LAST WEEK, A HOST FROM THE BLAZE BY THE NAME OF TOMI LAHREN HAD SOME STRONG
WORDS FOR BEYONCE’S PERFORMANCE DURING THE SUPER BOWL.
WE COVERED THAT IN THE SHOW, SHE DID NOT LIKE THE FACT THAT
BEYONCE’S PERFORMANCE APPLAUDED
THE BLACK PANTHERS AND THROUGH AWARENESS TO THE FACT THAT
UNARMED BLACK PEOPLE ARE GETTING SHOT THROUGHOUT THE
COUNTRY.
AFTER HER SEGMENT, AD DJ IN NEW YORK ALSO
CRITICIZED HER, AND SHE INVITED HIM
HER SHOW TO DEBATE.
I THINK HE DID A GOOD JOB OF ANSWERING QUESTIONS, SO WE
HAVE THREE CLIPS FOR YOU.
PLEASE TELL ME, WHY WAS I YOUR DONKEY OF THE DAY?
DONKEY OF THE DAY IS A SEGMENT THAT IS DESIGNED TO GIVE
PEOPLE THE CREDIT THEY DESERVE
FOR BEING STUPID.
I THINK AT TIMES WE ARE ALL STUPID TO CERTAIN
SITUATIONS, ESPECIALLY WHEN WE DON'T HAVE ALL THE INFORMATION.
AS AN AMERICAN, I THINK ABOUT THE QUOTE THAT DOCTOR MARTIN
LUTHER KING JR.
SAID, SAYING THAT INJUSTICE EVERYWHERE IS AN
INJUSTICE TO ñ IS A THREAT TO JUSTICE EVERYWHERE.
WHAT IS HAPPENING WITH POLICE AND UNARMED AMERICANS IN
AMERICA, SO FOR BEYONCE TO SPEAK OUT AND HAVE A VIDEO WHERE SHE
SAYS STOP SHOOTING US, I DON'T SEE HOW ANYBODY COULD HAVE A
PROBLEM WITH THAT.
IF YOU HAVE A PROBLEM WITH BEYONC…
SAYING STOP
SHOOTING US, THEN YOU MUST AGREE WITH THEM SHOOTING US.
CAME ON STRONG FROM THE VERY BEGINNING.
SHE GOT A LITTLE OWNED THERE.
FIRST OFF, NEVER START A SENTENCE WITH, WHY AM I THE
DONKEY OF THE DAY?
SECOND OF ALL, HE KNOWS GOOD FRAMING, HE
NAMED HIMSELF CHARLEMAGNE THE
GOD, AND HIS OPPONENTS ARE THE DONKEYS OF THE DAY, SO HE IS
ALREADY WINNING.
I'M SURE THAT SHE BROUGHT HIM ON THINKING, HE IS JUST A DJ.
SO FAR IT IS NOT GOING WELL FOR HER, BUT LET'S GIVE HER A
CHANCE.
OBVIOUSLY WE CANNOT SHOW YOU THE FULL INTERVIEW, I DO
SUGGEST YOU WATCH THE FULL THING.
WHAT WE ARE GIVING YOU NOW I THINK ARE THE MOST
IMPORTANT PARTS.
MY FINAL THOUGHTS ARE NOT ABOUT HER MUSIC OR HER
MUSIC VIDEO, MY FINAL THOUGHTS WERE ABOUT HER SUPER BOWL
PERFORMANCE AND THE SALUTE THE BLACK PANTHERS, WHICH WAS A
GROUP THAT WAS IN RESPONSE TO MARTIN LUTHER KING'S
NONVIOLENT, PEACEFUL CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT.
THAT IS WHAT I TOOK ISSUE WITH, IT IS THAT SENTIMENT THAT
WAS MADE AT THE SUPER BOWL THAT REALLY GOT UNDER MY SKIN.
I THINK YOU ARE VERY MISINFORMED ABOUT THE BLACK
PANTHERS AS WELL.
THE BLACK PANTHERS WERE FOUNDED BY A MAN WITH A PHD,
COLLEGE STUDENTS, THEY WERE CREATED TO RESIST POLICE
BRUTALITY AND THE KILLINGS OF BLACKS.
