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>> Tucker: GOOD EVENING AND
WELCOME TO
"TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT."
HAPPY MONDAY.
HERE IS SOMETHING WE JUST SAW,
WHICH WE BROUGHT IT TO YOU
EARLIER, LATIMER ZELENSKYY, THE
PRESIDENT OF UKRAINE, EVEN
INTERVIEW RECENTLY THAT DIDN’T
GET ENOUGH ATTENTION IN THIS
COUNTRY.
HE CURRENTLY IS ENGAGED IN A
DESPERATE FIGHT FOR HIS COUNTRY,
HIS GOVERNMENT, AND HIS LIFE,
AND HE HAS BEEN SINCE THE
RUSSIAN MILITARY INVADED
UKRAINE.
IF YOU CAN ASSUME THERE’S NOT
ZELENSKYY THINKS ABOUT AT THIS
POINT APART FROM GETTING THE
RUSSIANS OFF OF UKRAINIAN SOIL.
SO LAST WEEK ZELENSKYY FLOATED
THE IDEA OF ACCEPTING SO-CALLED
UKRAINIAN NEUTRALITY, A GREEN
NOT TO JOIN NATO.
IN EXCHANGE FOR THAT HE WOULD
GET A RUSSIAN WITHDRAWAL FROM
UKRAINE.
IS NOTHING INHERENTLY
CONTROVERSIAL ABOUT ZELENSKYY’S
IDEA.
UKRAINE WAS NOT ON THE CUSP OF
JOINING NATO ANYWAY, NATO
OFFICIALS HAVE LONG SAID THEY
DON’T WANT UKRAINE TO JOIN.
IF IT’S NOT CLEAR WHOSE
INTERESTS WOULD BE SERVED BY
UKRAINE JOINING NATO.
SO IF ACCEPTING THE STATUS QUO,
AND GOING WITH THE WAY THINGS
ARE READY WERE AND WERE ALWAYS
GOING TO BE, IF DOING THAT
CONVINCES PUTIN TO STOP KILLING
UKRAINIANS AND SPARES UKRAINE
FROM TOTAL AND COMPLETE
DESTRUCTION, MAYBE IT’S NOT A
CRAZY IDEA.
MAYBE ZELENSKYY IS ONTO
SOMETHING.
HE HAS CERTAINLY THOUGHT ABOUT
IT A LOT.
MAYBE WE OUGHT TO CONGRATULATE
ZELENSKYY FOR ASKING WISELY ON
BEHALF OF THE COUNTRY HE LEADS.
THIS COULD BE A WIN FOR HIM AND
FOR THE ENTIRE WORLD.
PROBABLY NOT A AMERICAN MEDIA
OUTLETS WILL DESCRIBE IT THAT
WAY HOWEVER.
INDEED, BY MENTIONING NATO, A
TOPIC THAT IS COMPLETELY
OFF-LIMITS IN AMERICAN MEDIA,
ZELENSKYY MAY HAVE GONE TOO FAR.
DAILY, IN EVERY POSSIBLE VENUE,
WE ARE TOLD THAT NATO IS,
PARADOXICALLY, BOTH OF CENTRAL
IMPORTANCE TO THE UNITED STATES
THAT AT THE SAME TIME IRRELEVANT
TO WHAT HAPPENS IN EASTERN
EUROPE.
IF SO YEARS OF TALK ABOUT
EXPANDING NATO INTO UKRAINE, AND
WE WATCHED THOSE HAPPEN IN
PUBLIC, THAT HAS NOTHING
WHATSOEVER TO DO WITH RUSSIA
INVADING UKRAINE.
NOTHING AT ALL.
THAT’S WHAT THEY TELL US.
PUTIN INVADED UKRAINE BECAUSE
HE’S BAD, END OF CONVERSATION.
AND ANYONE WHO SAYS OTHERWISE,
ANYONE WHO SUGGESTS THERE MIGHT
BE A WAY OUT OF THIS DISASTER
SHORT OF TOTAL WAR, ANYONE WHO
SAYS THAT IS IMMEDIATELY
DENOUNCED AS A TOOL OF RUSSIAN
PROPAGANDA.
SO WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?
IT MEANS THAT BY ACKNOWLEDGING
THAT NATO EXPANSION IS WHAT
PUTIN SEEMS TO CARE ABOUT MOST,
ZELENSKYY IS BY DEFINITION, AT
LEAST IN THIS COUNTRY, REPEATING
RUSSIAN TALKING POINTS.
