UPDATE ON THE TRAGIC SHOOTING FROM YESTERDAY THAT
KILLED FIVE PEOPLE AT THE CAPITAL GAZETTE IN MARYLAND, NEW
DETAILS THAT THE ASSAILANT, JARROD RAMOS, USED TO BE A
FEDERAL EMPLOYEE BUT WAS LET GO AND WAS NOT ALLOWED TO RETURN TO
HIS BUILDING FOR SECURITY REASONS.
HIS MOTIVE HAS NOT YET
BEEN CONFIRMED, HERE WE HAVE SKETCHES OF HIM IN THE
COURTROOM, HIS BOND WAS DENIED SO HE WILL BE DETAINED UNTIL HIS
COURTROOM, HIS MOTIVE HAS NOT BEEN CONFIRMED BUT IT APPEARS HE
FILED A DEFAMATION LAWSUIT AGAINST THE PAPER FOR REPORTING
ON HIS CRIMINAL HARASSMENT CHARGE AGAINST THE WOMAN IN
2011.
IN SPITE OF THE CHARGE, POLICE SAY THE WEAPON HE USED, A
PUMP ACTION SHOTGUN, WAS PURCHASED LEGALLY.
SO, I MEAN,
AGAIN WE HAVE TO CHANGE THE GUN LAWS IN THIS COUNTRY.
MORE SMALL
DETAILS ON THE SHOOTING, INCLUDING THAT RAMOS BARRED THE
EXIT DOORS, AND ACCORDING TO THE COUNTY POLICE CHIEF HE WAS THERE
TO KILL AS MANY PEOPLE AS HE COULD KILL.
ADDITIONALLY IT WAS
REPORTED YESTERDAY THAT HE DAMAGED HIS FINGERTIPS AND
DIDN'T CARRY I.D.
TO AVOID IDENTIFICATION BUT POLICE WERE
ABLE TO IDENTIFY HIM IN A FEW HOURS BASED ON FACIAL
RECOGNITION SOFTWARE, I HOPE IT REALLY HURT FOR HIM TO BURN HIS
FINGERS AND TRY TO DO THAT BECAUSE IT DIDN'T WORK.
AUTHORITIES ARE STILL INVESTIGATING HIS BACKGROUND AND
THE CRIME SCENE AND WILL UPDATE AS MORE DETAILS COME OUT.
AS SOON AS I HEAR THE FACIAL RECOGNITION THING I THINK THAT'S
GOOD, AND THEN I THINK, HMM.
I GUESS THEY SHOULD HAVE SOMETHING
LIKE THAT.
ONE OTHER THING REALLY QUICK IS HE HAD BEEN
HARASSING THIS FEMALE JOURNALIST, SHE REPORTED HIM,
SAID SHE THOUGHT HE WOULD BECOME A MASS SHOOTER AT SOME POINT,
AND THEN HE LEGALLY BUYS A SHOTGUN.
I JUST WANT YOU TO BEAR
THAT IN MIND IN THE FUTURE, WHEN YOU HEAR PEOPLE SAY THEY WERE
LEGALLY OBTAINED GUNS SO WE DON'T NEED GUN CONTROL.
YES,
THEY WERE LEGALLY OBTAINED AFTER THERE WERE SIGNIFICANT FEARS
THAT YOU WOULD MURDER A BUNCH OF PEOPLE.
HE HAD A CRIMINAL CHARGE.
IT SEEMS LIKE SOMEONE WHO IS
STOCKING AND HARASSING A WOMAN SHOULDN'T BE ABLE TO BUY A GUN,
THAT SEEMS LIKE A TERRIBLE IDEA BUT HERE WE ARE.
UNFORTUNATELY IN A COUNTRY LITTERED WITH TERRIBLE IDEAS,
MAINLY FROM THE RIGHT WING.
YESTERDAY I WAS FURIOUS ABOUT
THE SHOOTING, AND I GUESS PEOPLE WANT PEOPLE TO BE CALM ABOUT
SHOOTINGS?
NO I'M NOT GOING TO BE CALM ABOUT IT.
AND I PARTLY
BLAME DONALD TRUMP, WE WERE VERY CLEAR IN THE VIDEO THAT AT THE
TIME WE DIDN'T KNOW THE MOTIVE OF THE SHOOTER BUT THAT THERE
WERE A COUPLE ISSUES THAT TRUMP I THINK WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR.
