 Bernie Sanders recently held a rally with Ilhan Omar in Minneapolis, Minnesota and She made a really powerful case for Bernie Sanders But during the course of her stump speech Fox News took issue with one portion now they're going to fear monger about what she says and They're going to trot out an all-too-familiar argument that they've made Hundreds of times against the left particularly Bernie Sanders and AOC. I'm sure you can predict what that is before you even hear them Speak nonetheless Here it is What kind of world is she thinking about when I hear her? I just say oh brother You know they were talking about Bernie Sanders was talking about imperialism, right? He's talking about imperialism. So you realize his socialist heart isn't really in Sweden or Denmark It's in the old Soviet block and Cuba. We love him as an adorable Cranky Muppet, but his ideas are Kind of destructive and when you accuse anybody of like you don't love America When they are talking about America as some kind of Western imperialistic mess There's a valid point to be made there and that you can that they can't wait to see America fundamentally changed Well, I would say that the real Western imperious were the French and the British who really screwed up the entire map If you look at the Middle East, they're the ones that drew those lines that we're now defending come on British Way to take it to the brits I mean people are right now in Venezuela buying gas with cigarettes It's ridiculous and this is why people laugh at him as eventually being the mainstream candidate when you throw around that Western Impute like it's never gonna happen and her saying it's never been further away than my in my lifetime or whatever Refugee to Congress. She's I did have a big crowd. We just happened. Yeah You know it's funny to me isn't Trump the one who says America first and trying to get us out of everything And so well, I know that we're talking about imperialism Dana And so it seems to me like Trump is saying hey, you know what I don't like this nation-building stuff I don't like the idea. We get involved as the world's policeman Ha this sounds like the left-wing version of Trump talking point interesting So you're saying that they're actually for Trump 2020. Well, I'm saying yours. You guys are sitting Outrageous in fact it sounds like your guy So it is evident to me that Fox News is getting incredibly lazy before they used to take a little bit more time to like Finesse their anti-burning arguments, but now they just go straight to the Cuba Venezuela arguments I mean do they honestly believe that this is effective like they stopped making the Venezuela argument for a while because I think they Realized that they were using it so much It was becoming a meme and the lefts was really making fun of them, but you know, they're back to their same little tricks So let's get to what they say. So when it comes to Ilhan Omar, Greg Gutfeld says when I hear her I say, oh brother now they all burst out into laughter and What he was referring to what essentially he did there was a dog whistle to conspiracy theorists Who believe that Ilhan Omar married her brother to get to the United States now There is zero evidence for this theory. Nonetheless. It's something that has persisted on the right I believe that this is something that was started by Laura Loomer I'm not a hundred percent sure about that so don't quote me But there's no basis in reality for it, right? And they don't want to address the substance of what she's saying So they resort to a smear that is completely and utterly baseless now Greg Gutfeld goes on to say Bernie's socialist heart isn't really in Sweden or Denmark. It's in the old Soviet block and Cuba He literally provided zero evidence and not even an argument really to back up that claim What is it about what Ilhan Omar said there links Bernie Sanders to Cuba? Like you didn't use anything to make that jump if you really want to argue against your opponent You need to argue based on substance based on the merit of their claims and try not to straw man But Fox News all they do is straw man And then of course Greg Gutfeld went on to say that it's a valid point to accuse someone of not loving America if we critique Western imperialism So if we don't in other words condone 100% of what our government does the actions that they take abroad in the Middle East and North Africa then we're not patriotic Would you say the same thing about people in North Korea the way that they idolized Kim Jong-un as if he is a Demigod don't you think that that's weird? So why can't you be introspective and realize that maybe us never questioning our own government's actions is a little Coltea kind of like it's Coltea in North Korea. Why is it Coltea in North Korea? But not Coltea in the United States like I don't get it like Americans by and large on Fox News They don't have any self-awareness whatsoever and most Americans they'll just recite the Pledge of Allegiance not even think about it not even think this seems weird This seems like indoctrination and Fox News helps to perpetuate that like on the left We really are about challenging authority actually questioning our structures our political organizations But what Greg Gutfeld inadvertently is saying is look you should just be a sheep otherwise We're gonna say that you don't love America Okay, that's not a very persuasive argument, but Proceed to make it so you look like a fucking fool now They then move on to what we all knew was coming the part where they stopped trying to even make any sort of an argument whatsoever And they just scream the following So of course they trotted out the good old Venezuela argument, but ask yourself How did they go from talking about u.s. Imperialism to Venezuela like they completely changed