THAT WOULD MAKE THE PRESIDENT OF
UKRAINE A PUTIN COLLABORATOR.
SOUND INSANE?
WELL, THEN YOU CAN STILL THINK
CLEARLY.
BUT THAT’S THE STATE OF PLAY.
HOW DO WE KNOW THIS?
LET’S JUST SAY THAT WE’VE
LIFTED.
IT MADE THE POINT REPEATEDLY
THAT FORCING UKRAINE INTO NATO
WILL IN NO WAY SERVE THE
INTERESTS OF THE UNITED STATES
AND WOULD HURT US HERE IN WAYS
FROM WHICH WE WILL NEVER
RECOVER.
AND BY THE WAY, TALKING ABOUT IT
DOESN’T SEEM TO HAVE HELPED
UKRAINE EITHER.
FOR SAYING THAT -- AND THAT’S
ALWAYS SAID -- HERE’S THE
REACTION WE’VE RECEIVED, AND
THIS IS JUST A SMALL SELECTION.
WE COULD DO A FULL HOUR ON IT
BUT HERE’S A CLIP.
>> WHAT SEEMS TO BE ALMOST THE
PUTIN WING OF THE REPUBLICAN
PARTY, WHICH TO BE FAIR, IS NOT
PREVALENT MUCH ON CAPITOL HILL,
BUT WE’VE SEEN TUCKER CARLSON,
YOU KNOW, BASICALLY REPEAT
RUSSIAN PROPAGANDA NIGHT AFTER
NIGHT.
WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON?
>> WELL, FIRST OF ALL, BEFORE
THEY FELL IN LOVE WITH PUTIN,
THEY FELL IN LOVE WITH HUNGARY.
LET’S MAKE AMERICA MORE LIKE
HUNGARY.
>> THE MOST POPULAR REPUBLICAN
BROADCASTER IN AMERICA,
TUCKER CARLSON, BOTH UNABASHED
FANS OF PUTIN AND ARE VERY FEW
REPUBLICANS OUT THERE LIKE
MITT ROMNEY OR LIZ CHENEY WHO
HAVE THE COURAGE TO CALL THEM
OUT.
THIS IS A DISGRACE.
>> HOW ANYBODY IN THIS COUNTRY
WHICH LOVES FREEDOM CAN SIDE
WITH VLADIMIR PUTIN, WHICH IS AN
OPPRESSOR, A DICTATOR, HE KILLS
PEOPLE, HE IMPRISONS HIS
POLITICAL OPPONENTS.
HE HAS BEEN AN ADVERSARY OF
AMERICA AT EVERY CHANCE HE’S
HAD.
IT’S UNTHINKABLE TO ME.
IT’S ALMOST TREASONOUS.
>> Tucker: ALMOST TREASONOUS.
WHO IS SIDING WITH PUTIN?
HAVEN’T SEEN ANYBODY DO THAT,
HAVE SEEN A FEW PEOPLE TRY TO
SIDE WITH THE UNITED STATES AND
THAT, SAYS MITT ROMNEY, WHO GOT
FOUR DEFERMENTS TO KEEP HIMSELF
OUT OF THE VIETNAM WAR, THAT IS
ALMOST TREASONOUS.
WE DON’T WANT TO PICK ON
MITT ROMNEY HERE, IT’S TOO EASY,
BUT IT DOES SEEM LIKE IF YOU
TAKE A STEP BACK, THE VERY SAME
PEOPLE WHO SPENT THE LAST, SAY,
TWO YEARS TELLING US THAT THIS
COUNTRY, OUR COUNTRY, IS
INHERENTLY SINFUL AND RACIST AND
DISGUSTING AND BORN IN INIQUITY,
THOSE SAME PEOPLE, THE ONES WHO
LECTURE YOU ABOUT HOW THERE IS
SOMETHING INHERENTLY WRONG WITH
YOU IF YOU LIVE HERE, OR WERE
BORN HERE, THOSE SAME PEOPLE
HAVE BEEN THE VERY QUICKEST, THE
VERY FIRST TO WHIP AROUND AND
ACCUSE ANYONE WHO WANTS TO SAVE
THE UNITED STATES FROM YET
ANOTHER POINTLESS WAR, WAR THAT
THEY WOULD NEVER FIGHT IN, NOR
WITH THEIR CHILDREN, ACCUSE
THOSE PEOPLE OF BEING
UNPATRIOTIC.
