>>KENTUCKY GOVERNOR MATT BEVIN WAS GIVING A SPEECH TO
CONSERVATIVES ON SATURDAY AND TALKED ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF
PHYSICAL VIOLENCE.
AT EVERY POINT IN THIS PIECE WE WILL SHOW
YOU, I KEPT THINKING THAT'S BAD, BUT IT PROBABLY WON'T GET WORSE,
IS IT?
AND IT KEPT GETTING WORSE.
>>AMERICA IS WORTH FIGHTING FOR, IDEOLOGICALLY.
I WANT US TO BE
ABLE TO FIGHT IDEOLOGICALLY, MENTALLY, SPIRITUALLY,
ECONOMICALLY, SO WE DON'T HAVE TO DO IT PHYSICALLY, BUT
THAT MAY IN FACT BE THE CASE.
>>IF HILLARY CLINTON WERE TO WIN THE ELECTION, DO YOU THINK IT'S
POSSIBLE THAT WE WILL BE ABLE TO SURVIVE?
AND WOULD WE EVER BE
ABLE TO RECOVER AS A NATION?
PEOPLE HAVE SAID WE COULD NOT, I
BEG TO DIFFER, I THINK IT WOULD BE POSSIBLE BUT AT WHAT PRICE?
THE ROOTS OF THE TREE OF LIBERTY ARE WATERED BY WHAT?
THE BLOOD.
OF WHO?
THE TYRANTS TO BE SURE, BUT WHO ELSE?
THE PATRIOTS.
WHOSE BLOOD WILL BE SHED?
IT MAY BE THAT OF THOSE IN THIS ROOM,
AND MIGHT BE THAT OF OUR CHILDREN AND GRANDCHILDREN.
I
HAVE NINE CHILDREN, IT BREAK MY HEART TO THINK THAT IT MIGHT BE
THERE BLOOD THAT IS NEEDED TO REDEEM SOMETHING, TO RECLAIM
SOMETHING, THAT WE THROUGH OUR APATHY AND OUR INDIFFERENCE HAVE
GIVEN AWAY.
>>THAT RIGHT THERE IS THE AMERICAN TALIBAN.
GUYS WHO
ENCOURAGE VIOLENCE IN THE NAME OF THEIR PARTICULAR IDEOLOGY,
AND YES, THERE IS A LITTLE BIT OF RELIGION MIXED INTO THAT TOO.
SOMETHING HAS TO BE REDEEMED, THAT'S RELIGIOUS TALK.
AND
FUNDAMENTALISTS OF ALL STRIPE AT THE END THINK VIOLENCE IS THE
ANSWER, AND IF I READ THE TEXTS OF ANY OF THESE BOOKS, THE
BIBLE, THE KORAN, THE OLD TESTAMENT, YOU NAME IT, IT IS
DRENCHED IN BLOOD.
SO ARE WE SURPRISED THAT A FUNDAMENTALIST
NOT JOB LIKE THIS GOVERNOR IS TALKING ABOUT REDEEMING
OURSELVES WITH BLOOD?
FIRST HE SAID IT WON'T GET PHYSICAL, BUT
THEN HE SAID IT MIGHT.
FOR GOD'S SAKE, DON'T ENCOURAGE YOUR
SUPPORTERS, WHO ALMOST ALL HAVE GUNS, TO MAYBE DO SOMETHING
PHYSICAL, WINK WINK -- AND AS IF THAT WAS NOT ENOUGH, AND THAT
WOULD HAVE BEEN BAD FROM A SITTING GOVERNOR, JESUS CHRIST
-- IRONIC -- BUT THEN TO TURN AROUND AND TALK ABOUT BLOOD?
THE
TREE OF LIBERTY, WE'VE GOT TO WATER IT WITH BLOOD OF TYRANTS.
LATER WHEN THEY ASKED HIM, JESUS CHRIST, WHAT ARE YOU TALKING
ABOUT HERE, IT SEEMS LIKE YOU ARE TELLING PEOPLE TO TAKE THE
LAW INTO THEIR OWN HANDS IN AMERICA AND DO SOMETHING VIOLENT
-- HE SAID I WAS MAINLY TALKING ABOUT OUR TROOPS.
