Appearing on “Sunday Morning Futures” with host Maria Bartiromo this week, Trump administration trade advisor Peter Navarro discussed the ongoing examination of popular short-form video sharing app TikTok.
“The other thing that&#8217;s on the table that we need to talk about is this whole TikTok, WeChat social media thing,” Navarro stated following a discussion between himself and Bartiromo about Hong Kong.
<blockquote>What the American people have to understand is, all the data that goes into those mobile apps that kids have so much fun with and seem so convenient, it goes right to servers in China, right to the Chinese military, the Chinese Communist Party, and the agencies which want to steal our intellectual property.
Those apps can be used to steal personal and financial information for blackmail and extortion. They can be used to steal business intellectual property and proprietary secrets.</blockquote>
Navarro added that “besides surveilling and tracking Americans,” Chinese mobile apps can be used for “information warfare” purposes, stressing that what China wants is for presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden to win in November.
The trade advisor continued, comparing TikTok and WeChat to Chinese phone maker Huawei, which he suggested placed “an American puppet in charge &#8230; as the CEO” in order to claim that the entity is independent of China, and therefore not a threat to America.
“They&#8217;re trying that game with TikTok,” Navarro stated. “Not gonna work.”
Navarro then told Bartiromo to “expect strong action on that.”
Bartiromo noted that the American CEO of TikTok used to work at Disney, “but the Chinese individual who’s a communist member is the chairman.”
“But this is what I thought was really interesting. This week, we had a headline that says Democratic National Committee is warning against campaigns on using TikTok,” the host added. “Even the Democratic National Committee is voicing concern.”
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As scrutiny over TikTok has intensified, there has been a push by some to ban the app.
In March, Senators Josh Hawley (R-MO) and Rick Scott (R-FL) introduced <a href="https://www.hawley.senate.gov/senators-hawley-scott-introduce-legislation-ban-tiktok-government-devices">legislation</a> that would “ban all federal employees from using TikTok on government devices,” according to a statement on Hawley’s Senate website.
Sen. Hawley said at the time:
<blockquote>TikTok is owned by a Chinese company that includes Chinese Communist Party members on its board, and it is required by law to share user data with Beijing. The company even admitted it collects user data while their app is running in the background – including the messages people send, pictures they share, their keystrokes and location data, you name it. As many of our federal agencies have already recognized, TikTok is a major security risk to the United States, and it has no place on government devices.</blockquote>
On Friday, Amazon reportedly <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/amazon-says-order-for-employees-to-delete-tiktok-was-sent-in-error">sent an email</a> to its employees, which was obtained by The New York Times, instructing them to delete TikTok from their “mobile devices that access Amazon email” due to “security risks.” However, an Amazon spokesperson later <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/amazon-says-order-for-employees-to-delete-tiktok-was-sent-in-error">stated</a> that the email had been “sent in error.”
“There is no change to our policies right now with regard to TikTok,” they said.
RELATED: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/amazon-says-order-for-employees-to-delete-tiktok-was-sent-in-error">Amazon Says Order For Employees To Delete TikTok Was ‘Sent In Error’</a>
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On Friday, Juan Williams, one of the co-hosts of “The Five” on Fox News, claimed that President Trump called Mexicans “rapists and thieves” during his 2015 announcement speech.
During the segment, the hosts were discussing recent calls by progressives for a boycott campaign against Latin food company Goya after its CEO, Bob Unanue, praised President Trump and subsequently refused to walk his statements back.
“Their hate is so dug in,” co-host Jeanine Pirro said after claiming that leftists seem zeroed in on criticizing the Right without recognizing their accomplishments for the needy.
The co-host added that those on the Right didn’t “do this to Obama” despite many disliking him intensely. “But this is like cancel them out, boycott them, make them lose their jobs.”
“Aren’t you uncomfortable with that?” Pirro asked co-host Juan Williams.
Williams replied:
<blockquote>I don’t like boycotts if that’s what you’re asking &#8230; but let me just say, we live in politically polarized times, and if you’re talking about who likes division, President Trump pushes buttons of division and polarization quite regularly. I think you’ll remember he started his campaign by going after Latin immigrants. He said Mexicans were rapists and thieves.</blockquote>
As some of the other hosts voiced their disagreement with Williams’ claim, Pirro replied: “He didn’t say that.”
The segment continued with extensive crosstalk between Pirro and Williams.
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Williams’ characterization of President Trump’s remarks about Mexican immigrants being “rapists and thieves” lacks context, and has been rebutted numerous times.
In June 2015, Donald Trump announced his candidacy for president.