YOU DON’T LOVE AMERICA ENOUGH,
SAYS THE MAN WHO THINKS AMERICA
IS RACIST.
WE ARE NOT SURE, BUT IN CASE YOU
WILL FORGOTTEN, HERE’S THE VERY
SAME MITT ROMNEY MARCHING WITH
THE VERY SAME PEOPLE WHO TOLD US
THAT THIS IS A WHITE SUPREMACIST
HELL-HOLE, AND WE GOT TO DO AWAY
WITH THE NUCLEAR FAMILY, THAT’S
NEVER DONE ANYBODY ANY GOOD.
HERE HE IS.
>> A WAY TO END VIOLENCE AND
BRUTALITY INTO MAKE SURE THE
PEOPLE PEOPLE UNDERSTAND THE
BLACK LIVES MATTER.
>> Tucker: SO -- OKAY, IT’S
JUST MITT ROMNEY, NEVER A
GENIUS, OBVIOUSLY DEEP IN THE
GRIP OF SOME LATE LIFE CRISIS,
LICKING HIS WOUNDS FROM BEING
BEATEN BY OBAMA IN 2012, OKAY,
BUT IT’S NOT JUST MITT ROMNEY.
IMAGINE HOW YOU WOULD FEEL IF
YOU ARE A BUSINESS OWNER IN
KENOSHA OR MINNEAPOLIS OR
ATLANTA OR LOUISVILLE, IF YOU
WERE SOMEONE WHO, I DON’T KNOW,
USED TO GO TO ST. JOHN’S CHURCH
IN WASHINGTON, D.C., OR WORKS IN
THE FEDERAL COURTHOUSE OF
PORTLAND, OREGON, BEFORE BLM
TORCHED ALL OF IT, YOU ARE LONG
ACCUSTOMED TO KNOWING THAT YOUR
LEADERS DON’T REALLY CARE ABOUT
YOU.
BUT WHEN THEY REVEAL THAT THEY
ACTIVELY HATE YOU, THAT’S HARD
TO TAKE.
SO OF COURSE MITT ROMNEY IS
DEBASING HIMSELF, DEGRADING
HIMSELF IN ORDER TO BE LIKED IN
WASHINGTON.
YEAH, WE’VE SEEN THAT.
OF COURSE.
BUT IT’S DEEPER THAN THAT.
NEEDLESS TO SAY, THE PEOPLE
MITT ROMNEY WANTS TO LIKE HIM,
HIS NEW MASTERS, WERE NOT
SATISFIED WITH HIM MARCHING WITH
BLM OR DENOUNCING HIS CRITICS AS
ALMOST TREASONOUS.
THEY WANT MORE.
THEY WON’T BE SATISFIED UNTIL
EVERY REPUBLICAN IN THE U.S.
SENATE IS WHOLLY
INDISTINGUISHABLE FROM CHRIS
HAYES, THEY’RE GETTING PRETTY
CLOSE.
ON SUNDAY, YESTERDAY,
MITT ROMNEY EDGED A LITTLE
CLOSER.
HERE’S WHAT HE WROTE TO
TULSI GABBARD.
TULSI GABBARD IS A FORMER MEMBER
OF CONGRESS WHO CURRENTLY SERVES
AS A LIEUTENANT COLONEL IN THE
U.S. ARMY RESERVE, AND UNLIKE
MET ROMNEY, HAS BEEN DEPLOYED.
"TULSI GABBARD IS PARROTING
FALSE RUSSIAN PROPAGANDA.
HER TREASONOUS LIES MAY WELL
COST LIVES."
TREASONOUS LIES HAVE COST LIVES
POTENTIALLY.
SO YOU’RE BETRAYING YOUR COUNTRY
AND COMMITTING MURDER.
SO WHAT EXACTLY DID
TULSI GABBARD DO?
DID SHE CALL FOR A VIOLENT
OVERTHROW THE UNITED STATES
GOVERNMENT?
AS SHE COME OUT AND PLEDGED
ALLEGIANCE TO PUTIN?
DID SHE GET A CYRILLIC TATTOO ON
HER NECK?
NO.
SHE DIDN’T.
IF WHAT SHE SAID IS WE HAVE A
PROBLEM, HERE’S HOW WE KNOW.
