a joint press conference
with the prime minister of Spain,
he was asked if he was preoccupied with the issue
while he should be focusing on Puerto Rico
and offered this very confusing defense.
-To me, the NFL situation's a very important situation.
I've heard that before about was I preoccupied.
Not at all. Not at all.
I have plenty of time on my hands.
All I do is work.
-What? [ Laughter ]
You have plenty of time on your hands.
All you do is work?
One of those things can't be true.
[ Laughter ]
That's like saying, "I go on lots of dates.
All I do is play 'Grand Theft Auto.'"
[ Laughter ]
But here's the thing -- there's a reason
Trump is so much more interested in talking about the NFL
than, say, healthcare,
and the reason is, Trump knows nothing about policy.
Take his response to the crisis in Puerto Rico.
When he finally got around to talking about it on Tuesday,
Trump made sure to do two things --
claim credit for doing a great job
and demonstrate that he knows where Puerto Rico is,
and even that he messed up.
-We've worked very, very hard in Puerto Rico.
It's very tough, because it's an island.
In Texas, we can ship the trucks right out there,
and, you know, we can do --
We've gotten A-pluses on Texas and on Florida,
and we will also on Puerto Rico, but the difference is,
this is an island, sitting in the middle of an ocean,
and it's a big ocean.
It's a very big ocean.
-He sounds -- [ Laughter ]
He sounds like a kid who forgot to work on his oral report
and is just vamping, waiting for the bell to ring.
"Puerto Rico is in the ocean, which is a big ocean and salty.
It is a...big salty ocean."
[ Laughter and applause ]
And they're biggest export is -- Come on, 3:00!"
But every time Trump feels the chill of a policy failure,
he knows he can warm himself up by stoking the fires
of racial resentment, and that's not unique to Trump.
It's a defining feature of the modern GOP,
and last night's Senate primary in Alabama
is a perfect example of this.
The winner of that primary is a guy name Judge Roy Moore,
seen here yesterday riding a horse to the polling booth
to cast his vote.
And when you see a Judge Roy Moore
riding a horse to the polls, it's hard not to think,
"Is this CNN or Turner Classic Movies?"
[ Laughter ]
Moore is a darling of the far right,
known for his many years of open bigotry and homophobia.
He defied the Supreme Court decision
legalizing same-sex marriage,
and he's also called for a Muslim member of Congress
not to be seated because of his religion
and said homosexual conduct should be illegal.
Now, Trump himself endorsed Moore's opponent,
Senator Luther Strange, after repeated prodding
from the GOP establishment.
But even Trump seemed to know
that his base was really much more in line
with Moore, because at a rally in Alabama on Friday
to campaign for Strange, Trump actually admitted
that in not endorsing Moore, he might've made a mistake.
-I'm thrilled to be here with the really great person
that I've gotten to know, Luther Strange.
Luther Strange knows the true source of America's strength.
It's God, it's family, and it's country.
We're here tonight for Luther Strange.
And I might've made a mistake.
And I'll be honest -- I might've made a mistake.
-Wow. [ Laughter ]
Can you imagine Trump giving your football team
a halftime speech?
"Now let's get out there and beat the Lions,
who are frankly a better team, and I wish I was coaching them."
[ Laughter ]
"Panthers on 3 -- 1, 2, 3 -- Lions!"
[ Laughter and applause ]
And after Moore won last night,
Trump immediately offered his support,
and it makes sense that Trump is now
enthusiastically backing Moore, because Moore is very much cut
from the same cloth as Donald Trump.
He relies just as much on open bigotry as Trump
and seems to care just as little about actual policy as Trump.
Take the issue of DACA,
otherwise known as the Dreamers program,
which allows children brought here as undocumented immigrants
to stay in the country.
You'd think Moore might want to have a position on that,
but when he was asked about it recently
on an Alabama radio show, he had no idea what it was.
[ Laughter ]
Who knew how sassy Alabama radio hosts were?
[ Laughter ]
"Can you explain DACA to me?
Oh, you DA-can't?"
[ Laughter ]
Like Trump, Moore cares very little
about the nuances of policies that affect
millions of people's lives and cares much more
about riling his base through spectacle and grievance,
like on Monday, when he appeared at a rally
in a vest and cowboy hat and spoke about his support
for the Second Amendment.
-It's been very hard for my wife and myself
to weather two, nearly three months of negative ads
that we couldn't answer with money
because we didn't have it.
-Why is that?
-Ads that were completely false.
That I don't believe in the Second Amendment.
I believe in the Second Amendment.
[ Cheers and applause ]
-That's right. The Second Amendment,
which apparently gives you the right
to defend yourself against very tiny burglars.
[ Laughter ]
Took him a while to get it out.
He couldn't find it in his pocket.
"Car keys? No."
Moore and Trump both appeal to their bases
by fanning their resentments, and feeding their grievances.
For example, Moore said as recently as last year
that he still believes the racist conspiracy theory,
popularized by Trump,
that Barack Obama was not born in this country.
And Moore also believes there are towns in the U.S.
currently under Sharia law, despite the fact that
that is, of course, completely divorced from reality.
Here's the truly surreal exchange Moore had
with a reporter from the website Vox
that makes him sound like an expert on DACA.
Moore -- "There are communities under Sharia law right now
in our country, up in Illinois."
Reporter -- "Which American communities
are under Sharia law?
When did they fall under Sharia law?"
Moore -- "Well there's Sharia law as I understand it,
in Illinois, Indiana, up there, I don't know."
[ Laughter ]
Reporter -- "That seems like an amazing claim
for a Senate candidate to make."
Moore -- "Well, let me just put it this way --
If they are, they are. If they're not, they're not."
[ Laughter ]
What the hell are you talking about?
I'm starting to think that hat
is covering up a massive head wound.
[ Laughter and applause ]
"My car kicked me in the head."
[ Cheers and applause ]
So, Roy Moore is now the GOP nominee and front-runner
for a senate seat in Alabama, and if he wins,
he will join Donald Trump in making decisions
about everything from your healthcare
to national security in Washington.
This is the modern Republican party,
although modern might be the wrong word.
This is the current Republican Party.
This has been "A Closer Look."
[ Cheers and applause ]
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