the subject and try to shoehorn Venezuela into the discussion In a way that just didn't really make sense Well, it's because these people are political hacks and they are Intellectual lightweights because they don't know how to do anything But cite the same talking points and common themes on Fox News that they always cite like they're so predictable at this point That I can predict what they're going to say before they open their fucking mouths like they're going to play all the Fox News greatest hits They're gonna talk about socialism and communism in Venezuela and Cuba and if the conversation is about climate change Then they're going to call a Democrat hypocrites for you know flying in airplanes they are Predictable and all they do is straw man us But as they continue to straw man us and take us out of context and just smear individuals like AOC and Ilhan Omar and Bernie Sanders without actually providing a persuasive argument to counter what we're saying They are making themselves look like fools But thankfully one Williams as usual was the sole voice of reason on this panel And what I love was that he came up with a counter argument That was so profound that he actually got Greg Gutfeldt to concede who's a hack by the way that that criticism was actually pretty fair So the argument was look if you are going to Accept and embrace really what Donald Trump is saying about America first and ending regime change wars Why is it that when a Democrat or someone on the left makes a similar argument, but is actually sticking to it who believes what they're saying Why are they kooky when we talk about ending us imperialism and meddling in foreign elections? Why is it kooky only when we say it but when Donald Trump says it it's perfectly sound It's perfectly reasonable Well, there's an easy answer for that. It's because you guys are fucking hacks over at Fox News and Because that was such a good point Greg good felt he couldn't he couldn't respond like you can't respond to that because it's true Now getting to us imperialism and why this is something that is so incredibly important And why every single American should be against us imperialism is because if you're not then that says a lot about your character The United States has used its international hegemony to overthrow democratically elected governments all Throughout the world notably in Iran and Chile and we've done this so we can install puppet dictators Who will grant us unfettered access to their natural resources? We've toppled regimes in countries that didn't attack us. We've turned countries into failed states We illegally conduct drone strikes in multiple countries that end up killing more civilians than not We have hundreds of military bases throughout the world and on top of that We use our influence to prop up human rights abusers like Saudi Arabia We act as an obstacle to ending apartheid in Israel return a blind eye as India escalates tensions with Pakistan both countries By the way, our nuclear powers so when we're talking about US imperialism and the need to end it We're referring to all of that Moral atrocities that are being committed by our government paid for with our tax dollars and this entire US imperialism that's being waged right now is being driven by a Bloodthirsty military industrial complex that Eisenhower warned us about but as Richard Wolfe put it even he couldn't have predicted Just how powerful it would become one day So what we have done in this country is we prioritize the profits of weapons Manufacturers over the lives of human beings in other countries. So when we talk about US imperialism, we're not just talking about ending Regime change wars. We're not just talking about bringing the American troops home We're talking about stopping everything that we are doing to destabilize the planet That's what we're talking about It's a moral necessity Because if you care about human life if you genuinely believe that human rights are a thing and that they should be respected Then think for yourself Greg and Fox News and viewers of Fox News But of course that's too much to ask because these are individuals who are not actually interested in political dialogue These are people who are paid to lie. These are paid Propagandists and they're doing exactly what they are paid to do But that's just shameless because rather than fear-mongering about ending US imperialism if they were actually a real news outlet who challenged power and Didn't just act as one of many stenographers to power Then they would actually be educating people about why we need to end US imperialism because objectively speaking It's morally bad It is not cost-efficient of the military industrial complex and weapons manufacturers don't actually create very many jobs And it's something that we need to acknowledge like if Russia was doing this if China was waging a war in our backyard We would be very concerned and rightfully so so we need to have a little bit of self-awareness and realize that if we wouldn't want Another country to do what we're doing maybe we should stop doing what citizens in other countries view as a net negative that destabilizes the entire world So, I mean, I don't know what else to say about this I'm not sure you know that I expected anything different from this I already knew that once Ilhan Omar stumped for Bernie Sanders Fox News was going to say something About something that she said and of course I was correct I just expected I guess at least a little bit more substantive argument, but it's Fox News So, you know, they're they're getting dumber with time It seems but keep it up because you're only helping us make the case against you The humanist report is fake news Mike only cares about crazy Bernie and his wacky socialist ideas Sad, very sad, I'm unsubscribing