SHE CITED PUBLICLY AVAILABLE
INFORMATION AND SAID WE SHOULD
PROBABLY DEAL WITH THAT PROBLEM.
MITT ROMNEY WAS A CONSULTANT,
FOR GOD SAKES, ACCUSING SOMEONE
WHO’S BEEN IN THE ARMY FOR
NEARLY TWO DECADES OF TREASON.
PEOPLE DIDN’T USED TO TALK THAT
WAY.
TREASON IS A DEATH PENALTY
OFFENSE.
IT’S ABSURD ON ITS FACE.
BUT IF YOU WATCH THE VIDEO THAT
GOT MITT ROMNEY TO CALL A FELLOW
AMERICAN TREASONOUS AND SUGGEST
SHE WAS COMMITTING MURDER, IT
REALLY MAKES YOUR HEAD SPIN.
HERE’S WHAT TULSI GABBARD
ACTUALLY SAID THAT MADE
MITT ROMNEY ACCUSE HER OF
BETRAYING HER OWN COUNTRY.
WATCH.
>> HERE ARE THE UNDENIABLE
FACTS.
THERE ARE 25 TO 30 U.S.-FUNDED
BIO LABS IN UKRAINE.
ACCORDING TO THE U.S.
GOVERNMENT, THESE BIO LABS ARE
CONDUCTING RESEARCH ON DANGEROUS
PATHOGENS.
UKRAINE IS IN AN ACTIVE WAR ZONE
WITH WIDESPREAD BOMBING,
ARTILLERY, AND SHOWING IN THESE
FACILITIES, EVEN IN THE BEST OF
CIRCUMSTANCES, COULD EASILY BE
COMPROMISED AND RELEASE THESE
DEADLY PATHOGENS.
>> Tucker: YEAH, SHE HATES OUR
COUNTRY BECAUSE SHE’S WORRIED
THAT A PATHOGEN MIGHT ESCAPE
FROM A BIOLAB AND HURT PEOPLE.
THERE’S NO RECENT PRECEDENT FOR
THAT, SO SHE IS CLEARLY
LISTENING TO ALEX JONES TOO MUCH
AND SHE’S TREASONOUS.
ACTUALLY EVERYTHING THAT
TULSI GABBARD SAID, AS YOU KNOW,
IS TRUE.
REPUBLICAN ISSUE, DEMOCRAT
ISSUE, IT’S A FACTUAL ISSUE.
EVEN IN WAR TRUTH IS THAT GOOD
DEFENSE, IT’S THE ONLY DEFENSE.
IN A FREE COUNTRY YOU CAN SPEAK
THE TRUTH.
THAT RIGHT CAN NEVER BE TAKEN
AWAY OR ELSE IT’S NOT A FREE
COUNTRY.
BUT BY THE WAY, SINCE WE ARE
SPEAKING OF FACT, THE DIRECTOR
OF THE U.S. COOPERATIVE THREAT
REDUCTION PROGRAM HAS CONFIRMED
THAT SCIENTISTS ARE KEEPING
SOVIET ERA PATHOGENS FOR
RESEARCH PURPOSES IN UKRAINE.
THEY TOLD US THEY WERE
DESTROYING THEM.
THEY SHOULD HAVE DESTROYED THEM,
BUT THEY HAVEN’T.
WHAT COULD GO WRONG IN AN ACTIVE
WAR ZONE?
AND THEY KNEW THAT THOSE
PATHOGENS EXISTED AND WERE BEING
EXPERIMENTED UPON, RESEARCHED,
AND THEY DIDN’T SECURE THEM
BEFORE THE RUSSIANS INVADED.
THOUGH THEY KNEW THE RUSSIAN
INVASION WAS COMING, BECAUSE
THEY TOLD US.
AND THEN, THE UNDERSECRETARY OF
STATE WHO OVERSEES THIS
DISASTER, TESTIFIED UNDER OATH
THAT YES, RUSSIAN FORCES MIGHT
SEIZE THOSE BIO LABS IN UKRAINE
AND WE SHOULD ALL BE VERY
WORRIED ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY.
OVER THE WE CAN SEE THIS NEWS
REPORTED THAT PENTAGON OFFICIALS
HAVE CONFIRMED THAT THESE BIO
LABS IN UKRAINE ARE IN FACT
CONDUCTING RESEARCH ON ANTHRAX
AND OTHER "DEADLY PATHOGENS."
