A man decided to harass an elderly
woman for wearing a mask
while on a train in New York.
Let's take a look at the video.
It is, let me just warn you, pretty
upsetting because of how unbearable
he is toward this woman who's just
trying to mind her own business.
Let's take a look.
>> I wish the police would come and
give you $50 fine.
>> I'm so afraid.
>> Please get away from me, sir.
>> 1776!
1776!
>> Sit, take a seat.
>> Respect your elders.
>> I respect freedom.
>> He's disrespecting an elderly.
>> Do you know what I respect?
I respect freedom.
>> Because- >> What do you respect?
What do you respect?
>> Take a seat.
Sit down.
That's right.
>> I have a 40-year-old son.
>> So, he claims he respects
freedom.
But at the same time,
he doesn't believe that a woman who
has made a decision to wear a mask
to keep herself safe deserves to be
free from his potential diseases.
And it's that sense of entitlement
that we talk about over and
over again.
He has this need to harass her for
her decision, which quite frankly,
is the responsible decision to wear
a mask on a train in New York.
But Cenk, why don't you jump in
before we give you more details
on this guy?
>> Yeah, so we're going to tell you
what happened to the guy
in a minute,
because there's some developments.
But let's first know some ironies.
Did you notice the British flag on
his collar as he's chanting 1776?
Oops, I think that's the wrong
side.
But the right wing has been on
the wrong side for a long time.
The confederacy, now,
Tucker Carlson's celebrating
the Taliban so is Lauren Bobert.
So, but the fact that he's chanting
1776 while he has a British flag is
amazing on his actual clothing.
I told you guys this yesterday,
was really worth noting, especially
in the context of this story.
Funny enough, we won in 1776
because George Washington
vaccinated the American troops.
And back then,
it was very dangerous.
But he took the bold step of
vaccinating them against smallpox.
Otherwise, a lot of historians
think we most certainly would have
lost and would have never had
the freedom in the first place,
that this guy is now pretending to
celebrate.
Okay, so those are some ironies.
But most importantly is,
what are you doing, man?
I mean,
you're telling her to sit down?
An older woman,
you're bullying her?
I mean, they found out who he is,
he's apparently 27 years old,
although he doesn't look like it.
Apparently, hate wears you down.
He's bullying everybody in
the Subway car there.
I'm sick of these guys going around
thinking they own the place and
that they can
intimidate everyone else.
This is going to lead to disaster.
I'm surprised that happened in
the New York Subway and
he didn't get his ass kicked.
>> No, yeah. >> So
I don't want that.
I don't want that, but
this is going to lead to disaster.
>> Yeah, look,
there are two things that upset me
personally in that video.
Number one is that sense of
entitlement that this guy has where
he thinks he,
just leave people alone.
Just leave people alone.
He felt the need to get on that
train and start antagonizing
everyone on it, especially
the woman that he was getting all
heated with, when he could have
just minded his own business.
But he went in that train,
looking for a fight.
And we're seeing this happen over
and over and over again.
People are just ready and
willing to engage in conflict,
they're looking for it.
The other thing is, I don't know,
maybe I'm wrong in saying this.
I would like to believe that if I
were on that train,
I would step up to that guy.
And I wouldn't just stand there and
watch him treat this
woman the way that he treated her.
Everyone's just sitting there
minding their own business like
it's not a big deal at all.
>> No, but they put us, and
constantly, toxic people put you in
no win situations.
because if you go up to the guy,
now we are going to have
violence, right?
because that guy is an idiot and
he's not going to just
back away, right?
But if you don't go up to the guy,
you're letting him bully this poor
woman, right?
So you're in a no win situation.
Now, we're going to tell you
the follow up of what happened and
maybe that's the best way
to handle it.
But I'll tell you what,
I mean, I know myself and I've done
it before and I don't know if.
But I know that if I was on that
Subway train,
there's no way I would have let
that guy stand, right?
And then whether you get in there
now, or an hour, or knee deep and
nonsense insane situation where it
will very likely violence is
going to break out, but I'm not
going to let her bully that woman.
No way, no way, right?
Why don't you sit down, he says.
You piece of crap.
You coward.
You total utter coward.
Okay, would you do that to a guy
who was bigger than you?
No, no, no, no,
you would bow your head.
You'll drool away.
You're doing that to
an older woman.
You're sick.
Anyway- >> Yeah.
>> But look, they found him and
I think maybe this is a better path
because I don't want violence.
But these guys are going to tear us
apart because they're asking and
asking and asking.
