DONALD TRUMP IN THE REPUBLIC AND PARTY ARE NOW FOCUSING ON
THE LATEST SCAPEGOAT FOR THE PARKLAND MASS SHOOTING THAT TOOK
PLACE IN A HIGH SCHOOL CAMPUS IN FLORIDA. 17 PEOPLE WERE SHOT AND
KILLED AND PEOPLE ARE DEBATING GUN CONTROL, BUT TRUMP WANTS TO
FOCUS ON THE ISSUE OF SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICER WHO GOT WORD OF
THE MASS SHOOTER AND DID NOT GO INTO THE CAMPUS TO STOP HIM.
NOW, DURING CPAC TRUMP ADDRESSED THE COP AND IT LED TO SOME
RAMIFICATIONS FOR THIS FORMER RESOURCE OFFICER WHO HAS SINCE
STEPPED DOWN, HE TOOK EARLY RETIREMENT.
>>I THOUGHT OF IT SINCE I FOUND AND WATCHED, PETERSON, THE
DEPUTY WHO DIDN'T GO INTO THE SCHOOL BECAUSE HE DIDN'T WANT TO
GO INTO THE SCHOOL, OKAY?
HE WAS TESTED UNDER FIRE AND THAT
WASN'T A GOOD RESULT.
BUT YOU KNOW WHAT I THOUGHT OF AS SOON
AS I SAW THAT?
THESE TEACHERS, AND I'VE SEEN THEM, AND A LOT OF
SCHOOLS WHERE THEY HAD PROBLEMS, THESE TEACHERS LOVE THEIR
STUDENTS, AND THE STUDENTS LOVE THEIR TEACHERS IN MANY CASES.
THESE TEACHERS LOVE THEIR STUDENTS, AND THESE TEACHERS ARE
TALENTED WITH WEAPONRY, AND WITH GUNS.
AND THEY FEEL SAFE.
AND
I'D RATHER HAVE SOMEBODY THAT LOVES THEIR STUDENTS AND WANTS
TO PROTECT THEIR STUDENTS THAN SOMEBODY STANDING OUTSIDE THAT
DOESN'T KNOW ANYBODY AND DOESN'T KNOW THE STUDENTS, AND FRANKLY,
FOR WHATEVER REASON, DECIDED NOT TO GO IN EVEN THOUGH HE HEARD
LOTS OF SHOTS BEING FIRED INSIDE.
>>AND THE BEAUTY IS ITS CONCEALED, NOBODY WOULD EVER SEE
IT UNLESS THEY NEEDED IT.
IT'S CONCEALED.
SO THIS CRAZY MAN WHO
WALKED IN WOULDN'T EVEN KNOW WHO IT IS THAT HAS IT, THAT'S GOOD.
THAT'S NOT BAD, THAT'S GOOD.
AND A TEACHER WOULD HAVE SHOT THE
HELL OUT OF HIM BEFORE HE KNEW WHAT HAPPENED.
>>[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
>>THAT WAS THE SECOND TIME TRUMP IDENTIFIED THE SCHOOL
RESOURCE OFFICER WHO DID NOT GO INTO THE SCHOOL AS HE GOT WORD
THAT A MASS SHOOTING WAS TAKING PLACE, AND UNDERSTAND THE
FRAMING OF WHAT TRUMP IS USING THERE.
HE'S TALKING ABOUT HOW
TEACHERS LOVE THEIR STUDENTS, THE TEACHERS WOULD HAVE DONE
SOMETHING ABOUT IT, BASICALLY MAKING IT SEEM AS THOUGH THIS
RESOURCE OFFICER DIDN'T LOVE THE STUDENTS, DIDN'T CARE ABOUT
PROTECTING THEM.
LOOK, THE OFFICER WAS A 30 YEAR VETERAN,
HE DID NOT DO WHAT HE WAS SUPPOSED TO, SO TRUMP IS RIGHT
IN THAT REGARD, I'M NOT GOING TO TAKE AWAY FROM THAT ARGUMENT.
HOWEVER, HE IS NOT THE REASON WHY THESE MASS SHOOTINGS
HAPPENED, HE IS NOT THE REASON WHY 17 PEOPLE WERE GUNNED DOWN,
AND TO MAKE IT SEEM AS THOUGH THIS GUY IS THE ONLY PERSON WE
SHOULD BE FOCUSING ON AND THAT HE DOESN'T LOVE THE STUDENTS,
TEACHERS LOVE STUDENTS -- AND BY THE WAY, TRUMP SAID THESE
TEACHERS ARE SKILLED IN WEAPONRY.
BASED ON WHAT
EVIDENCE?
BASED ON WHAT?
>>THAT'S JUST MADE UP.
A COUPLE QUICK POINTS, WHEN HE SAID IT'S
CONCEALED, THAT'S A GOOD THING -- WAIT, WHY IS THAT A GOOD
THING?