>> PENTAGON OFFICIAL I TALKED TO
THIS MORNING SO THERE IS NO
MOVEMENT OF CHEMICAL WEAPONS
INTO UKRAINE.
AT LEAST THEY ARE NOT SEEING THE
SIGNS OF IT.
THE CONCERN IS THAT THE RUSSIANS
WILL SEIZE ONE OF THESE
BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH FACILITIES
THAT UKRAINE HAS WHERE THEY DO
RESEARCH ON DEADLY PATHOGENS
LIKE BOTULISM AND ANTHRAX, SEES
ONE OF THOSE FACILITIES,
WEAPONIZE THE PATHOGEN, AND THEN
BLAME IT ON UKRAINE IN THE U.S.
BECAUSE THE U.S. HAS BEEN
PROVIDING SUPPORT FOR SOME OF
THE RESEARCH BEING DONE IN THOSE
FACILITIES.
>> Tucker: SO WE ARE A LITTLE
CONFUSED ABOUT WHAT THE DIAPER
VENTILATING IS ABOUT.
YOU’RE AT CBS SAY, YOU’VE HEARD
SAY THAT RUSSIAN MACY’S THE
BIOLOGICAL AGENTS IN THE UKRAINE
AND USE THEM AGAINST UKRAINIANS
AND WHO KNOWS WHO ELSE.
YOU PAUSE AND THINK WAIT A
SECOND, IF THESE ARE SOVIET ERA
WEAPONS, THEN PRESUMABLY, THE
SOVIETS, NOW CALLED THE RUSSIAN
GOVERNMENT, PROBABLY HAVE THEIR
OWN, SO WHY WOULD THEY WANT TO
SEIZE STUFF THEY ALREADY HAVE?
IT DOESN’T MAKE A LOT OF SENSE,
BUT WHATEVER.
YOU’LL NOTICE THE REPORTER YOU
JUST SAW THE BEGINNING OF THE
CLIP IS MIFFED THAT THESE
PATHOGENS ARE IN UKRAINE.
DOING RESEARCH ON BOTULISM AND
ANTHRAX.
SO ANY REASONABLE PERSON WOULD
BE CONCERNED BY THAT BECAUSE
THERE’S A WAR GOING ON.
AND BY THE WAY, WHY WERE THEY
FUNDING MISSING UKRAINE IN THE
FIRST PLACE?
THAT’S A SECONDARY QUESTION,
MAYBE WE CAN GET TO THE BOTTOM
OF THAT WHEN THE WAR IS OVER.
BUT TULSI GABBARD ADDRESSED AND
ONLY ADDRESSED THE DANGER THAT
INNOCENT PEOPLE COULD DIE
BECAUSE THESE WEAPONS,
APPARENTLY THESE PATHOGENS,
THESE AGENTS, EXIST IN UKRAINE.
SHE DIDN’T BLAME HIM IN
RUSSIA -- HE DIDN’T BLAME
ANYBODY.
SHE JUST SAID THIS IS A THING.
UNSECURED BIO WEAPONS IN A
WAR ZONE ARE A BAD IDEA.
THAT’S NOT REASONABLE NOW?
THAT’S TREASON?
REASON ISN’T PART OF THE WAY
PEOPLE ARE THINKING NOW.
EVERYBODY IN LEADERSHIP HAS
COMPLETELY LOST THE ABILITY TO
THINK BEYOND THE NEXT WEEK.
WHO IS THINKING ABOUT TOMORROW
OR NEXT MONTH OR 20 YEARS FROM
NOW?
NOT ONE PERSON.
AND ANYONE WHO TRIES IS AN AGENT
OF PUTIN.
>> NOW TO A STORY OF RUSSIA
DISINFORMATION THAT HAS BEEN
QUICKLY EMBRACED AND AMPLIFIED
BY SOME IN AMERICA’S RIGHT-WING
MEDIA.
STATE DEPARTMENT UNDERSECRETARY
CONFIRMED THIS WEEK THAT THERE
WAS BIO RESEARCH GOING ON IN
UKRAINE.
CRITICS SAY THAT TUCKER CARLSON
OF FOX NEWS TOOK THOSE ARE MARKS
OUT OF CONTEXT.
>> NOW YOU SEE THE CHINESE
GOVERNMENT KIND OF OPENLY
REPEATING RUSSIAN PROPAGANDA.