ONE
IS HE HAS DONE NOTHING ABOUT THE NONSTOP MASSACRES IN THIS
COUNTRY, CONSTANTLY TALKS ABOUT HE ALONE CAN PROTECT YOU, HE WAS
SUPPOSED TO BE THE BIG TOUGH GUY THAT BROUGHT YOU SECURITY --
WHERE IS IT?
WHERE IS THE SECURITY?
NOWHERE.
THE MASSACRES
HAVE NOT ABATED AT ALL ON HER TRUMP.
NOW, SOME PEOPLE ONLINE
ARE LIKE, YEAH, BUT WE'RE USED TO MASSACRES IN AMERICA, OTHER
PRESIDENTS HAD MASSACRES TOO.
THAT'S RIGHT, AND THAT'S WHY WE
SHOULD STOP IT WITH THE GUNS IN EVERY SINGLE PERSON'S HAND.
BUT
YOU DON'T WANT TO DO THAT, AND TRUMP DOESN'T WANT TO.
TRUMP
SAID HE WOULD BE A TOUGH GUY, HOLD THE NRA ACCOUNTABLE.
DID
HE?
NO, HE DID NOTHING.
SO YOU HAVE TWO CHOICES, ONE HE'S A
COWARD AND HIS CORRUPT AND SERVES THE NRA BECAUSE THEY PAY
HIM TO, OR HE'S TOTALLY INCOMPETENT AND IS NEVER GOING
TO BE ABLE TO KEEP YOU SAFE.
DOES IT LOOK LIKE I'M
APOLOGIZING?
NO I'M NOT, I WON'T BACK DOWN 1%.
TRUMP SAID HE
WOULD KEEP PEOPLE SAFE, NO HE DID NOT, AND HE DOES IT BECAUSE
HE GETS PAID BY THE NRA.
SO LET ME GIVE YOU FACTS, NRA SPENDING
IN THE 2016 ELECTION CYCLE WAS $54 MILLION, ALMOST ALL OF IT TO
REPUBLICANS.
THE AMOUNT THEY SPENT DIRECTLY ON TRUMP WAS
$30.3 MILLION.
FOR THAT $30 MILLION BRIBE THEY GET DONE LAWS
THAT SAY YOU CAN COMMIT ANY MASSACRE YOU LIKE, AND NOBODY'S
EVER GOING TO DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT.
WE AREN'T GOING TO BAN THE
BUMP STOCKS, ASSAULT WEAPONS, WE ARE NOT GOING TO DO FEDERAL
BACKGROUND CHECKS, BECAUSE TRUMP IS CORRUPT AND HAS ALREADY BEEN
BRIBED SO HE'S NOT GOING TO DO ANYTHING.
FINALLY ONE MORE
THING, NRA SPENDING IN THE PAST 15 YEARS ON BRIBING POLITICIANS,
THESE ARE LEGAL BRIBES BUT THEY ARE BRIBES, BILL MAHER ALWAYS
MAKE A GOOD POINT, IF YOU GO UP TO THE UMPIRE BEFORE YOU WERE
GOING TO BAT AND YOU SAY HERE'S A COUPLE THOUSAND DOLLARS --
IT'S NOT A BRIDE, I JUST LIKE HIM, I LIKE THE WAY HE CALLS
BALLS AND STRIKES SO THAT'S WHY GIVEN THE MONEY.
WHEN YOU GIVE A
POLITICIAN A CAMPAIGN DONATION OR INDEPENDENT EXPENDITURES
THAT'S A BRIDE, EVERYONE KNOWS IT.
SO IN THE PAST 15 YEARS,
$132 MILLION WORTH OF LEGALIZED BRIBES FROM THE NRA TO SCUMMY
POLITICIANS LIKE DONALD TRUMP, AND THAT'S WHY THE MASSACRES
CONTINUE, INCLUDING THIS ONE.
YOU AND I OCCASIONALLY HAVE ARGUMENTS THIS STRONG BUT WE
DISAGREE ABOUT THE NATURE OF CALLING ALL OF THOSE DONATIONS
BRIBES, ALTHOUGH I WOULD LOVE TO GET MONEY OUT OF POLITICS AS YOU
WOULD, BECAUSE I SOMETIMES HAVE A TOUGH TIME ACKNOWLEDGING THAT
A POLITICIAN WOULD RISK HIS POLITICAL FUTURE OVER $9500 IN A
CAMPAIGN WHERE HE GOT $2 MILLION, I THINK IT'S TOO LOW A
NUMBER.
