Turning Point USA Rob Smith calls argument 'absolutely ridiculous' on 'Fox & Friends.'
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Welcome back
the author of a new book,
sparking outrage coming to the
defense of looters,
telling NPR quote: looting
strikes at the heart of property,
of whiteness and of the police.
It gets to the very root of the
way these three things are
interconnected and also it
provides people with an
imaginative sense of freedom and
pleasure.
Joiningjoining me now is spokesp
for turning point USA and author
of always a soldier Rob Space
Smith.
Tell us your spouts on the show
that of the message that Vicki
is putting forth
there. My thoughts is
absolutely. This is absolutely
ridiculous.
Look. We have to be clear when
were talking about stuff like
this,
when we have these white liberal
writers, like Victor Osterweil or
anybody who says looting, is a
good thing and trying to
romanticize this. For a liberal
audience, these people rarely
live in the communities that
looting strikes.
These people rarely engage with
any of the citizens that this
looting and rioting and
destruction actually damages.
So I was on the ground in
Minnesota. A few months back
go fund me
one hundred and twenty five thousand dollars to donate to small
businesses that were
disseminated by the riots in
Minneapolis.
But what I had saw when I spoke
to a lot of people is that they
said we dont have a target.
We dont have anything you
know their communities are
destroyed
and when these people are making
these ridiculous arguments, that
looting is somehow anti
strikes at the heart of getting
back against whiteness, or this
is just a great thing. These are
these very weird academia,
conversations that have no basis
in the lives of real people
and that have no basis or even
thought or consideration for the
people whose lives and
livelihoods and neighborhoods
are destroyed by this. Behavior
rob speak to me about the
amplification aspect of Lunancy
being put forth in academic
world.
You just described boots on
ground
thats, normal people
contributing to a go fund me to
restore people back to their
businesses right.
They are donating to their
community thats. What matters to
them and them have you that
amplified is that being
circulated amongst the people, so
the real messaging isnt getting
out there that people want to
support their community and
foster ownership,
absolutely being amplified
a lot of what we are seeing with
the unrest going on in the
streets right now. In these
conversations, this is from
basically voices that would have
been completely fringe of ten
years ago that are being
amplified by social media,
its the only most fringe voices
on the left that are amplified
and all of a sudden having
somebody writing a book. Looting
is great and doing interviews
with NPR and being spoken about
right now on national
television,
so you have with the
amplification of kind of that
fringe stuff. It really really
helps
it does not hurt of the people
in these communities.
Guy back to Minneapolis again,
Minneapolis Jewels had riots
back in one thousand nine hundred and sixty seven right,
and when I spoke to people on
the ground, they said that they were just.
They said that they were just
now. Getting back will will will
will? Will businesses destroy it?
You really think what is the end
goal of people who are actually
out there amplifying the message
that this sort of looting and
rioting is a good thing.
Will
Emily? Oh just that lasting.
Transcript generated on 2020-08-31.