KNOW YOU
WEREN'T, YOU ARE TALKING INTERNAL POLITICS.
AND HE CAN'T
HELP HIMSELF, EVEN AFTER SAYING HE WAS TALKING ABOUT THE TROOPS,
HE ADDS AT THE END OF HIS EXPLANATION, NOR CAN WE ALLOWED
APATHY AND INDIFFERENCE TO ALLOW OUR CULTURE TO CRUMBLE FROM
WITHIN.
SO YOU WERE TALKING INTERNAL POLITICS, THANKS FOR
ADMITTING IT.
THEN HE TALKS ABOUT THE BLOOD OF THE PATRIOTS,
AND JUST WHEN YOU THINK IT CAN'T GET WORSE, HE BRINGS HIS KIDS
INTO IT.
WHAT ARE YOU DOING?
YOU HAVE KIDS AND YOU ARE TALKING
HOW THEY MIGHT HAVE TO HAVE BLOOD ON THEIR HANDS OR BE
INVOLVED IN A BLOOD HE FIGHT WHERE THEY GET KILLED?
WHAT ARE
YOU TALKING ABOUT?
YOU ARE INSANE, WE NOW HAVE A PARTY IN
THIS COUNTRY THAT HAS LOST ITS MIND.
THIS USED TO BE THE
FRINGES OF THE TEA PARTY.
LOOK AT THOSE GUYS DRESSED UP IN
KOOKY OUTFITS, THEY GO AROUND AND THE KOCH BROTHERS PICK THEM
UP IN A BUS AND 35 OF THEM COME WEARING THE HATS AND CARRYING
FAKE MUSKETS AND STUFF -- NOW THEY ARE IN CHARGE, THIS GUY IS
THE GOVERNOR OF KENTUCKY TALKING ABOUT HOW WE NEED TO BE DRENCHED
IN BLOOD.
THIS COUNTRY IS GOING IN THE WRONG DIRECTION.
IF YOU
ARE NOT CONCERNED BY THIS, YOU ARE NOT PAYING ATTENTION.
YOU
THINK EVERY ONE OF HIS FOLLOWERS IS STABLE?
I DON'T EVEN THINK HE
IS STABLE, LET ALONE HIS FOLLOWERS.
AND ALL THOSE GUYS
WHO HAVE BEEN TOLD THEIR WHOLE LIFE, SECOND AMENDMENT,
GOVERNMENT IS COMING FOR YOU -- MAKE SURE IF IT IS SOMEONE LIKE
HILLARY CLINTON AND SHE WINS, WELL, WHAT IS THE TREE OF
LIBERTY WATERED WITH, FOR TYRANTS?
OH YEAH, BLOOD.
OH, DID
I ENCOURAGE ANYBODY TO DO VIOLENCE?
I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU
ARE TALKING ABOUT.
YOU DID IT, WE SAW WITH OUR OWN EYES.
THESE
GUYS ARE MANIACS, THEY DON'T BELIEVE IN DEMOCRACY.
I THINK IF
WE LOSE AN ELECTION, LET'S GO DRENCH OURSELVES IN BLOOD.
THAT'S A THIRD WORLD WAY OF THINKING.
THAT'S A TALIBAN WAY
OF THINKING, AL QAEDA, ISIS WAY OF THINKING.
THAT IS YOU,
GOVERNOR BEVIN.
WE ARE NOT SUPPOSED TO RESOLVE THINGS
THROUGH VIOLENCE IN AMERICA WHEN IT COMES TO POLITICS, WE DON'T
ENCOURAGE THAT.
WE'RE SUPPOSED TO HAVE DEBATE, AND EXCHANGE OF
IDEAS, AND THEN AN ELECTION.
BALLOTS, NOT BULLETS.
BUT
REPUBLICANS DON'T WANT TO PLAY THAT GAME ANYMORE.
THIS IS NOT
GOING TO END WELL.