Now with a NEW LOOK.
BRIAN: WE ARE BACK WITH THIS
DEVELOPING STORY A SECOND
SUSPECT IS CHARGED WITH A HATE
CRIME IN THE VIOLENT A
ACCUMULATE ON A JEWISH MAN
DURING A PRO-ISRAELI RALLY IN
TIMES SQUARE.
AINSLEY: THE MOB OF FIVE MEN
ATTACKING JOSEPH BORGEN.
POLICE SAY THE SUSPECT SPEWED
ANTI-SEMITISM" IC INSULTS WHILE
THEY WERE PEPPER SPRAYING, PUNCH
ING AND KICKING HIM AND HE
WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL AS YOU
CAN SEE.
STEVE: DETECTIVES ARE ACTIVELY
PURSUING LEADS ON THE OTHER
THREE SUSPECTS.
LET’S BRING IN NEW YORK
CONGRESSMAN LEE ZELDIN CO-CHAIR
OF THE HOUSE REPUBLICAN ISRAELI
CAUCUS, DECLARED HE’S RUNNING
FOR GOVERNOR ON THIS PROGRAM.
LEE, GOOD MORNING TO YOU.
>> GOOD MORNING.
GREAT TO BE WITH YOU.
STEVE: WHERE DO YOU THINK THIS
WAVE OF ANTI-SEMITISM IS
COMING FROM?
>> IT’S RAW HATE OF THE JEWISH
PEOPLE, AND IT’S ALSO BEEN A
STIRRED POT OF GROWING HATE
AGAINST ISRAEL, AND A MOVE
WITHIN THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY FROM
THE FAR LEFT WHICH IN MANY
RESPECTS HAS INTIMIDATED AND
EVEN TAKEN OVER OTHER PARTS OF
THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY, BUT THIS
IS JUST RAW HATE, AND
UNFORTUNATELY, WHILE THERE’S
BEEN SOME EQUIVOCATION AND
TRYING TO LUMP THIS TYPE OF HATE
AGAINST JEWS LIKE ALL HATE
MATTERS, YOU’RE NOT SEEING THAT
SINGULAR EMPHATIC FORCEFUL
CONDEMNATION OF ANTI-SEMITISM
AND A LOT OF WEAK RESPONSES.
AINSLEY: LAST WEEK, AOC CALLED
ISRAEL AN APARTIDE STATE AND
OVER THE WEEKEND SHE TWEETED OUT
THERE’S NO ROOM FOR
ANTI-SEMITISM IN THE
MOVEMENT.
I THINK WE HAVE A SOUND BITE
FROM HER, LISTEN TO THIS.
>> ANTI-SEMITISM IS BIGOTRY, IT
IS HATRED, IT IS DISGUSTING, AND
IT IS ANTITHETICAL TO EVERYTHING
THAT OUR COMMUNITY STANDS FOR.
WE MUST STAND WITH OUR JEWISH
COMMUNITY, IN SUPPORTING AND
PROTECTING THEM AGAINST HATE
CRIMES AND VIOLENCE, AND THIS IS
NOT JUST ABOUT PHYSICAL VIOLENCE
, BUT THIS IS ABOUT
VERBAL ASSAULT AND CONFRONTATION
AINSLEY: SO, LEE, THE FRONT
COVER OF THE NEW YORK POST THIS
MORNING SAYS HATES NEW LOW.
TALKS ABOUT A HOLOCAUST SURVIVOR
, 97 YEARS OLD, BEING
HARASSED ON TIKTOK.
SHE’S ON TIKTOK BECAUSE SHE
WANTS TO EXPLAIN TO PEOPLE WHO
HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT THE
HOLOCAUST WHAT SHE
EXPERIENCED.
WHAT’S YOUR REACTION, WE’RE
SHOWING VIDEO RIGHT NOW OF MORE
OF THIS HAPPENING I THINK THIS
IS IN NEW YORK CITY.