THEY USED BY WHAT IF NECESSARY.
THEY DID NOT EVEN CARRY GUNS UNLESS AUTHORIZED AS
SELF-DEFENSE.
I EVEN SAW SOMETHING, I COULD BE WRONG, BUT IT SOUNDED LIKE
YOU COMPARE THEM TO THE KKK.
WHAT I AM SAYING IS THAT IF I WERE ñ
IF I WERE TO HAVE A SUPER BOWL PERFORMANCE THAT WAS
SALUTING THE KKK, I WOULD NEVER DO THAT.
I AM NOT SAYING THAT POLICE BRUTALITY IS OKAY, WHAT I AM
SAYING IS THAT ON A DAY WHERE YOU ARE SUPPOSED TO UNITE THE
COUNTRY, WHERE WHITE SANDS AND BLACK FANS JOIN TOGETHER, AND
YOU HAVE A SUPER BOWL PERFORMANCE THAT GIVES A
METAPHORICAL MIDDLE FINGER TO HAVE THE AUDIENCE, SAYING THAT
IT IS US VERSUS THEM, AND YOU SALUTE MALCOLM X AND VIOLENCE, I
AM NOT OKAY WITH THAT AT
THE SUPER BOWL.
I THINK HE DID A GOOD JOB OF CALLING HER OUT FOR
COMPARING THE BLACK PANTHERS TO THE KKK, AND SHE TOTALLY
DODGED THAT QUESTION.
I ALSO LIKE THAT HE IS EDUCATING HER ON WHAT THE BLACK
PANTHER MOVEMENT ACTUALLY WAS.
ON THAT FRONT, THE MAIN THING THAT THE FACT THAT IS WANT TO
DO WITH THEIR GUNS WAS EXERCISE THEIR SECOND AMENDMENT RIGHTS.
THEY READ THE CONSTITUTION, IT SAYS THAT THEY ARE ALSO ALLOWED
TO HAVE GUNS, THEY ARE U.S.
CITIZENS, AND THE NRA STAB THEM IN THE BACK AND HELPED PASS
A GUN REGULATION IN CALIFORNIA TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY
COULD NOT CARRY GUNS, BECAUSE IT WAS THE BLACK PANTHERS DOING IT.
IF YOU ARE GOING TO THE COMPARISON OF THE KKK WITH
THE BLACK PANTHERS, LET'S GO DOWN THAT ROAD FOR A SECOND.
THE BLACK PANTHERS SAY THEY WERE DOING IT TO PROTECT THEIR
COMMUNITY, BECAUSE THEY HAD CLEAR CASES OF POLICE
BRUTALITY IN THE 1960S.
IT WAS FAIRLY OBVIOUS TO THE WHITE COMMUNITY BACK THEN
AS WELL.
THE KKK WOULD SAY THEY ARE DOING IT TO PROTECT THE WHITE
COMMUNITY, BUT IN THE SOUTH WHERE THE KKK WAS STRONG,
IT WAS CLEAR THAT THE KKK DID NOT NEED PROTECTION.
THEY WERE USING IT TO OPPRESS AND TERRORIZE PEOPLE.
IT WASN'T LIKE A BLACK PANTHERS SAID THAT THEY SHOULD ALSO
EXERCISE THEIR SECOND AMENDMENT RIGHTS IN PLACES THAT THEY
WERE IN CHARGE, WHERE THEY WERE IN POWER, BURNING CROSSES
AND LYNCHING WHITE PEOPLE.
THAT WAS NOT HAPPENING.
FINALLY, TOMI SAYS THAT SHE GAVE US THE MIDDLE FINGER
BY SAYING IT IS US VERSUS THEM.
OR SHE IS SAYING IS, PLEASE DON'T SHOOT US.
GETTING SHOT WHILE YOU ARE UNARMED, THAT IS A MIDDLE
FINGER.
SHE IS REGURGITATING THE SAME TALKING POINT OF, DON'T
MAKE US THINK ABOUT ANYTHING THAT MAKES US FEEL A LITTLE
BIT UNCOMFORTABLE, YOU ARE ONLY HERE TO ENTERTAIN US.