During his <a href="https://time.com/3923128/donald-trump-announcement-speech/">speech</a>, he said the following about the economic dynamics between the United States and several other countries:
<blockquote>Our country is in serious trouble. We don’t have victories anymore. We used to have victories, but we don’t have them. When was the last time anybody saw us beating, let’s say, China in a trade deal? They kill us. I beat China all the time. All the time.
When did we beat Japan at anything? They send their cars over by the millions, and what do we do? When was the last time you saw a Chevrolet in Tokyo? It doesn’t exist, folks. They beat us all the time.
When do we beat Mexico at the border? They’re laughing at us, at our stupidity, and now they are beating us economically. They are not our friend, believe me, but they’re killing us economically. The U.S. has become a dumping ground for everybody else’s problems&#8230;
It’s true, and these are the best and the finest. When Mexico sends its people, they’re not sending their best. They’re not sending you. They’re not sending you. They’re sending people that have lots of problems, and they’re bringing those problems with us. They’re bringing drugs; they’re bringing crime. They’re rapists. And some, I assume, are good people.
But I speak to border guards, and they tell us what we’re getting. And it only makes common sense. It only makes common sense. They’re sending us not the right people.
It’s coming from more than Mexico. It’s coming from all over South and Latin America, and it’s coming probably – probably – from the Middle East. But we don’t know. Because we have no protection and we have no competence, we don’t know what’s happening. And it’s got to stop, and it’s got to stop fast.</blockquote>
In context, it’s clear that President Trump wasn’t claiming that “Mexicans were rapists and thieves,” as suggested by Juan Williams, but that a subset of individuals entering the United States from Mexico were criminals – which is a factually accurate statement.
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On Saturday, Senator Mitt Romney (R-UT) sent out a tweet condemning President Trump’s <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/breaking-trump-commutes-sentence-of-roger-stone">commutation</a> of Roger Stone’s prison sentence.
“Unprecedented, historic corruption: an American president commutes the sentence of a person convicted by a jury of lying to shield that very president,” Romney wrote.
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Unprecedented, historic corruption: an American president commutes the sentence of a person convicted by a jury of lying to shield that very president.
— Mitt Romney (@MittRomney) <a href="https://twitter.com/MittRomney/status/1281937795616067586?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 11, 2020</a></blockquote>
In November 2019, Stone was “found guilty of obstruction of a congressional investigation, five counts of making false statements to Congress, and tampering with a witness,” according to a <a href="https://www.justice.gov/usao-dc/pr/roger-stone-found-guilty-obstruction-false-statements-and-witness-tampering">statement</a> from the Department of Justice.
In February, reports <a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2020/02/20/trump-friend-roger-stone-sentenced-to-prison-for-wikileaks-lies.html">CNBC</a>, Stone was sentenced to “40 months in prison &#8230; two years of supervised release,” and “250 hours of community service.” He was also reportedly sentenced to pay a hefty fine.
However, the White House released a <a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefings-statements/statement-press-secretary-regarding-executive-grant-clemency-roger-stone-jr/">statement</a> on Friday announcing that President Trump was commuting Stone’s prison sentence only days before he was set to begin serving it.
“Roger Stone is a victim of the Russia Hoax that the Left and its allies in the media perpetuated for years in an attempt to undermine the Trump Presidency. There was never any collusion between the Trump Campaign, or the Trump Administration, with Russia,” the statement reads. “Such collusion was never anything other than a fantasy of partisans unable to accept the result of the 2016 election. The collusion delusion spawned endless and farcical investigations, conducted at great taxpayer expense, looking for evidence that did not exist. As it became clear that these witch hunts would never bear fruit, the Special Counsel’s Office resorted to process-based charges leveled at high-profile people in an attempt to manufacture the false impression of criminality lurking below the surface.”
The statement later claims that because the Mueller team couldn’t find “evidence” of collusion with Russia, they “charged him [Stone] for his conduct during their investigation.”
<blockquote>Mr. Stone was charged by the same prosecutors from the Mueller Investigation tasked with finding evidence of collusion with Russia. Because no such evidence exists, however, they could not charge him for any collusion-related crime. Instead, they charged him for his conduct during their investigation. The simple fact is that if the Special Counsel had not been pursuing an absolutely baseless investigation, Mr. Stone would not be facing time in prison.</blockquote>
“Mr. Stone would be put at serious medical risk in prison. He has appealed his conviction and is seeking a new trial,” the statement adds.
Senator Romney’s tweet has more than 426,000 “likes” and has been retweeted approximately 129,000 times as of publication.
The response to the senator’s condemnation of Trump’s decision has been decidedly mixed.
User @BryanDavis2014 wrote: “Unprecedented. A RINO of RINO’s [sic].”