IT'S NOT PROVABLE, WOULDN'T HOLD UP IN COURT.
$30.3
MILLION, IT'S A TOUGH SELL THAT THAT DOESN'T INFLUENCE YOUR
POLICY.
IT DEFINITELY INFLUENCES IT.
ALSO JUST GOING BY THOSE NUMBERS, YOU CAN LOOK AT THAT
$132 MILLION AND SAY THIS IS A LOBBY THAT SPENDS A LOT OF
MONEY, ALTHOUGH OTHER INDUSTRIES SPEND MORE, BUT $132 MILLION
FROM THE NRA OVER 15 YEARS, THAT'S A GOOD NUMBER OF
PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS, MORE THAN ONE THIRD OF EVERYTHING
THEY HAVE SPENT IN 15 YEARS, 50 MILLION, WAS ON THIS CYCLE,
PREDOMINANTLY ON TRUMP.
THEY REALLY THOUGHT THEY COULD GET
SOMETHING GOOD OUT OF HIM.
THEY GOT NONSTOP MASSACRES WITH NOTHING TO CHECK THEM.
THOSE ARE HELPFUL TO THE NRA AND GUN MANUFACTURERS NOT JUST
BECAUSE PEOPLE BOUGHT A GUN AND THEY USED IT, GOOD FOR SALES,
BUT BECAUSE IT SENDS A PANIC ACROSS THE COUNTRY WHICH LEADS
TO FURTHER GUN SALES.
EVERY MASSACRE LEADS TO A SPIKE IN
GUN SALES, AND YOU HAVE TO UNDERSTAND SOMETHING, PEOPLE
SOMETIMES ON TV DRIVE ME CRAZY, IT SOUNDS LIKE A BIT OF A
CONSPIRACY THEORY THAT THEY DON'T WANT TO MAKE A PROFIT --
UNFORTUNATELY THEIR LINE OF BUSINESS MAKES A PROFIT FROM
CREATING SOMETHING THAT KILLS THINGS, AND THOSE THINGS INCLUDE
HUMAN BEINGS, AND THE MORE HUMANS THAT ARE KILLED THE
HIGHER THEIR PROFITS.
SO WE'VE CREATED AN INCENTIVE FOR
MASSACRES, AND WE THEN TELL OUR POLITICIAN, GO AHEAD AND TAKE
THEIR BRIBES AND DON'T DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT.
DON'T GET
SURPRISED.
AND IS IT THE RIGHT WING'S FAULT?
YES, ABSOLUTELY,
COMPLETELY.
AND LET ME BE FURTHER CLEAR ABOUT THIS, I
CRITICIZED DONALD TRUMP YESTERDAY FOR ATTACKING THE
MEDIA AND IN THE NEWSPAPER GETS ATTACKED AND FIVE PEOPLE DIE,
THIS GUY SEEMS TO HAVE A PREVIOUS BEEF WITH THIS
PARTICULAR NEWSPAPER, JULES POINTED OUT, DID HE SNAP?
THAT
HAD BEEN GOING ON FOR SEVEN YEARS, DID HE HEAR TRUMP SAYING
THAT THE PRESS IS THE ENEMY OF THE PEOPLE AND THAT'S WHAT PUT
HIM OVER THE TOP?
I DON'T KNOW.
I WILL GRANT YOU THAT IS
SPECULATION, BUT AM I SAYING THAT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH IT?
YOU HAVE NO EVIDENCE THAT IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH IT, AND IT
DOESN'T HELP WHEN THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES KEEPS
TELLING PEOPLE THEY ARE THE ENEMY OF THE PEOPLE.
WHAT DO YOU
DO WITH THE ENEMY?
ESPECIALLY IF YOU HAVE A GUN?
SO YES, THIS IS
TRUMP'S FAULT, AND NO I WILL NOT BACK DOWN, NOT EVEN 1%
FROM THAT STATEMENT.
THE ONLY HESITATION I HAVE IN WADING INTO THIS ARGUMENT IS IT
GIVES AMMUNITION, POOR CHOICE OF WORDS, THE PEOPLE ON THE OTHER
SIDE WHO ARE GOING TO ARGUE THAT WE COULD NEVER PROVE THIS POINT,
WE COULD NEVER PROVE THE CAUSE AND EFFECT.
I DON'T NEED TO
PROVE THE CAUSE AND EFFECT, BECAUSE THE PRESIDENT OF THE
UNITED STATES SHOULD NEVER, UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES, CALL
THE PRESS THE ENEMY OF THE PEOPLE.