I DON'T UNDERSTAND THAT LOGIC.
IS LOGIC IS IF THE
SHOOTER KNOWS, HE EXPLAINED THIS AT LENGTH THROUGHOUT THE WEEK,
IF THE SHOOTER KNOWS THERE ARE PEOPLE WITH GUNS SAID THE
BUILDING THEY ARE COWARDS AND WILL COME IN.
SO WHAT DIFFERENCE
DOES IT MAKE IF THEY ARE CONCEALED?
YOU JUST TOLD
EVERYBODY, PRESUME A BOOTH SURE HAS TO KNOW THAT THERE ARE
WEAPONS FOR YOUR STRATEGY TO WORK.
BUT IT'S A GOOD THING, NOT
A BAD THING.
BASED ON WHAT?
THERE IS NO LOGICAL FLOW IN
ANYTHING HE SAYS.
THE ARMED GUARD IS ALSO ARMED SO THE
SHOOTER WOULD KNOW THERE IS SOMEONE ARMED IN THE BUILDING.
AND WHY WOULD AN ARMED GUARD, NORMALLY, ON AVERAGE, DO WORSE
THAN A TEACHER WHOSE JOB IS NOT TO SHOOT STUDENTS, BUT TO TEACH
THEM?
THAT MAKES NO SENSE.
SO HE HAS TO RELY ON THIS INSANE
ARGUMENT THAT TEACHERS WOULD BE BETTER THAN COPS AT SHOOTING
PEOPLE.
AND OF COURSE THIS GUY SHOULD HAVE GONE IN -- FOR THE
PRESIDENT TO NAME HIM AND PUBLICLY SHAME HIM LIKE THAT,
THAT'S CRAZY.
HE'S NOW GOT ARMED GUARDS PROTECTING HIS HOUSE.
I
MEAN, NUMBER ONE, I WOULD IMAGINE THAT HE FEELS HORRIFIC
AT THIS POINT.
NUMBER TWO, HE LET DOWN THE WHOLE COMMUNITY AND
THEY'VE GOT TO FEEL ANGER, DISGUST, SADNESS, ETC., THAT'S
ALSO WEIGHING ON HIM.
NUMBER THREE, YOU KNOW REPUBLICAN
TROLLS.
GOD, THE THINGS THEY MUST'VE SAID TO HIM BY NOW.
AND
FOR THE PRESIDENT TO PILE ONTO A CITIZEN LIKE THAT, IT'S THE
USUAL INSANITY WE'VE GOTTEN TO KNOW WITH DONALD TRUMP.
>>BECAUSE THEY WANT A SCAPEGOAT, ANY SCAPEGOAT WILL DO AS LONG AS
IT WILL PREVENT THEM FROM TALKING ABOUT ACTUAL, COMMON
SENSE GUN LEGISLATION.
THEY DON'T WANT TO FOCUS ON THE REAL
PROBLEM, THEY WANT TO FOCUS ON SYMPTOMS OF THE PROBLEM.
>>ABSOLUTELY.
AND A LOT OF STUFF YOU SAID OPERATES ON A HUMAN
LEVEL, THIS GUY IS FEELING BAD, HE WAS WRONG NOT TO GO IN, BUT
TO ADD TO THE HUMAN LEVEL BOTH MY PARENTS WERE TEACHERS FOR
OVER 30 YEARS AND AM TRYING TO IMAGINE MY MOM, WHO ALREADY HAS
ENOUGH STRESS IN HER LIFE AND IS CARING A LOT FOR THE STUDENTS,
BEING TOLD TO LEARN HOW TO SHOOT A GUN.
THAT MAKES NO SENSE.
SO
IT'S INSPIRING THAT REAL SOLUTIONS ARE PART OF THE DEBATE
AGAIN BUT THIS SCAPEGOATISM IS PROBLEMATIC.
>>IT'S TERRIFYING AND THINK ABOUT HOW UNDERPAID AND
UNDERAPPRECIATED TEACHERS ARE.
THERE MIGHT BE SOME TEACHERS
COMFORTABLE SHOOTING WHO MIGHT BE OKAY WITH THE IDEA OF THEM
CARRYING A WEAPON ONTO CAMPUS, BUT THERE ARE A LOT OF TEACHERS
WHO AREN'T OKAY WITH THAT.
SO TO QUALIFY AS A TEACHER IN THE
UNITED STATES YOU NOT ONLY HAVE TO BE PASSIONATE AND SKILLED AT
TEACHING, BUT ALSO A SHARPSHOOTER WILLING TO PROTECT
YOUR STUDENTS WITH A FIREARM?
