SARAH PALIN'S SON, TRACK PALIN, HAS BEEN ARRESTED
AFTER A DOMESTIC ALTERCATION WITH HIS GIRLFRIEND.
THE CHARGES HE FACES ARE SERIOUS, BUT HE DID POST BOND.
THE SITUATION GOT VERY SERIOUS AFTER TRACK ALLEGEDLY
PUNCHED HIS GIRLFRIEND IN THE FACE, THEN PROCEEDED TO
TAKE A GUN HE HAD, POINT IT TO HIS OWN HEAD AND COMMIT SUICIDE.
THANKFULLY OFFICIALS DID RECOVER THE GUN ON THE SCENE, IT
WAS UNLOADED.
THEY ALSO SAW THE INJURIES HIS GIRLFRIEND SUFFERED AS A
RESULT OF THE ASSAULT.
LET ME GIVE
YOU
THE DETAILS.
THEY LATER DID FIND PALIN'S GIRLFRIEND, SHE WAS HIDING
UNDER A BAD.
IT SEEMS LIKE SHE WAS SO FRIGHTENED THAT SHE NEEDED
TO HIDE.
SHE SEEMS LIKE SHE IS OKAY AT
THIS POINT.
WE WILL GET TO SARAH PALIN'S RESPONSE, BUT I WANT TO GIVE
YOU LADIES AN OPPORTUNITY TO JUMP IN ABOUT THESE ALLEGATIONS.
>> AR 15, THAT IS JUST ñ
>> WELL, SECOND AMENDMENT RIGHTS.
>> I WAS READING THIS AFFIDAVIT, I HAVE COPIES, AND THEY
WERE CERTAIN THINGS THAT STUCK OUT TO ME AS NOT LEANING
TOWARDS PTSD BUT LEADING TOWARDS DOMESTIC ABUSE.
THERE IS A PART WHERE HE SAYS THAT WOMAN WAS DRUNK.
HE SAID SOMETHING ABOUT GAS LIGHTING, WHICH IS VERY
PREVALENT IN DOMESTIC ABUSE CASES.
IT IS A MANIPULATIVE WAY OF SPINNING INFORMATION IN
WHICH TO FAVOR THE ABUSER.
I DON'T NECESSARILY KNOW THAT IS THE CASE, BUT THAT REALLY
RINGS STRANGE.
>>IT'S INTERESTING THAT HE CALLED THE POLICE RIGHT
AFTER HIS GIRLFRIEND CALLED THE POLICE AND LET THEM KNOW MY
BOYFRIEND IS DRUNK.
WHETHER OR NOT SHE WAS ACTUALLY DRUNK IS UNCLEAR.
POLICE HAVE NOT WRITTEN ANYTHING ABOUT THAT, BUT THEY DID GET
INTO SOME SORT OF FIGHT WHILE THEY WERE BOTH OUT TOGETHER.
THEY WERE FIGHTING ALL THE WAY HOME.
FINALLY WHEN THEY GOT HOME, THEY CONTINUE TO ARGUE IN THE
CAR, THAT IS WHEN THINGS STARTED TO ESCALATE.
MARGARET, WHAT DO YOU THINK?
>>THE ONLY OTHER TIMES IN MEDIA ñ
SAN BERNARDINO, SANDY HOOK, AND NOW PALIN.
AR 15 ñ A FEW THINGS STRIKE ME.
IN THE POLICE REPORT HE SAYS
THINGS LIKE "DO YOU THINK I AM A PUSSY?"
THE EXACT SAME THINGS THAT HIS MOTHER USED ON THE CAMPAIGN
TRAIL.
THAT IS A BIZARRE WORD FOR ME.
IT'S VERY STRANGE.
HE LIVES AT HOME, 26 YEARS OLD, CLEARLY HE HAS ISSUES.
THE FACT THAT HIS MOTHER WAS ABLE TO TURN THIS INTO A
CAMPAIGN STUMP SPEECH OF SORTS HIGHLIGHTING HIS PTSD,
WHICH IS PRETTY SERIOUS.
IF THAT WERE THE CASE WHY THE HELL DOES HE HAVE AN AR 15?
>>THAT IS A GREAT POINT.
OBVIOUSLY SARAH PALIN IS IN THE NEWS.
SHE ENDORSED DONALD TRUMP.
AFTER HER ENDORSEMENT IN HER SPEECH THERE WAS THAT I
WASN'T IN THE ROOM.
PEOPLE WANTED TO KNOW WHAT WAS GOING ON WITH HER FAMILY
AND FAMILY ISSUES.