STEVE: WE’VE BEEN SEEING IT OVER
THE LAST WEEK OR TWO OUT IN LOS
ANGELES, HERE IN NEW YORK.
AINSLEY: RIGHT.
>> YEAH, WE’VE SEEN IT, EXACTLY
, FROM "COAST TO COAST"
ACROSS THIS COUNTRY, AND REALLY,
THE VOLUME OF CONFRONTING
ANTI-SEMITISM NEEDS TO ALWAYS BE
RAMPED UP.
WE DON’T WANT TO SEE ELECTED
OFFICIALS AND OTHERS HAVING TO
GET SHAMED, GUILTED INTO MAKING
STRONG STATEMENTS TO CONDEMN
ANTI-SEMITISM.
YOU’RE SEEING JEWISH AMERICANS,
NOT JUST CONFRONTED WITH
VIOLENCE, BUT ALSO ON A COLLEGE
CAMPUSES, THEY ARE BEING TARGET
ED AND IT’S NOT JUST BY
FELLOW STUDENTS, IT COULD BE BY
FACULTY, ADMINISTRATORS, WE HEAR
THOSE STORIES ON COLLEGE
CAMPUSES.
AS YOU POINT OUT YOU HAVE THESE
OLDER AMERICANS AND OTHERS WHO
ARE SPEAKING UP ON DIFFERENT
PLATFORMS AND THEY’RE BEING
TARGETED AS WELL, SO THE DESIRE
TO EDUCATE AS PART OF THE TACTIC
TO COULD BE FRONT ANTI-SEMITISM
IS ACTUALLY RESULTING IN MORE
PEOPLE BEING TARGETED WITH
BLATANT ANTI-SEMITISM AND FOR
THOSE MEMBERS OF THE SQUAD
WHO ARE DESIRING TO SAY THE
RIGHT THING NOW, IT’S
IMPORTANT THAT 365 DAYS OF THE
YEAR, THAT YOU ARE STRONG
AND EMPHATIC WITH YOUR
STATEMENTS AND YOUR POLICIES.
YOU CAN’T BE VOTING IN FAVOR OF
THE BOYCOTT DIVESTMENT AND
SANCTION MOVEMENT TARGETING
ISRAEL AND FILLED WITH BLATANT
ANTI-SEMITISM AND THEN BE
SURPRISED WHEN THIS IS HAPPENING
YOU HAVE A COUNTRY LIKE ISRAEL
WHICH USES ROCKETS TO PROTECT
ITS PEOPLE AND THEY ARE BEING
TARGETED BY HAMAS, A TERRORIST
ORGANIZATION, IRAN PROXY ON SO
MANY FRONTS ON THE POLICY AND
STATEMENTS THE INCONSISTENCY AND
OFTENTIMES, THE SILENCE, IT
CONTRIBUTES TO THIS CLIMATE OF
WHAT WE’RE SEEING WHERE RIGHT
NOW JEWISH PEOPLE ARE BEING
VIOLENTLY TARGETED FOR BEING
JEWISH.
BRIAN: IT’S UNBELIEVABLE THAT
SENATOR CHUCK SCHUMER WHO I
BELIEVE HAS A LOT OF POWER IN
THE SENATE I DON’T HEAR ANYTHING
FROM HIM, AS THE SQUAD PUTS UP
THEIR POINT OF VIEW, AND
ESPECIALLY CONGRESSWOMAN TALLIB,
SO WE’VE NOT SEEN MUCH
LEADERSHIP FROM THE LEADER,
UNBELIEVABLE.
ESPECIALLY ON SOMETHING THAT HE
EVEN VOTED AGAINST THE IRANIAN
DEAL, BECAUSE IT WAS SO BAD FOR
ISRAEL BUT HE IS JUST AFRAID
OF HIS LEFT, I GUESS.
THE OTHER THING TO KEEP IN MIND
TALK ABOUT CONCERN, THE FBI IS
INVESTIGATING A DEATH THREAT
AGAINST RAND PAUL, HE RECEIVED
SOME OF THESE MOCK-UPS THAT WAS
SENT TO HIM IN WHITE POWDER
ARRIVED AND WE DON’T KNOW WHAT
THAT IS, IT’S BEING INVESTIGATED
BY THE FBI.
