>> Sandra: DEVELOPING
TONIGHT A NEW TWIST IN THE
GUN CONTROL DEBATE IN THE
WAKE OF THE PARKLAND SCHOOL
SHOOTING.
LIBERAL ACTIVIST GROUP NOW
TAKING AIM AT THE JR. ROTC
PROGRAM SAYING IT PROMOTES
WAR AND VIOLENCE.
CODE PINK TWEETING IN PART,
QUOTE WE MUST PASS GUN LAWS
AND GET JR. ROTC AND NRA OUT
OF OUR SCHOOLS.
THAT TWEET SETTING OFF A
FIRESTORM OF CRITICISM.
YOU MIGHT REMEMBER THE THREE
OF THE PARKLAND VICTIMS
ELENA PETTY, PETER WEIJIA
JIANG
WAANG
WANGG
WANG ANDMARTIN DUQUI.
WANG WAS SHOT HELPING OTHER
STUDENT.
NOT BACKING DOWN SAYING
QUOTE THE STUDENT KILLED IN
PARKLAND WERE VICTIMS OF
UNNECESSARY VIOLENCE
HIGHLIGHTING THE FACT THAT
JROTC DOES NOT BELONG IN OUR
SCHOOLS IS NOT AN ATTEMPT TO
MALIGN ANY MEMORY BUT RATHER
TO RISE UP AGAINST THE PIECE
OF THE PROBLEM.
HERE NOW JEREMY HUNT U.S.
ARMY OFFICER AND OPINION
WRITER.
WENDY OSEFO IS A PROFESSOR
AND POLITICAL COMMENTATOR.
THANKS TO BOTH OF YOU FOR
BEING HERE TONIGHT.
>> THANK YOU.
>> Sandra: JEREMY, I WONDER
HOW HEARING ALL OF THAT
MAKES YOU FEEL.
>> YEAH, YOU KNOW, IT IS
JUST SO DISHEARTENING TO
HEAR THE CODE PINK IS ON A
CAMPAIGN TO END HIGH SCHOOL
JROTC.
>>
I WAS IN THE PROGRAM FOUR
YEARS.
IT TEACHES LEADERSHIP,
SELFLESSNESS, INTEGRITY.
THESE ARE VALUES THAT OUR
NATION DESPERATELY NEEDS.
WHAT BETTER EMBODIMENT OF
THOSE VALUES THAN THOSE THAT
GAVE THEIR LIVES TRYING TO
HELP THEIR FRIENDS.
PETER WANG WAS BURIED IN HIS
ROTC JR.
WE SHOULD BE TAKING THIS
MOMENT TO HIGHLIGHT THE
INCREDIBLE THINGS,
INCREDIBLE CONTRIBUTIONS THE
JROTC MAKES IN OUR COMMUNITY
ESPECIALLY UNDER PRIVILEGED
COMMUNITIES AND COMMUNITIES
OF PEOPLE OF COLOR.
I CANNOT TALK ENOUGH ABOUT
THE INCREDIBLE VALUES THAT I
LEARNED IN THAT PROGRAM.
TO HEAR CODE PINK TRYING TO
COME AGAINST J ROTC FOR
THEIR OWN AGENDA IS HARD TO
HEAR.
>> Sandra: POINTING TO JROTC
IS PART OF THE PROBLEM
THAT'S A PROBLEM FOR MANY
AMERICANS.
>> I CAN SEE WHY THAT IS
AGAIN BECAUSE JROTC HAS
EQUIPPED PEOPLE WITH
LEADERSHIP SKILLS.
IT WOULD BE INTELLECTUALLY
DISHONEST TO SEE HOW IT
COULD MILITARIZE KIDS.
WE SEE BETWEEN 2010 AND 2016
NRA DONATED $126,000 TO
SCHOOLS AND TO THE JROTC
ESPECIALLY IN BROWARD
COUNTY.
WHAT THEY ARE NOT TALKING
ABOUT IS NIKOLAS CRUZ, THE
PERSON WHO KILLED THESE
VICTIMS WAS ACTUALLY A
MEMBER OF THE JROTC.
>> Sandra: WHAT'S YOUR
POINT?
>> THE POINT IS THAT THE
SHOOTER WAS A MEMBER OF THE
JROTC.
>> Sandra: THAT MAKES JROTC
BAD AND THE CAUSE OF THE
PROBLEM.
>> HE IS A KILLER AND THE
FACT YOU CANNOT DIGEST THE
GOOD THINGS AND BAD THINGS
IS PROBLEMATIC TO BE
INTELLECTUALLY DISHONEST.
>> Sandra: JEREMY?
>> IT'S CLEAR THAT WENDY HAS
BOUGHT INTO THE FALSEHOODS
>> I HAVEN'T BOUGHT INTO
ANYTHING.
>> TRYING TO SELL FALSE
NARRATIVE THAT THEY ARE
TRAINING NEXT MASS MURDERER.
THEY ARE TRAINING LEADERS.
IN OUR CULTURE TODAY THAT IS
SO SELF-CENTERED AS THE ME
GENERATION AS WE ARE CALLED,
HERE YOU HAVE A JR. ROTC
PROGRAM THAT TEACHES VALUES
AND SELFLESSNESS TO GIVE TO
OTHERS.
TO COME AGAINST THAT PROGRAM
BECAUSE OF THIS ONE CASE, I
THINK THAT'S WHERE THE
INTELLECTUALLY DISHONESTY.
>> Sandra: IT TEACHES
LEADERSHIP.
WHY ARE NOT NOT TALKING
WANG.
>> WE ARE.
>> Sandra: HE WANTED TO GO
TO WEST POINT AND WEST POINT
ISSUED HIS FAMILY A
CEREMONIAL LETTER OF
ACCEPTANCE.
THIS IS A KID WE SHOULD BE
HONORING TONIGHT WHO HELD
THE DOOR OPEN SO OTHER
STUDENT COULD RUN AND FLEE.
>> YOU ARE TRYING TO TWIST
MY WORDS TO SAY WE ARE NOT
HONORING HIM BUT WE ARE.
FOR ANYONE TO SIT HERE AND
SAY WE CANNOT LOOK AT THE
GOOD THINGS THAT A COMPANY
DOES OR ORGANIZATION DOES OR