THIS IS AN ART FORM THAT BEYONC…
AND MANY OTHERS USE TO
EXPRESS WHAT THEIR COMMUNITY IS GOING THROUGH, IT IS A FORM
OF EXPRESSION.
TO SAY TO SOMEONE, WE ARE GOING TO CENSOR YOUR EXPRESSION
BECAUSE IT MAKES US
UNCOMFORTABLE, IS RIDICULOUS.
SHE DOES NOT SEEM TO UNDERSTAND OR COMPREHEND IT.
THIS IS ALSO THE SAME WOMAN WHO A FEW YEARS AGO SAID THAT
HILLARY CLINTON AND SENATOR
WARREN LOOK LIKE OLD MEN.
SHE IS A VERY CLASSY GIRL.
LET'S GO TO THE FINAL VIDEO.
IF YOU DON'T WANT US TO LOOK AT THE PAST IN AMERICA AND THE
THINGS THAT HAPPENED, AND YOU
WANT US TO LOOK AT WHAT IS HAPPENING NOW, WHY ARE YOU
USING JVS PASSED AGAINST WHAT BEYONC…
IS SAYING?
I AM SAYING THAT IF YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT PROBLEMS IN
THE BLACK COMMUNITY, YOU CAN'T JUST TALK ABOUT BLACK ñ
POLICE BRUTALITY, YOU HAVE TO TALK ABOUT ALL OF IT.
IF WHITE OFFICERS STOP SHOOTING ANY BLACK PERSON, THEY ARE
STILL GOING TO BE PROBLEMS IN BLACK COMMUNITIES.
IF YOU GO TO AN HIV, AIDS RALLY, DO YOU STAND UP AND
SAY WHAT ABOUT CANCER?
DO YOU?
WHEN YOU GO TO THE SUPER BOWL AND YOU ARE CELEBRATING A DAY
WHERE EVERYONE IS COMING TOGETHER, YOU DON'T STAND UP AND
SALUTE A TERRORIST ORGANIZATION
LIKE THE BLACK PANTHERS.
IT IS INCREDIBLE.
CONSERVATIVE OUTLETS DO THIS, THEY FIND A YOUNG,
IMPRESSIONABLE GIRL AND THEY FEED HER THE PROPAGANDA,
SHE REGURGITATES THEIR TALKING POINTS AND GETS THE FAME
SHE WANTS, AND THIS IS THE PRODUCT.
I ACTUALLY COMMEND HER FOR HAVING HIM ON THE SHOW AND
HAVING THIS DEBATE, BECAUSE I THINK THESE DEBATES AND THE
DIALOGUE IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT.
IT IS UNFORTUNATE, BECAUSE AFTER YOU WATCH THE FULL INTERVIEW
YOU REALIZE THAT NOTHING REALLY GOT THROUGH TO HER.
SHE THINKS THAT THE BLACK PANTHERS WERE A TERRORIST
ORGANIZATION, SHE THINKS THAT BLACK PEOPLE ARE WHINING OVER
NOTHING, AND SHE THINKS THAT, IF WE WANT TO TALK ABOUT
UNARMED PEOPLE GETTING SHOT AND KILLED, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT
CRIME RATES WITHIN YOUR COMMUNITY?
IT IS THE SAME TALKING POINTS, NOTHING GETS ACCOMPLISHED.
SHE BROUGHT HIM ON BECAUSE SHE THOUGHT, THIS IS A
BLACK DJ, I AM GOING TO OWN HIM.
IT DID NOT WORK OUT LIKE THAT FOR HER, SO SHE WAS FLUMMOXED,
SHE DID NOT HAVE ANYTHING HE HIDES THE PAPER-THIN FACADE.
HEY, JUST ENTERTAIN US, DON'T GIVE US ANY MESSAGES.
NOVEMBER 1968
OLYMPICS, THEY RAISE THEIR HANDS COVERED IN BLACK GLOVES.
HEY, YOUR JOB IS JUST TO RUN AND ENTERTAIN US, DON'T MAKE
POLITICAL MESSAGES.
THAT IS WHAT RACISTS SAID BACK THEN.
IN THE 1960S, COPS WERE BRUTAL
WHEN BLACK PEOPLE DO IT,
THEY ARE TERRORISTS.