WHAT’S YOUR TAKE ON THIS?
ALL HE DID, FOR EXAMPLE, IS COME
OUT AND MAKE IT CLEAR, I GOT
ANTIBODIES, I DON’T NEED TO GET
THE VACCINE.
I DON’T THINK I SHOULD BE
WEARING A MASK EITHER.
>> YEAH, AND HE’S A MEDICAL
DOCTOR AS WELL, SO HE BRINGS
SOME CREDIBILITY TO HIS OPINIONS
WHEN HE SPEAKS OF IT FROM THAT
FRONT.
SENATOR PAUL HAS BEEN TARGETED
IN SO MANY WAYS THROUGHOUT HIS
TIME AND SERVICE.
HE’S ACTUALLY BEEN PHYSICALLY
ATTACKED AS REFERENCED IN THIS
MOST RECENT DEATH THREAT
THAT’S BEING INVESTIGATED
AGAINST HIM.
WE HAVE A GREAT COUNTRY IN
DIVERSE THOUGHT, OPINION,
BACKGROUND, SENATOR PAUL IS
SOMEONE WHO HAS A LIBERTARIAN
BACKGROUND AND HE BRINGS A
DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE TO DEBATE,
AND IT SHOULD BE WELCOMED AND IF
YOU HAVE A DEFERRING POINT OF
VIEW AND YOU WANT TO DISAGREE,
THAT’S OKAY, BUT THE FACT THAT
HE GETS TARGETED THE WAY HE DOES
ALL THIS TIME FOR HIS PASSION
AND HIS PRINCIPLES, IT’S JUST
GREATLY UNAMERICAN AND
UNFORTUNATE.
STEVE: WELL AREN’T THE
REPUBLICANS IN CONGRESS,
YOU’RE A MEMBER OF CONGRESS,
AREN’T THE REPUBLICANS BEING
TARGETED BY THE SPEAKER OF THE
HOUSE BECAUSE THE CDC SAYS YOU
DO NOT NEED TO WEAR A MASK
INDOORS IF YOU’VE BEEN FULLY
VACCINATED AND YET, IN THE HOUSE
, YOU’VE GOT TO WEAR A
MASK BECAUSE NANCY PELOSI SAYS
NOT UNTIL THE REPUBLICANS GET
EVERYBODY GETS A SHOT.
>> YEAH IT’S ALL POLITICS, AND
I’VE BEEN IN SETTINGS WHERE YOU
GET OFF THE FLOOR AND WHEN THERE
ARE NO CAMERAS AROUND, JUST AS
QUICKLY AS REPUBLICANS ARE
TAKING OFF THEIR MASKS, YOU’RE
IN A MEETING WHERE DEMOCRATS ARE
TAKING OFF THEIR MASKS AS WELL,
BUT THERE ARE NO CAMERAS AROUND,
AND RIGHT NOW, IN ORDER TO GET
ON TO THE HOUSE FLOOR, YOU
HAVE TO GO THROUGH A METAL
DETECTOR , GET FINED A LOT BUT
YOU COULD WALK AROUND A WHOLE
BUNCH OF OTHER METAL DETECTORS
IN ORDER TO GET TO THAT ONE JUST
OUTSIDE THE HOUSE FLOOR BUT
THERE’S NO THREAT THAT HAS BEEN
SHARED AMONGST ANY MEMBER OF THE
HOUSE OF REPRESENT CAVES
TARGETING ANOTHER BUT THIS IS
ALL FOR SHOW POLITICS.
I THOUGHT WE’RE SUPPOSED TO
FOLLOW THE SCIENCE AND SUPPOSED
TO TRUST THE SCIENCE, IN WHICH
CASE, SPEAKER PELOSI SHOULD JUST
BE GETTING RID OF THAT POLICY