SHE DID ADDRESS IT IN WHAT I WOULD CALL THE MOST
RIDICULOUSLY IMAGINABLE.
COULD YOU EXPECT ANYTHING LESS FROM HER?
LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT SHE HAD TO SAY.
>> I CAN TALK PERSONALLY ABOUT THIS.
I GUESS IT'S KIND OF ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM, BECAUSE MY OWN
FAMILY GOING THROUGH WHAT WE ARE GOING THROUGH TODAY WITH MY
SON, A COMBAT VET, HAVING SERVED IN A BRIGADE
FIGHTING FOR YOU ALL AMERICA IN THE WAR ZONE.
BUT MY SON LIKE SO MANY OTHERS, THEY COME BACK A BIT DIFFERENT.
THEY COME BACK HARDENED, THEY COME BACK WONDERING IF
THERE IS THAT RESPECT, AND THAT STARTS FROM ñ
OUR MILITARY PERSONNEL EVEN HAVE TO WONDER, THEY HAVE TO
QUESTION IF THEY ARE RESPECTED ANYMORE.
ON MY OWN SON IS GOING THROUGH WHAT HE GOES THROUGH COMING
BACK, I CAN CERTAINLY RELATE WITH OTHER FAMILIES WHO
KIND OF CELL THOSE RAMIFICATIONS OF PTSD.
IT MAKES ME REALIZE MORE THAN EVER IT IS NOW OR NEVER.
FOR THE SAKE OF AMERICA'S FINEST, HAVE THAT
COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF WHO WILL RESPECT THEM AND HONOR THEM.
>>
SHE IS IMPLYING THAT OUR CURRENT PRESIDENT DOESN'T RESPECT
TO THE TROOPS AND THAT CONTINUES TO EXACERBATE THE ISSUE OF PTSD.
THAT WAS HER INCREDIBLE WAY OF BLAMING OBAMA FOR WHAT HER
SON DID.
HER SON MAY HAVE PTSD, BUT IT'S INTERESTING TO ME THAT
CONSERVATIVES, REPUBLICANS, CAUSALLY TALKING ABOUT
SUPPORTING OUR TROOPS NEVER REALLY FOCUSED ON ISSUES OF
MENTAL HEALTH, ESPECIALLY REGARDING OUR TROOPS.
THE ONLY TIME THEY DO IS WHEN IT'S CONVENIENT FOR THEM.
IT ENRAGES ME.
HERE IS THE THING, SARAH PALIN, IF YOU ARE IN FAVOR OF MAKING
SURE THAT THE MENTAL WELL-BEING OF OUR TROOPS ARE ATTACKED,
ONE THING YOU COULD DO IS NOT SUPPORT PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES
THAT WANT TO BEEF UP OUR FOREIGN POLICY IN THE MIDDLE EAST.
SEND MORE TROOPS IN THE MIDDLE EAST, FEARMONGER ABOUT
ISIS, AND ENSURE THAT WE NOT ONLY CONTINUE THE POLICY WE
HAVE NOW BUT EXPAND ON IT.
DO NOT CRY TO ME ABOUT PTSD AND HOW SERIOUSLY YOU TAKE IT.
YOU ARE USING THIS BECAUSE IT IS CONVENIENT FOR YOU IN THIS
VERY MOMENT.
>> IT WAS FUNNY WORDING WHICH WAS SUPPORT OUR TROOPS.
THAT COULD BE VERY AMBIGUOUS.
WE USUALLY THINK THAT MEANS LET'S GO TO PARADES AND RALLIES,
BUT LET'S FORGET ABOUT THEM WHEN THEY ARE DONE OR HURT.
>>EXACTLY.
>> IT'S ALL THAT SHE WOULD USE THAT PARTICULAR WORDING.
>> LOOK, HE MIGHT HAVE PTSD, I HAVE NO IDEA.
DOES THAT GIVE HIM A PASS?
NO, IT DOESN'T.
IF YOU HAVE ANY TYPE OF MENTAL HEALTH ISSUE HE SHOULD BE
EVALUATED, THERE SHOULD NOT BE ANY WEAPONS IN THE HOUSE HE IS
LIVING IN, AND WE SHOULD DO SOMETHING TO STOP THE FACT
THAT WE CONTINUOUSLY SEND OUR TROOPS IN WARS THAT WE SHOULDN'T
BE INVOLVED IN.
IF YOU CARE ABOUT THE MENTAL WELL-BEING
OF THE STREETS, YOU REALLY WANT TO BE AN AMERICAN PATRIOT,
THE THING TO DO IS BE A BIT MORE PICKY AS TO WHAT COUNTRY TO
INVADE AND HOW YOU INVADE THEM.
