REALLY INTERESTING STORY THAT BROKE A COUPLE DAYS AGO ABOUT
DIANNE FEINSTEIN.
IT'S OLD SO I DON'T WANT YOU TO GET THE WRONG
IMPRESSION, IT'S BACK FROM 1984 WHEN FEINSTEIN WAS THE MAYOR OF
SAN FRANCISCO.
I'M NOT TELLING YOU THIS BECAUSE I THINK DIANNE
FEINSTEIN -- IT'S NOT A GOOD STORY, IT'S ABOUT HER DEFENDING
THE CONFEDERATE FLAG, I'M NOT SAYING THIS BECAUSE I THINK SHE
BELIEVES THE SAME THINGS TODAY AS SHE DID IN 1984, I'M NOT
TELLING YOU SHE PUT UP THE CONFEDERATE FLAG BECAUSE SHE'S
DEEPLY RACIST, AND I'M NOT SAYING IT LIKE HA-HA, I'M NOT
SAYING THAT, WINK -- BUT I THINK IT'S AN IMPORTANT STORY BECAUSE
IT GIVES YOU A SENSE THAT DIANNE FEINSTEIN HER WHOLE CAREER HAS
DONE NOTHING BUT BY POLITICAL CALCULATION.
THAT WAS ALSO IN
PLAY IN THIS CASE.
LET ME QUOTE LAW AND CRIME HERE, AND THEN
I'LL EXPLAIN THE CONTEXT --
THAT IS BIZARRE.
WHY IN THE WORLD WOULD YOU WANT TO FLY THE
CONFEDERATE FLAG AT CITY HALL IN SAN FRANCISCO?
YOU HAVE NO
EXCUSE ABOUT HISTORY AND HERITAGE AND CULTURE AND ALL
THAT STUFF.
THEY EXPLAIN BACK THEN, IN 1984 --
AGAIN, ABSOLUTELY BIZARRE.
IT'S NOT TENNESSEE, IT'S NOT
MISSISSIPPI, I DON'T KNOW WHY SAN FRANCISCO WOULD WANT TO
HONOR THE CONFEDERATE FLAG WITH A HISTORIC DISPLAY.
OKAY --
LOOK, THINGS LIKE THAT JUST HAPPENED RECENTLY WITH THE
COVERING OF THE CONFEDERATE MONUMENTS, SOME OF THEM BEING
TAKEN DOWN, ETC., BUT LOOK, YOU HAVE TO BE CAREFUL AND YOU
SHOULDN'T BREAK THE LAW AND IF YOU ARE THE MAYOR YOU HAVE TO
ENFORCE THE LAW, I UNDERSTAND THAT, BUT IT'S NOT THE HILL I
WOULD'VE FOUGHT ON.
BUT SHE WAS APPARENTLY VERY MAD ABOUT THAT.
SO --
LOOK, I'D BE
REALLY SURPRISED IF DIANNE FEINSTEIN IS RACIST
AND LOVES THE CONFEDERACY.
THAT WOULD BE BIZARRE.
I THINK THAT'S
THE ISSUE HERE.
SHE WANTED THE VICE PRESIDENCY IN 1984, AND
THEY WERE SAYING IT WOULD BE A WOMAN, AND IT WAS, IT JUST
HAPPENED TO BE GERALDINE FERRARO.
BUT SHE WAS ANGLING FOR
IT, AND SHE WAS LIKE, HOW CAN I CONVINCE THE SOUTHERN DEMOCRATS
I'M WITH THEM?
I'VE GOT IT, I'LL FLY A CONFEDERATE FLAG IN SAN
FRANCISCO.
ELECT A REAL PROGRESSIVE.
SO THE ACTIVISTS
ARE LIKE, NO, WE AREN'T GOING TO LET A CONFEDERATE FLAG FLY OVER
SAN FRANCISCO, NOT GOING TO HAPPEN, SO THEY TAKE IT DOWN
AGAIN, AND OF COURSE FEINSTEIN IS ENRAGED --
SO SHE WANTED A BLACK ACTIVIST TO PAY FOR A
CONFEDERATE FLAG.
LET IT GO, MAN.
YOU MADE YOUR POINT.
HEY
DIXIECRATS, I'LL DO WHATEVER YOU WANT, I'M YOUR GIRL.
OKAY, YOU
MADE YOUR POINT.
YOU ARE GOING TO GO INSIST ON HIS PROSECUTION
AND INSIST HE PAY IT BACK?
ALL RIGHT --
ONLY AFTER SHE HAD TO BE CONVINCED, AND THERE WAS A WORLD
OF PRESSURE.
AREN'T YOU EXHAUSTED TRYING TO GET
SO-CALLED DEMOCRATIC POLITICIANS TO BE AGGRESSIVE?
BUT WAIT, THE
STORY ISN'T OVER --
YEAH.
NAH, THAT'S NOT A PROGRESSIVE.
AND IT CERTAINLY IS
NOT SOMEONE WHO IS GOING TO FIGHT FOR YOU.
AND LOOK, IF YOU
DON'T KNOW THE CONTEXT, ONE LAST THING THAT'S IMPORTANT -- AGAIN,
IT ISN'T TO GO BACK IN TIME AND SAY SHE CAN'T CHANGE -- IF YOU
ASKED HER ABOUT THE Confederate FLAG NOW AND SHE STILL WANTS TO
FLY IT, YOU NEVER KNOW ABOUT DIANNE BUT I'D BE REALLY
SURPRISED.
BUT EVERY TIME SHE HAS HAD A CHANCE TO MAKE A
POLITICAL POINT LIKE THIS SHE HAS ATTACKED THE LEFT, NOT
SUPPORTED.
ONE TIME KAMALA HARRIS OF ALL PEOPLE WAS DOING
THE PROSECUTION OF A HIGH PROFILE CASE OF A MURDERER BUT
SHE DIDN'T WANT TO PURSUE THE DEATH PENALTY.
FEINSTEIN CALLED
A PRESS CONFERENCE AND ATTACKED HARRIS BACK THEN AND SAID WE
NEED THE DEATH PENALTY.
WHY?
SHE WANTED TO APPEAL IN THE GENERAL
ELECTION TO THE RIGHT WING AND SAY DON'T WORRY, IF YOU NEED
SOMEONE TO PUNCH THE LEFT-WING IN THE FACE, DIANNE FEINSTEIN IS
YOUR PERSON.
OVER AND OVER AGAIN.
SHE SAYS ON MEDICARE FOR
ALL, SHE'S NOT GOING TO DO IT NOW.
SHE'S BEEN IN OFFICE FOR 50
YEARS.
SHE MIGHT DO IT LATER.
SHE SAYS IT'S NOT THE TIME TO
HELP PROGRESSIVES.
FOR DIANNE FEINSTEIN IT'S NEVER THE TIME TO
HELP PROGRESSIVES, IT'S ALWAYS THE TIME TO HELP HERSELF.
ELECT
A REAL PROGRESSIVE IN CALIFORNIA, I THINK IT SHOULD BE
ALISON HARTSON.
BUT IF YOU THINK IT SHOULD BE SOMEONE ELSE DO
WHAT YOU HAVE TO DO, BUT MAKE SURE CALIFORNIA GETS THE SENATOR
IT DESERVES, A PROGRESSIVE ONE.