FOR EXAMPLE, ABOUT THESE
SUPPOSED AMERICAN BIO LABS
UKRAINE.
>> IT’S RUSSIAN MISINFORMATION
ABOUT BIO LABS IN UKRAINE.
PEOPLE ON THE TRUMP RIGHT WERE
ACTUALLY PARROTING RUSSIAN
PROPAGANDA EVERY DAY AND EVERY
NIGHT.
>> Tucker: THESE SUPPOSED BIO
LABS.
WELL, THE U.S. GOVERNMENT SAYS
THEY HAVE BIO LABS AND TOLD US
UNDER OATH THAT THEY ARE WORRIED
ABOUT THE CONTENTS OF THESE BIO
LABS WHICH THEY FAILED TO
SECURE, MIGHT GET INTO THE WRONG
HANDS, BUT IT’S RIGHT-WING PUTIN
PROPAGANDA.
WE ARE TAKING HIS OR MARKS OUT
OF CONTEXT.
OKAY, WHAT’S THE RIGHT CONTEXT?
WE ASKED, NO ONE TOLD US.
ROBERT POPE, WHERE THEY’VE TAKEN
OUT OF CONTEXT TOO?
THIS IS INSANE.
THERE’S A PROBLEM.
BEFORE WE EVEN ASSIGN BLAME TO
THE PROBLEM, IT MIGHT BE WORTH
THINKING HOW TO FIX THE PROBLEM.
BUT NO.
ANYONE WHO MENTIONS IT SHOULD
SHUT UP.
AND NOT JUST SHUT UP, BE SHUT UP
BY FORCE IF NECESSARY WITH JAIL
TIME.
WE ARE GOING TO DO SOMETHING WE
ALMOST NEVER DO, WE ARE GOING TO
PLAY YOU A CLIP FROM "THE VIEW,"
WHICH IS NOW CALLING FOR THE
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
INVESTIGATION INTO THIS SHOW AND
TULSI GABBARD.
WATCH.
>> WHAT TUCKER CARLSON PARENTS
EVER NICE ON FOX NEWS,
WHITTLESEY GABBERT IS SPREADING,
IS ACTUALLY HELPING PUTIN GET
AWAY WITH CRIMINAL ACTS AGAINST
CIVILIANS.
>> I THINK DOJ, IN THE SAME WAY
IT IS SETTING UP A TASK FORCE TO
INVESTIGATE ALL OF US, SHOULD
LOOK INTO PEOPLE WHO ARE RUSSIAN
SHILLING FOR PUTIN.
IF YOU ARE A FOREIGN ASSET TO A
DICTATOR, IT SHOULD BE
INVESTIGATED.
IN FACT, I REMEMBER WHEN
TULSI GABBARD -- AND I EVEN HATE
THAT WE ARE DISCUSSING IT
BECAUSE I THINK TO MYSELF WHO IS
THIS WOMAN, HOW DO YOU NOT CALL
OUT SOMETHING THAT IS REPEATING
FALSE RUSSIAN PROPAGANDA?
>> THEY USE TO ARREST PEOPLE FOR
DOING STUFF LIKE THIS.
>> Tucker: REALLY?
THEY USED TO ARREST PEOPLE FOR
SAYING STUFF LIKE THIS.
WHEN DID THEY ARREST PEOPLE FOR
SAYING STUFF LIKE THIS, AND WHO
IS THEY EXACTLY?
THE FORMER KAREN ELAINE JOHNSON
DIDN’T TELL US, SHE KEPT IT BIG
BECAUSE THAT WEIGHS A LOT MORE
THREATENING AND YOU WILL SHUT
UP.
WE HESITATE TO SHOW UP, WE ARE
MAKING AN EXCEPTION TONIGHT
BECAUSE "THE VIEW" IS NOT AROUND
TO ALONE, A LOT OF PEOPLE SOUND
LIKE THIS.
IT’S ONE OF THESE THAT SOUNDS
INSANE, I CAN’T BELIEVE I SAID
THAT.
AND THEN OVER TIME WHAT SOUNDED
CRAZY THE FIRST TIME YOU HEARD
IT SOUNDS A LITTLE MORE NORMAL
AND THEN THREE WEEKS INTO THE
WAR, IT SOUNDS LIKE PROBABLY
PRETTY NECESSARY.
