OVER THE WEEKEND, DONALD TRUMP RETWEETED A GIF
TO THOSE WHO
CONDONE VIOLENCE, IT WAS A TWEET THAT ESSENTIALLY SHOWED A
WOMAN WHO APPEARED TO BE HILLARY CLINTON GETTING HIT IN THE
HEAD BY A GOLF BALL.
CLASSY.
JUST TO GIVE YOU THE BACKGROUND.
GREAT PERSON TO RETWEET IF YOU ARE THE PRESIDENT.
THAT'S A DESCRIPTION OF IT, BUT HOW ABOUT YOU TAKE A LOOK
FOR YOURSELF.
THIS WAS THE VIDEO.
OKAY.
I USUALLY DON'T LIKE TALKING ABOUT HIS TWEETS BECAUSE HE
IS A CHILD AND I HATE WASTING TIME TALKING ABOUT HOW HE
IS ACTING LIKE A CHILD ON SOCIAL MEDIA BUT THIS REALLY STOOD
OUT TO ME, NOT BECAUSE I AM A HUGE HILLARY CLINTON
SUPPORTER OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH POLITICS AND EVERYTHING TO DO
WITH AN
ISSUE THAT WE ARE FACING AS A COUNTRY RIGHT NOW AND THAT IS
THE ISSUE OF VIOLENCE.
THERE IS THIS ARGUMENT THAT OKAY, THOSE ON THE LEFT,
THEY ARE VIOLENT, THEY ARE NOT ALLOWING PEOPLE TO SPEAK ON
COLLEGE CAMPUSES.
THEY RESPOND WITH VIOLENCE TOWARD ANYONE THEY DISAGREE
WITH, BUT HERE'S THE THING.
THE FISH ROTS FROM THE HEAD DOWN.
THAT IS ONE OF MY FAVORITE QUOTES FROM THE SCARAMUCCI
NEW YORKER INTERVIEW.
IT DOES, AND HE IS OUR LEADER.
HE IS OUR PRESIDENT AND HE, ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS, HAS
CONDONED VIOLENCE.
HE DID IT WHILE HE WAS CAMPAIGNING AND HE TALKED
ABOUT PUNCHING PEOPLE IN THE FACE.
HE DOES IT WHEN IT COMES TO THESE TWEETS.
HE THINKS IT'S CUTE AND FUNNY, BUT IT IS NOT.
YOU ARE THE LEADER OF THE COUNTRY.
YOU ARE SUPPOSED TO SET A STANDARD AND YOU CANNOT RUN
AROUND CONDONING VIOLENCE WHEN YOU ARE RETREATING
FUCKEDUPMIND WITH VIDEOS SUPPORTING VIOLENCE.
CELEBRATING VIOLENCE.
THAT IS WHAT HE DOES OVER AND OVER AGAIN.
I HATE VIOLENCE NO MATTER WHICH SIDE IT COMES FROM.
WHETHER IT'S IN THE LEFT OR THE RIGHT, IT SHOULD NOT HAPPEN.
BUT IF YOU TALK ABOUT DESTROYING SOMEONE'S CAREER OVER A PHOTO
HOLDING A DECAPITATED HEAD THAT LOOKS LIKE YOU THEN YOU SHOULD
ALSO SET A STANDARD INDICATING THAT THESE TYPES OF TWEETS ARE
UNACCEPTABLE, BUT HE WON'T DO THAT BECAUSE HE IS A CHILD.
AND HERE'S THE THING, YOU COULD LOOK AT THIS AND SAY, COME
ON, IT'S JUST A GIF, HE THOUGHT IT WAS FUNNY.
HE'S AN IDIOT AND HE DOESN'T REALIZE THAT THE THING THAT
HE THOUGHT WAS FUNNY YOU DON'T NECESSARILY BLINDLY
RETWEET, BUT HE IS AN IDIOT.
BUT I THINK ANA MAKES A GOOD POINT ABOUT THE CULTURE RIGHT
NOW,
IT'S HIGHTENED THE FEAR OF VIOLENCE AND IN TERMS OF THE
FEAR OF THE
THREAT OF VIOLENCE.
THERE'S THE MARTIN SHKRELI THING WHERE HE WAS OFFERING
MONEY FOR ANYBODY WHO GOT HILLARY CLINTON'S HAIR, A LOCK
OF HER HAIR.
