WE’LL LOOK AT THAT AND WEATHER
50 IS IN PLAY.
>> Devin: WE BEGIN WITH A STATE
REP UNDER INVESTIGATION FOR WHAT
SHE SAID ON FACEBOOK LIVE.
>> SO THIS IS JUST A WARNING TO
YOU TRUMPERS.
BE CAREFUL!
WALK LIGHTLY!
WE AIN’T PLAYIN’ WITH YOU.
>> Kim: THAT VIDEO POSTED LAST
NIGHT BY DETROIT STATE
REPRESENTATIVE CYNTHIA JOHNSON
AND HAS QUICKLY GONE VIRAL.
>> Devin: LEGISLATIVE LEADERSHIP
REMOVED HER FROM HER COMMITTEE
ASSIGNMENTS THIS AFTERNOON AND
LAUNCHED AN INVESTIGATION INTO
HER WORDS THAT SOME BELIEVE
INCITE VIOLENCE.
ROD JOINS US.
AND THE VIDEO HAS CAUGHT FIRE
TODAY!
>> Rod: IT’S PRETTY MUCH GONE
VIRAL, DEVIN. IT’S A SITUATION WHERE AFTER I
IT’S A SITUATION WHERE AFTER I
SPOKE TO HER TODAY, SHE SAID SHE
WAS NOT INCITING VIOLENCE OF ANY
KIND.
PARTICULARLY THE PART ABOUT
TRUMPERS, THEY BELIEVE SHE IS
INCITING VIOLENCE.
THIS STEMS FROM THE VISIT BY
GIULIANI, AND IT BROUGHT HER,
HER OWN BRAND OF RACIST THREATS
AGAINST HER.
>> SO THIS IS JUST A WARNING TO
YOU TRUMPERS.
BE CAREFUL!
WALK LIGHTLY!
WE AIN’T PLAYIN’ WITH YOU.
>> Rod: REPRESENTATIVE JOHNSON’S
POST CAME IN RESPONSE TO RACIST
PHONE MESSAGES. >> YOU’RE DONE.
>> YOU’RE DONE.
YOU’RE SO [BLEEP] DONE.
YOU SHOULD BE SWINGING FROM A
[BLEEP] ROPE, YOU DEMOCRATS.
>> Rod: SHE LOOKED TO PUSH BACK.
>> ENOUGH IS ENOUGH.
AND FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE
SOLDIERS, YOU KNOW HOW TO DO IT,
DO IT RIGHT.
BE IN ORDER.
MAKE THEM PAY!
>> Rod: THOSE WORDS CAUGHT THE EAR OF LAURA COX WHO SAID:
>> IT IS ABSOLUTELY DISGUSTING!
>> Rod: TODAY, THE
REPRESENTATIVE COULDN’T BELIEVE
HER EARS AFTER LEARNING OF THAT
STATEMENT.
>> Rod: DO YOU BELIEVE THAT YOU
WERE INCITING ANY KIND OF
VIOLENCE?
>> I WAS NOT INCITING ANYTHING,
NO, I WAS NOT.
>> Rod: NOT CONVINCED, SENATE
MAJORITY LEADER MIKE SHIRKEY AND
HOUSE SPEAKER LEE CHATFIELD PUT OUT A STATEMENT:
>> Rod: TO CLARIFY, JOHNSON TOLD
LOCAL 4 --
>> MY SOLDIERS ARE SOLDIERS FOR
CHRIST, SOLDIERS AGAINST RACISM,
SOLDIERS AGAINST DOMESTIC
VIOLENCE, SOLDIERS AGAINST
DOMESTIC TERRORISM.
>> Rod: THERE ARE TWO VERSIONS
OF THIS VIDEO.
ONE IS A LONGER THREE-MINUTE PIECE THAT WAS ON HER FACEBOOK
PIECE THAT WAS ON HER FACEBOOK
PAGE LAST NIGHT AND THEN A
SHORTER VERSION TALKING ONLY
ABOUT THE TRUMPERS.
AND SHE WANTS THE SO-CALLED
TRUMPERS TO UNDERSTAND WHAT
SHE’S TALKING ABOUT IS MAKING
THEM PAY BY HITTING THEM IN THE
POCKETBOOK AND SHE SAID SHE
WANTS HER SOLDIERS TO ACTUALLY
HELP EXPOSE THE RACISTS OUT
THERE.
SO THAT’S WHERE SHE COMES DOWN.
BUT THE FALLOUT FROM THAT VIDEO
LAST NIGHT IS PRETTY SEVERE.
BACK TO YOU.
>> Devin: AND HAVE THEY EXPANDED
ON WHAT THEY WERE DOING TODAY?
>> Rod: WHAT THEY’RE SAYING IS,
LOOK, WHETHER IT’S GOVERNOR
WHITMER WITH THREATS AGAINST HER
OR ANYONE ELSE, THEY’RE SAYING
THIS KIND OF BEHAVIOR, THIS KIND
OF TALK, IS NOT TO BE TOLERATED.
AND THEY’VE GOT POLICE AGENCIES
LOOKING INTO THIS AS WELL AS THE
LEGISLATIVE INVESTIGATORS TRYING