And by the way,
physically restraining her like he
did is technically a crime, okay?
That's a false
arrest of assault, right?
And an assault of a sword and
you could be arrested for that,
but they think, nah,
we're right wingers,
we own the place.
>> I'm entitled to
behaving this way.
>> Yeah, I'm entitled to bully poor
women on the Subway.
And these are the guys who,
by the way, long time ago pretend
to be party of family values.
They're sick people.
>> So after this video went viral,
there was an effort to identify who
he is.
And sure enough, within three hours
of the video going viral,
someone on TikTok identified
the individual.
Let's watch.
>> I need your help identifying
this clown here.
>> Don't worry Bessie, I got you.
Everybody, meet 27-year-old
New Jersey native, Ryan Bartels.
Ryan thought it would be
appropriate to harass and
verbally assault an elderly woman
on the Subway over her mask.
So I did what any sane person would
do and I found your mom and
sister and told them what you did.
It also looks like at some point,
you worked at a CarMax in Richmond,
Virginia.
So just in case you're still there,
I let them know, too.
But if anybody has a current place
of employment from us Mr.
Ryan Bartels, be sure to let me or
aunt Karen know.
And next time, reconsider being
a piece of [BLEEP] in public.
Also wear your mask and
get vaccinated.
That's literally the stupidest hill
to die on.
>> So, CarMax has responded to
calls to fire this guy and
it turns out that he's no longer
working there.
He left CarMax
as of May of this year, >> Yeah, so
I've had mixed feelings
about chasing folks down and
figuring out where they work, etc.
And, of course, everything always
depends on context.
What do they do?
What were other remedies?
And but now maybe you're
going to think,
maybe that's the better way to go.
Because one way somebody steps up
to him and then things get ugly and
violent.
The other way is, okay,
we'll see you on the flip side.
Because if you're going to treat
people like this, would you want
somebody like this working for you,
going around bullying people, and
maybe he does that at the office?
He finds your accountant who's like
a 68-year-old woman or something or
58-year-old woman.
And say hey you,
why don't you sit down!
Quickly, I'd fire that son of
a bitch, right?
because you're doing a favor to his
co-workers, to his employers, and
to the consumers and clients, etc.,
by letting him know what
a monster he is.
And if you say, well, now you're
just going to get me fired for
bullying little old ladies.
>> Yeah, yeah.
>> Yeah, that's right. >> That's
exactly right.
>> And so maybe next time you're
thinking about being
a tough guy and
bullying old ladies on the Subway,
maybe you'll think twice, because
it might affect you, precious you.
>> Yeah, I've got no empathy for
anyone who's abusive
toward elderly people at all.
And already, I'm feeling less and
less patience for people who feel
the need to go out of their way and
talk to strangers in an effort to
antagonize them for
their own personal decisions.
And responsible decisions in
response to the pandemic.
Look, to be honest with you,
I don't like the calls to fire
people and all that.
This to me, much like the white
woman who called the cops on
the man in Central Park and
claim that he was assaulting her.
Those are unique situations where
I think, no, there need to be
consequences, okay?
In the case of the Central Park
situation, you have a white woman
calling the cops on a black guy and
alleging that she's being
assaulted by him.
And we know what kind of response
cops usually give when calls
like that are made.
And then in this case, you're
bullying, harassing, and in a way
assaulting an elderly woman who's
just wearing a mask on a train.
You can't get away with that
kind of behavior.
I'm sorry.
>> Yeah. >> It's not okay.
>> Yeah, #NotSorryAtAll.
Hope they find out where he works
and get him fired.
And I'd like to see him cry
and cry.
And by the way,
there's no justice in the world.
Don't get me wrong.
He'll become a right wing hero and
then they'll probably pay him more
to just sit on his lazy ass.
>> Yeah. >> Right,
they're like, you bullied little
old women on Subway.
It's like yes, right wing hero.
Give him money.
Give him cash for violence and
being a terrible despicable person.
God, man, right wingers,
do you ever teach decency to your
families at all anymore?
Or are these your role models?
People go into a crowd like
Kyle Rittenhouse and murder people
and then he gets celebrated.
Trayvon Martin gets murdered by
a lunatic who chased him down with
a gun, tackles him and then
kills him and he becomes a hero?
And they'll probably make a hero
out of this guy, too.
Is this the values you teach your
families?
What has become of you?
The right wing in this country,
I don't know if they were always
this kind of monsters.
But they certainly are now, and
there's no talking reason with
them at all.
That guy's not going to listen to
anything.
Look at him.