THAT WAS A REAL THREAT BECAUSE SHE IS OUT THERE PROMOTING
A BOOK RIGHT NOW.
I CAN ADD MY NAME TO THE LIST OF PEOPLE ON THIS PANEL NOT
PARTICULARLY A FAN OF HILLARY CLINTON BUT I CERTAINLY WOULDN'T
WANT ANYTHING THAT EVEN BORDERS ON IT, ISN'T IT FUNNY HOW SHE -
I KNOW IT'S JUST A GOLF BALL BUT IN THIS ENVIRONMENT, IT
DOESN'T EXIST ALONE.
IT EXISTS IN THIS ENVIRONMENT I THINK IT'S A DANGEROUS THING.
WELL I'M A BIG FAN OF HERS, BUT THAT ASIDE.
YOU SAID GIF, BY THE WAY.
I DON'T KNOW WHY PEOPLE SAY IT THAT WAY, I GUESS THAT'S
HOW IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE SAID.
I THINK IT IS GIF, I THINK YOU'RE RIGHT.
THE THING THAT IS MOST DISTURBING TO ME AS A - HE SEES
THIS, RETWEETS THAT FROM THE PERSON WHO ñ I DIDN'T KNOW THIS
ABOUT THIS UNTIL YOU READ IT.
THAT HE RETWEETS RACIST THINGS ALL THE TIME.
CAN YOU IMAGINE IF OBAMA HAD DONE THAT DURING ONE OF HIS
TERMS?
I BROUGHT THIS UP LAST WEEK BECAUSE WHEN I REMEMBERED
IT, IT BLEW MY MIND HOW MUCH THINGS HAVE CHANGED OR HOW
MUCH OF A DOUBLE STANDARD THERE IS.
HE WAS GETTING CRITICIZED, OBAMA WAS, GETTING CRITICIZED
BECAUSE HE WORE A TAN COLORED SUIT.
HE WORE A TAN COLORED SUIT AND PEOPLE WERE CRITICIZING HIM.
IT'S SO DISRESPECTFUL TO THE PRESIDENCY, HE HAS TO WEAR
DARK SUIT.
WHAT ARE YOU THINKING?
WE'RE HAVING A CONVERSATION RIGHT NOW ABOUT DONALD
TRUMP RETWEETED A TERRIBLE PERSON, A TWITTER TROLL
ESSENTIALLY AND USING A VIDEO THAT CONDONES VIOLENCE.
THE BEST WAS THAT GERALD FORD DID AND IT WASN'T EVEN A MEME.
HE JUST HIT SOMEBODY WITH A GOLF BALL WHEN HE WAS GOLFING.
THE GUY GOT HURT.
I THINK GEORGE HW BUSH DID THE SAME.
EVEN IF YOU DIDN'T KNOW THAT IT WAS A GIF, OR WHAT IT
WAS, YOU ARE THE PRESIDENT.
DON'T RETWEET ANYTHING FROM "FUCKEDUPMIND."
OR HOW ABOUT GET OFF TWITTER FOR HALF A SECOND.
THERE IS A TON OF APPOINTMENTS I NEED TO BE MADE FOR THE
DEFENSE DEPARTMENT.
YOU'RE ALL BIG ON NATIONAL SECURITY BUT YOU DON'T WANT
TO DO YOUR JOB WHEN IT COMES TO FILLING IMPORTANT ROLES
WHEN IT COMES TO NATIONAL SECURITY.
HOW ABOUT AN AMBASSADOR IN SOUTH KOREA.
HOW ABOUT THAT?
AN AMBASSADOR RIGHT NEXT TO NORTH KOREA.
HE'S JUST PATHETIC.
THE NEXT TIME HE STARTS TALKING ABOUT ANTIFA VIOLENCE OF
THE LEFT, JUST REMEMBER THE KIND OF STUFF HE CONDONES ON HIS
OWN SOCIAL MEDIA.
JUST REMEMBER THAT BECAUSE I'M NOT BUYING INTO THIS DOUBLE
STANDARD WHERE VIOLENCE ON THE RIGHT IS OKAY, BUT VIOLENCE
ON THE LEFT NEEDS TO BE CONDEMNED.