 So I want to share a clip that I saw from the view where they talk about Hillary Clinton's smear of Tulsi Gabbard So as you all know, Hillary Clinton called Tulsi Gabbard a Russian asset and I want to talk about this because it really demonstrates the importance of people in power people who are well-known people with platforms of Getting things right of sticking to the facts, right? Because you can easily spread misinformation either knowingly or unknowingly Just by saying something and even if it's an off-the-cuff remark People will take what you say and they will run with it if they respect you because politics in America is very Personality-driven people like to rally around people as if they're cult leaders and Hillary Clinton There's absolutely a cult of personality that has all you know Coal-est around her and a lot of them exist within the mainstream media So if Hillary Clinton says something it's going to hold weight like it or not so in this clip here, they're going to talk about Hillary Clinton and They're gonna evaluate whether or not her smear of Tulsi Gabbard is Legitimate and this is incredibly troubling and it demonstrates why people need to be more responsible if they are well known I mean for me, honestly, you know, I mean Hillary's been dead on with so many things She told us about Russia. She told us about the probable interference during the debate She was Secretary of State. She has deep knowledge about world issues. I thought where's the lie? You know, I've often said that Tulsi Is sort of the Trojan horse in this? I mean, she's polling only at 1.2% Yet she's still in the race. You have her Being touted by people like Fox Fox news personalities like Tucker Carlson. She's a She's endorsed by you know by sort of the Russians David Duke David. Well David Duke She has she has basically renounced that but she's never renounced the the Russian support there have been about 20 Russian websites that have supported her since she's announced her her run for the presidency She tweeted back and called Hillary a warmonger. Okay, so that does not do anything for me She hasn't denied it. She hasn't said anything in her tweets. How dare you what's outrageous? Of course, I'm not didn't say that she's just going after Hillary and like you said Hillary Was right about almost everything. She's been exonerated with that nonsense that they pulled about her her server already So, you know and this idea that she she's doing this to get back in the race that she said that also Tulsi I don't buy that either. I don't think Hillary wants to wants to go through it again So I think that there's something I don't say that Tulsi is an agent I just think that she could be a useful idiot the way Trump is a useful idiot to the Russian That they see they see something they say oh look a useful idiot Let's play this and another point they the Republican Party knows that they cannot win without interference from Russia And maybe a voter suppression they cannot win. Yeah people in this country are against him now And so they have to have it and she's a perfect person to throw right in the middle of this She's a perfect foil. I don't think that she wants to be maybe I don't know She's coming here in a couple of weeks. So what can I write this completely differently? I think for Hillary Clinton once she sounded like she has still an axe to grind in 2016 But it played the political game for so many years How can you be this clueless because she in those comments saying that Tulsi Gabbard's being groomed by the Russians? It makes her sound complicit with the Russians that does but it gives the Russians exactly what they want They want the Democratic Party to be divided right if they like Tulsi Gabbard They want more people to know Tulsi Gabbard and so she was only promoted because of this It really surprised me that Hillary Clinton was a smarter more tactful and the way she talked about and frankly if you're a Democrat I think Tulsi has a lot to like I think if anything you know Democrat really likes her. That's why she's polling at 1.2% I think she adds something unique to the party what the Democrats in my opinion What I think they're missing is where a lot of them know this country is and I think she's an isolationist some people like that She doesn't like wars. She's attracting people that I think you need that might vote for She's only attracting 1.2% Look at you When Jill Stein did it and she's claiming that Jill Stein was a Russian asset in the last election We didn't know it until after the election now. We're looking at this with open eyes Maybe we know it before so that's a good she made a word to the wise is sufficient Tulsi Gabbard may now go straight to the convention and the same thing could happen again Well, she's I just think Hillary Clinton be a little bit smarter if you if you are gonna throw stones from the sidelines Which I hate politicians if you're not in the race then be a little more tactful about it when you speak because you're only hurting