KEITH OLBERMANN IS ALWAYS AT THE
CUTTING EDGE OF THINGS LIKE
THIS.
HE WAS WATCHING "THE VIEW"
TODAY, THERE’S NOT A LOT ELSE TO
DO AND RESPONDED BY WRITING THIS
ON TWITTER.
THEY, US, OUR RUSSIAN ASSETS AND
THERE IS A WAR.
THERE’S A CASE FOR DETAINING
THEM MATERIALLY.
TRIALS ARE A SIGN OF GOOD FAITH
AND PATIENCE ON THE PART OF
DEMOCRACY."
[LAUGHS]
SO WE ARE AT WAR WITH RUSSIA!
WE MUST SEND YOU TO THE GULAG
BECAUSE FREEDOM!
BECAUSE A DEMOCRACY, THE ONE
THING DEMOCRACY DOESN’T HAVE
PATIENCE FOR HIS DISSENTING
VIEWS FROM ITS OWN CITIZENS,
PARTICULARLY CITIZENS WHO
SINCERELY HOPE AND PRAY FOR THE
BEST FOR THEIR OWN COUNTRY.
THOSE PEOPLE MUST BE IMPRISONED
MILITARILY.
THAT’S WHAT HE’S SAYING.
AND NO ONE IS DISAGREEING.
ALL PERMANENT WASHINGTON, EVERY
ORIFICE OF THE NATIONAL MEDIA,
ALL FULLY ALIGNED TO PUSH A
SINGLE MESSAGE.
WHAT WAS THE LAST THING THAT
HAPPENED?
OUGHT TO MAKE YOU NERVOUS.
SENATOR ROB PORTMAN OF OHIO, WHO
IS LEAVING, THANKFULLY, SAID THE
OTHER DAY THAT THE CURRENT
MOMENT IS THE MOST UNITED THIS
COUNTRY HAS BEEN SINCE 9/11.
HE’S RIGHT IN ONE WAY, IT IS
CERTAINLY RIGHT THAT THE
UNITED STATES CONGRESS.
AS OF THIS AFTERNOON, NINE OUT
OF THE LAST TEN TWEETS THAT HE
SENT HAVE BEEN ABOUT UKRAINE.
OH.
NOT A SINGLE TWEET ABOUT THE
FACT YOU’RE GETTING POORER BY
THE DAY, TRYING TO FILL UP YOUR
CAR?
ON AMAZON LAST NIGHT A SINGLE
JAR OF ORGANIC PEANUT BUTTER
COST 15 BUCKS.
THAT’S JUST ONE PRODUCT.
ON A RETAILER RENOWNED FOR
OFFERING THE CHEAPEST
POSSIBLE -- 15 BUCKS FOR A JAR
OF PEANUT BUTTER.
SPREAD OUT ACROSS THE ENTIRE
GROCERY STORE AND THAT’S WHAT
YOU’RE LOOKING AT.
IF THAT GOING TO HELP WITH THE
FENTANYL?
THE KILLINGS THAT ARE GOING ON
RIGHT NOW?
100,000 PEOPLE THAT DIED LAST
YEAR?
NO.
HE DOESN’T CARE.
WHAT HE CARES ABOUT IS UKRAINE
AND HE THAT CONCERN WITH
LINDSEY GRAHAM AND CHUCK SCHUMER
AND NANCY PELOSI AND OF COURSE
LIZ CHENEY.
SO THEY ARE UNIFIED, BUT WHAT’S
SO INTERESTING, IF THIS IS SUCH
A UNIFYING MOMENT, THEN WHY WAS
THEIR FIRST INSTINCT TO DENOUNCE
FELLOW AMERICANS AS TRADERS AND
CALL FOR THEM TO BE IMPRISONED?
REALLY UNIFYING?
THEY DON’T CARE ABOUT UKRAINE, A
LOT OF THESE PEOPLE, ANYMORE
THAN THEY CARED ABOUT
GEORGE FLOYD.
THEY USED TRAGEDY,
GEORGE FLOYD’S DEATH, THE TRAGIC
INVASION OF UKRAINE, FOR
DOMESTIC LYRICAL PURPOSES.
THIS IS UNLEASHED SOMETHING
REALLY DARK IN THE UNITED STATES
UNITED STATES.
IN ORDER TO MAKE WISE DECISIONS
YOU HAVE TO BE RATIONAL,