AGAIN, ALL OF THESE POINTS ABOUT MENTAL HEALTH CARE ARE
EXPLOITED BY REPUBLICANS WHEN IT'S CONVENIENT FOR THEM.
THERE IS A MASHING IN THIS COUNTRY AND THE PERPETRATOR
IS A WHITE MALE, THOUGH, WE NEED TO FOCUS ON THEIR MENTAL
HEALTH CARE BUT THEN THEY DON'T DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT.
WHEN IT COMES TO PTSD FOR SARAH PALIN THIS IS A CONVENIENT
TIME TO BRING IT UP, BUT WHAT ARE YOU DOING TO ENSURE
THAT WE DON'T SEND TROOPS TO WAR SO WE SHOULDN'T BE INVOLVED IN?
IF ANYTHING YOU ARE AN ADVOCATE FOR THOSE WARS.
YOU FEARMONGER AND TRY TO CONVINCE AMERICANS THAT WE
NEED TO BE IN THESE COUNTRIES, WE DO NOT NEED TO BE THERE.
IF YOU GENUINELY CARE ABOUT THAT MENTAL HEALTH CARE OF
AMERICANS AND TROOPS THAN WHAT YOU ARE DOING IS EXACERBATE
THE PROBLEM WE ARE DEALING WITH.
>> THERE ARE ALLEGATIONS, MIND YOU, NOT NECESSARILY POLICE
REPORTS, OF TRACK ABUSING DRUGS AND BEING THE RINGLEADER OF
VANDALS IN WASILLA.
WHO ARE YOU TO TELL PEOPLE THESE MORALLY UPSTANDING ñ
I MEAN, WHAT THAT IS IS UP TO YOUR JUDGMENT, BUT THEN NOT
STICK BY IT AT ALL.
WE HAVE SEEN THEM, THEY HAVE BEEN IN THE PUBLIC EYE FOR
SOME TIME.
I DON'T THINK IT'S FAIR FOR YOU TO ARGUE THAT THE WAR MADE
HIM THIS WAY THIS IS OBAMA'S FAULT.
>> HOW EXACERBATED IS THIS GOING TO BE WHEN HER INSTINCT IS
TO ATTACK, BUT SHE USED THE WORD RESPONSE 3 TO 4 TIMES.
HE IS LOADED WITH A WEAPON, THAT IS PROBABLY LOADED, HITTING
HIS GIRLFRIEND IN THE FACE, YOU WOULD THINK THAT WORD ñ
SAYING THAT WORD REALLY RUBBED ME THE WRONG WAY.
SHE REALLY DOESN'T SEEM TO BE
ADDRESSING HIS ISSUES AT ALL.
>>NO, SHE'S MAKING EXCUSES FOR HIM AND BLAMING OBAMA WHICH
I FIND INTERESTING WHEN SHE IS FROM THE PARTY THAT TOUTS
PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY.
YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY, TAKE A GOOD
HARD LOOK AT YOUR OWN FAMILY AND THEIR OWN ACTIONS AND BEHAVIOR.
WHAT YOU DO SOMETHING TO FIX THAT BEFORE YOU GET ON A
PODIUM AND JUDGE THE ACTIONS OF OTHER PEOPLE.
THE FAMILY OF ALL SORTS OF ISSUES.
YOU HAVE A DAUGHTER WHO IS NOW THE MOTHER OF TWO CHILDREN
SHE HAD FROM TWO DIFFERENT FATHERS OUT OF WEDLOCK.
I'M NOT TRYING TO SHAME HER, BUT SHE MADE OVER $200,000
GIVING ABSTINENCE SPEECHES.
WHAT IS WRONG WITH THIS COUNTRY?
>>REMEMBER TRACK HIMSELF GOT MARRIED IN 2011
TO A WOMAN WHO GAVE BIRTH THREE MONTHS LATER.
THEN THEY HAD A WEIRD DIVORCE.
THAT GOES RIGHT ALONG WITH THAT HYPOCRITICAL BEHAVIOR.
>>ABSOLUTELY.
IT'S FRUSTRATING TO SEE A SITUATION LIKE THAT.
IT GIVES THE PALIN IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR HUMILITY, RIGHT?
BUT THEY PROVED TIME AND TIME AGAIN THAT THEY DO NOT HAVE
HUMILITY.
THEY LIKE TO PLACE THE BLAME ON EVERYONE ELSE WHEN THE REAL
BLAME SHOULD BE PLACED ON THEMSELVES AND THEIR OWN FAMILY.