your own I love this. So that was very troubling and let me just say this as someone with a very large platform myself I have a quarter million subscribers now on our YouTube channel It's almost Terrifying to think about how easily I if I don't get something right if I am not, you know, really Fact-checking myself and being incredibly rigorous with my research I can mislead someone and someone can just take what I said run with it and not think twice because they view me as a trustworthy source that's troubling like what we should be doing is as Leaders in any way shape or form not that I'm a leader but as political leaders as people in media. We need to not just Tell people what to think like we need to tell people how to think so use my Statements use the conclusions that I reach and how I get there the mechanisms that drive me to that conclusion based on evidence and research and logic Use that to come to your own conclusions. That's really what I think a responsible person in a position of power or influence would do Hillary Clinton has no regard for that responsibility. None whatsoever and This is the consequence She influences people on the view who respect her and then they in turn Spread her misinformation and people who respect them and our fans of them believe that and then now we're just like we're perpetuating the fake news That we all complain about that Donald Trump complains about So Sonny Haas then someone who generally I like the most on the view said that Hillary's been dead on with so many things She was secretary of state. She has deep knowledge of world issues. So this is why Hillary Clinton She's being incredibly reckless here. She is someone of immense power and influence for her to just say something willy-nilly with no evidence to back it up This is the result. You are spreading misinformation and you are slandering a member of Congress Presumably because your butt hurt that she didn't endorse you in 2016 Sonny also Since she accepted the conclusion from Hillary Clinton that Tulsi Gabbard is in fact a Russian asset Began to rationalize it right because the thing about these types of theories will call this a conspiracy theory because I think that's what it is is That once you accept that that conspiracy theory is valid pretty much everything else in your mind Points directly back to that conspiracy theory So she starts bringing up these reasons why maybe it's true that Tulsi Gabbard is a Russian asset She cites how she's pulling at 1% but yet she's still in the race Now the thing with most conspiracy theories is you just have to think through them a little bit and you'll realize how stupid they are Like with a flat earth theory about how you know, uh, NASA is trying to Stop people from believing that the world is in fact spherical Well, you just have to ask Why why do they have to make us believe that the earth is flat, right? The conspiracy theory kind of falls apart because there's no motive there There's there's just once you apply the most minimum amount of logic to it It falls apart and in this instance Tulsi Gabbard's pulling at 1% yet. She's still in the race and Guess who else is pulling at 1% Pretty much everyone but Elizabeth Warren Bernie Sanders Joe Biden Pete Buddha judge Kamala Harris and Andrew Yang Michael Bennett John Delaney all pulling at or less than 1% but yet they're not Russian assets. There's nothing suspicious there It's only Tulsi Gabbard because Sonny Hauston has already bought into the premise that she's a Russian asset So anything that seems a little bit off is just more evidence that she is in fact a Russian asset now on top of that She brings up how she goes on Fox News and you know That's problematic Even if I feel very uncomfortable with Tulsi Gabbard going on Tucker Carlson show regularly because he's a white supremacist How is that evidence that she is you know a Russian Trojan horse or whatever and also since she never Directly renounced the Russian support that she's getting you know There are numerous websites that are Russian troll sites apparently supporting Tulsi Gabbard You know, that's just more evidence that she is a Russian asset Except do you honestly believe that these troll organizations one by one? However many exist need to be renounced for her to prove a negative that she's not a Russian asset I mean, do you understand why this is so troubling? people believe what Hillary Clinton says and Now everything else points back to Tulsi Gabbard being a Russian asset any behavior that they don't like or that they Can't explain you can draw a direct line between that and the fact according to them fact that she's a Russian asset And it's incredibly troubling. This is exactly why you have to be responsible if you are in a position of power or influence Hillary is not now Joy Bayhar said that you know Tulsi Gabbard tweeted back and called Hillary Clinton a warmonger So that does not do anything for me and also she hasn't explicitly denied it So, you know since she's only choosing to go