IT WAS HORRENDOUS AND A
GARGANTUAN FAILURE AND ABDICATION OF RESPONSIBILITY
BEFORE ANYTHING HAPPENED, AND OF COURSE I'M SURE THERE WILL BE
MORE AND WE WON'T BE ABLE TO PROVE THOSE EITHER, BUT THE IDEA
THAT THE PRESIDENT THINK IT'S OKAY, NOT JUST OKAY, IS
EMBOLDENED TO DO IT, LIKES DOING IT, KNOWS THAT IT FIRES UP HIS
PEOPLE WHEN YOU CALL THE PRESS, PEOPLE WHO ARE INTERESTED IN
SEEKING OUT THE TRUTH, SOME DO IT BETTER THAN OTHERS, BUT
THAT'S THE GOAL, THAT YOU CALL THEM THE ENEMY OF THE PEOPLE,
THAT IS WHAT DICTATORS DO, THAT'S WHAT FASCIST RIGHT WING
ADMINISTRATIONS DO AND RIGHT-WING GOVERNMENTS HAVE
DONE, AND COMMUNIST LEFT-WING GOVERNMENTS HAVE DONE, FOR
GENERATIONS.
IN ADDITION TO INCITING THE VIOLENCE AND SAYING THE PRESS IS
THE ENEMY OF THE PEOPLE TRUMP ALSO SPOKE TODAY ABOUT THE
SHOOTING DURING A SPEECH ABOUT HIS TAX BILL.
WE HAVE A CLIP OF
THAT.
DO WE?
I'M PRETTY SURE WE DO.
THE PEOPLE IN THE CLIP LOOK EXACTLY LIKE US.
I DO HAVE TRUMP ON MY SHIRT A LITTLE BIT.
JOURNALISTS, LIKE ALL AMERICANS, SHOULD BE FREE FROM
THE FEAR OF BEING VIOLENTLY ATTACKED WHILE DOING THEIR JOB.
MY GOVERNMENT WILL NOT REST UNTIL WE HAVE DONE EVERYTHING IN
OUR POWER TO REDUCE VIOLENT CRIME, AND TO PROTECT INNOCENT
LIFE.
NO, YOU HAVE RESTED.
THERE WERE HOW MANY MASSACRES --
PARKLAND, VEGAS, THE LIST GOES ON.
SOUTHERN SPRINGS.
YOU SEEM LIKE YOU ARE RESTING A LOT, YOU'VE PLAYED A LOT OF
GOLF SINCE THOSE MASSACRES, AND YOU HAVE DONE NOTHING TO ADDRESS
IT.
NOTHING.
SPARE ME YOUR THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS, AND WE'RE
GOING TO WORK AROUND THE CLOCK -- NO, YOU'RE GOING TO WORK
AROUND THE CLOCK GETTING MONEY FROM THE NRA, YOU CORRUPT SWAMP
CREATURE.
YOU THUG.
NOW YOU PRETEND TO CARE ABOUT
JOURNALISTS?
YOU DON'T.
WHEN NECK SCENE WATERS SAID IF YOU
SEE PEOPLE IN RESTAURANTS, ETC., CALL THEM OUT, RIGHT?
SO THEY
PRETENDED THAT SHE SAID HIT THEM.
WHICH SHE NEVER SAID.
ATTACKED THEM.
SHE NEVER CALLED FOR ANYTHING APPROACHING VIOLENCE.
AND TRUMP THREATENED HER OVER IT WHICH IS INSANE.
AND TRUMP TWEETS WATCH OUT WHAT YOU WISH FOR, MAX.
CAN YOU
IMAGINE IF OBAMA HAD SAID TO A REPUBLICAN POLITICIAN, FEMALE
REPUBLICAN POLITICIAN, WATCH OUT WHAT YOU WISH FOR, YOU JUST
MIGHT GET IT?
IN REFERENCE TO VIOLENCE?
DO YOU THINK FOX NEWS
MIGHT HAVE CALLED HIM A THUG?
SO THIS GUY AIDS AND ABETS VIOLENCE
NONSTOP.
HE DID IT DURING HIS RALLIES, THROW HIM OUT, PUNCH
HIM, I'LL PAY YOUR LEGAL BILLS -- SPARE ME YOUR THOUGHTS AND
PRAYERS, YOU ARE A MONSTER, YOU AID AND ABET ALL OF THIS.