THAT IS ABSURD, THERE ARE SO
MANY GREAT TEACHERS WHO HAVE NO INTEREST IN HOLDING A GUN,
AND NO ONE SHOULD BE FORCED TO HAVE A GUN OR CARRY A GUN
IF THEY WANT TO EDUCATE YOUNG PEOPLE.
>>YOU MENTIONED YOUR PARENTS, ADAM, THAT MADE ME THINK OF MY
TEACHERS, AND THE TEACHER WHO MADE THE BIGGEST DIFFERENCE IN
MY LIFE WAS MRS.
ROSENBERG IN FOURTH GRADE, I'M PICTURING MRS.
ROSENBERG WITH A GUN.
IT'S PREPOSTEROUS.
YOU KNOW WHO ELSE
IS A TEACHER?
ANA IS A TEACHER, SHE'S A PROFESSOR AT CSUN.
SO DO
THEY WANT YOU TO NOW CARRY A PISTOL?
AND REMEMBER THIS, ONE
STUDENT MADE THE BEST POINT YESTERDAY, HE SAID YOU KNOW IT'S
USUALLY EITHER STUDENTS OR FORMER STUDENTS, SO YOU WOULD BE
TRAINING THE TEACHERS TO KILL THEIR STUDENTS.
>>IT'S CRAZY.
AND IT'S ONE THING TO THINK ABOUT HOW SOMEONE WOULD
REACT THEORETICALLY IF AN INCIDENT LIKE THAT WERE TO OCCUR
BUT IT'S ANOTHER THING TO ACTUALLY SHOOT SOMEONE AND KILL
SOMEONE.
AND I THINK IT'S EASIER SAID THAN DONE.
I THINK PEOPLE
ON THE RIGHT ARE MAKING THE ASSUMPTION THAT ANYONE WOULD BE
COMFORTABLE SHOOTING AND KILLING SOMEONE IF HE WAS A MASS
MURDERER.
IT'S A LOT EASIER SAID THAN DONE.
>>WHAT I'M CURIOUS ABOUT IS YOU SAW THESE PEOPLE GIVE A STANDING
OVATION AT CPAC FOR THE STUFF HE'S SAYING AND I'M CURIOUS HOW
REPRESENTATIVE THAT IS OF THE LARGER REPUBLICAN OR
CONSERVATIVE VOTER BACK HOME.
THESE ARE A BUNCH OF POLITICAL
OPERATIVES, BUT I'M CURIOUS WHETHER REPUBLICAN MOMS AND
DADS BACK HOME BELIEVE THAT THEY WANT TEACHERS TO BE ARMED
IN THE CLASSROOM.
>>THERE IS SOME EVIDENCE THAT THE ART COMFORTABLE WITH IT
BECAUSE A NEW POLL SAYS THAT 33% OF AMERICANS LIKE THE WAY DONALD
TRUMP HAS HANDLED THIS SHOOTING, SO TWO THIRDS SAYING NO, THIS
ISN'T THE RIGHT WAY TO GO.
SO THAT'S COMFORTING, TWO THIRDS OF
THE COUNTRY IS A SIGNIFICANT MAJORITY.
OF COURSE AMONG
REPUBLICANS 70% SAY HE NAILED IT.
AND ADAM HAS ANOTHER GREAT
POINT, AS I LOOKED AT THAT CROWD I THOUGHT I DON'T KNOW WHO I'M
MORE DISTURBED BY, THIS BUFFOON MANCHILD AS PRESIDENT GOING
AROUND GIVING SPEECHES CALLING OUT INDIVIDUAL CITIZENS AND
SAYING IT'S NOT BAD, IT'S GOOD -- OR THE BUFFOONS CLAPPING FOR
HIM AND GIVING HIM A STANDING OVATION, LIKE OH, THIS GUY
NAILED IT, THAT'S A VERY STABLE GENIUS WHO WE LOOK UP TO.
>>THOSE ARE THE PEOPLE WHO PUT HIM IN POWER SO I WOULD ARGUE
THOSE ARE THE PEOPLE YOU SHOULD BE MORE CONCERNED WITH, AND
THAT'S WHAT I'M MORE CONCERNED ABOUT.
WE HAVE THESE DEBATES
ABOUT PROPAGANDA ON SOCIAL MEDIA, BAD ACTORS TRYING TO
SPREAD FALSE, MISLEADING AND SUMMATION, AND WHAT CONCERNS ME
THE MOST IS NOT JUST THAT THAT HAPPENS BUT HOW EASILY AMERICANS
FALL FOR THAT KIND OF STUFF, RIGHT?
THESE ARE THE PEOPLE WHO
GO TO THE POLLS, THEY VOTE, THEY ELECTED THIS GUY.
THAT BUFFOON
HAS BEEN AROUND FOR A LONG TIME, OVER 70 YEARS AT THIS POINT --
HE WAS NEVER A THREAT UNTIL AMERICANS MADE HIM A THREAT.