after Hillary Clinton and not necessarily Address the merits of the claim that she's a Russian asset that must be further proof that Tulsi Gabbard is in fact a Russian asset except if you're being attacked by someone personally It's only Reasonable to just have a human response and hit them back and that's what Tulsi Gabbard did So she called Hillary Clinton a warmonger and I don't know if that doesn't do anything for you But it's true. It doesn't matter if you don't like that. She called Hillary Clinton a warmonger rather But it's true. Hillary Clinton is a warmonger. She is the embodiment of corruption She's the establishment people don't like Hillary Clinton because Joy Bayhar is an elite and she has a different perspective You know that type of criticism that Tulsi Gabbard lobbed back at Hillary It's not going to resonate with her but that doesn't mean that it's not necessarily true And you know because she's going after Hillary Clinton That's not further evidence that she's a Russian asset or a useful idiot to the Russian government She's just doing what people do when they're backed into a corner Bite back. That's that's human. That's reasonable But again when you start to buy in To a conspiracy theory Any and everything is more evidence that your conspiracy theory is correct on top of that Joy Bayhar says the Republican Party know that they cannot win without interference from Russia and voter suppression So on one hand she is correct that voter suppression is Something that the Republican Party has to utilize in order to make them more electorally viable, but In terms of them thinking that they need Russia to help them. I mean this is really Removed from reality think about one of the main reasons why Hillary Clinton lost Because there were many districts namely in the rest belt that flipped from Obama to Trump because they felt abandoned by the democratic party Now if you say I believe that Russian interference was part of the reason why Hillary Clinton lost That's fine. I would disagree and think it was based on her being out of touch Her not running a good campaign However, if you think that the only reason why republicans win and Hillary lost is because of russian interference It just shows that you're not Really paying attention. You don't have your finger on the pulse The democratic party any electoral victory will entirely hinge On how effective they are at getting out the votes getting people excited galvanized registered to vote Hillary didn't do that. In fact in 2015 Debbie Wasserman Schultz at the behest of Hillary Clinton Chose to forego the usual get out the vote campaign that the dnc always does In election cycles because she was worried that if there were too many new voters that might vote for bernie sanders Instead of Hillary Clinton. So they delayed the get out the vote campaign until the general election And at that point, you know, it was too late. They didn't get out the vote. They didn't excite non voters They didn't excite people to turn out and whenever turn out is low. Guess what? Republicans win Republicans win So they're going to do voter suppression. They're going to try to use their institutional advantages To make sure that they defeat democrats, but in every single election if we don't get out enough voters, we lose People on the left the democratic party will lose if we don't do that We have to acknowledge this. Okay We can't keep Saying that Russia is exclusively responsible for Hillary Clinton's defeat We can't say that it was james comey's letter at the last minute that made Hillary Clinton lose There's all these types of justifications for why she lost But you know, Hillary Clinton and anyone who is a loyalist to Hillary Clinton They just can't acknowledge that maybe it wasn't all of these external factors Perhaps you think that they played a role and that's fine But if you don't accept the reality that this loss was on Hillary Clinton and the dnc's back and their Their failure to mobilize enough voters, then I don't know what to say So getting back to my original point This is why we need people in power to acknowledge the tremendous amount of Influence that they have and I want them to be You know Some somewhat responsive at least to that acknowledge the responsibility to not Spread misinformation to not just say something if you don't have the evidence to back it up If you're going to make that big of a logical leap You've got to have a bevy of evidence to fuel that leap. Hillary didn't have it and now we're seeing the consequence We're seeing how this impacts political discourse in a really negative way And it's just unfortunate because we were already divided enough in America And then you have Hillary Clinton thrown back into the mix to say this for who knows why And um, this is what's happening. It's it's just It's demoralizing to say the least Mike is a total loser. So don't hit the subscribe button, okay And whatever you do folks do not hit the notification bell either Mike treats me so unfairly