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Unprecedented. A RINO of RINO’s.
— Bryan K. Davis (@BryanDavis2014) <a href="https://twitter.com/BryanDavis2014/status/1282074016644300800?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 11, 2020</a></blockquote>
“Oh shut up Mitt. You’re so bitter that you’ll never be President,” wrote director/producer Robby Starbuck.
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Oh shut up Mitt. You’re so bitter that you’ll never be President.
— Robby Starbuck (@robbystarbuck) <a href="https://twitter.com/robbystarbuck/status/1281945143952715777?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 11, 2020</a></blockquote>
Writer Charlotte Clymer was more pointed, demanding further action from Romney: “Talk is cheap, Senator Romney. You have the power to do something about it, so what are you gonna do?”
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Talk is cheap, Senator Romney. You have the power to do something about it, so what are you gonna do?
— Charlotte Clymer (@cmclymer) <a href="https://twitter.com/cmclymer/status/1281946022600675328?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 11, 2020</a></blockquote>
“Thank you for your patriotism, Sir,” wrote actress and activist Alyssa Milano.
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Thank you for your patriotism, Sir.
— Alyssa Milano (@Alyssa_Milano) <a href="https://twitter.com/Alyssa_Milano/status/1281997884817203200?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 11, 2020</a></blockquote>
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‘Unprecedented, Historic Corruption’: Romney Hammers Trump Over Roger Stone Decision

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Why are we afraid?
In this moment where the world around us has ruptured, or in which already present fractures have rapidly widened, why have we who deal in reason and data allowed ourselves to be effectively silenced?
The simple answer to that question is that we are afraid – but of what exactly? To be called a “racist” or have it said that we are “complicit” in some unworthy system? Broadly, yes.
There are secondary and tertiary fears tangled up in this as well. Some are afraid that if they speak up, they will lose their jobs; others are fearful that if they were to express an out-of-cycle opinion, friends and family members would turn their backs.
These alternate terrors, however, are all extensions of the root fear of being seen as “racist” or “complicit” in a racist system – but what does that really mean, and why does this silencing feel different than previous attacks from which we emerged bruised but alive?
The difference is that the weapons we previously used to wage verbal war against absurd ideologies have been effectively neutralized. Data and reason have been replaced by “lived experience” and “personal truth.” Exchange of information has been supplanted by the brute force of emotions.
This system, one in which emotions are prime, has been developing for years; it has been nurtured by legacy media, progressive politicians, academia, and Hollywood. Despite intermittent pushback, this system has largely been left undisturbed, allowing it to reach maturity.
As a result, measured debate about any sociopolitical idea – a procedure that was once structured and nearly axiomatic – has been atomized, allowing for endless ideological shape-shifting. To offer up a counter argument in this new framework is like hurling a brick through fog.
To suggest that, according to the data, black bodies aren’t piling up in the streets, or that police aren’t hunting down black people en masse, is a not only a fruitless endeavor – as data and reason have been killed by the revolution – but something that could be used against you, to brand you as a “racist.”
The leaders of this new world have rendered our weapons ineffective, leaving us without a means to fight back or to scrub off the negative social branding that they paint on our skin in vibrant colors.
This is why we are afraid.
We stand on unfamiliar land, lacking appropriate weaponry, and the opposition has rapidly become a vaporous monolith against which a blade would be about as useful as a rubber ducky. Given this present reality, our only option seems to be a retreat to safety, which, in this case, means complete and deafening silence – in real life and across all social media platforms.
There is an unfortunate side effect of this retreat. As counter-opinions disappear, the revolution will perceive growth – in size and acceptance of cause. This dynamic will not only be apparent to the revolutionaries themselves, but also by those on the outside bearing witness to its apparent accomplishments.
The full retreat of reasoned people, as well as the subsequent growth-perception among the revolutionaries will have severe repercussions. We’ve already witnessed the beginnings of an effort to rearrange the strands of our history, and we need only look elsewhere in time to understand what might happen should this early-stage tinkering succeed.
Now that we more fully appreciate the nature of our fear, as well as the soil from which it sprang, we must return to the simple question, only one step more complex – why are we afraid to be thought of as “racist” or “complicit” in a racist system when reason and data tell us that such assertions are entirely untrue?
It’s a wholly perception-oriented phenomenon. We perceive that a majority of Americans are participating in this revolution, and because of that, we fear that a “racist” or “complicit” label will stick. Perhaps on a deeper level, we fear that such a label will, in effect, become true due to the seeming majority belief.
However, this perception is incorrect. Those seeking to undermine our system and the values undergirding it, those who would call “racist” anyone who disagrees with their orthodoxy, even by a hair, are in the minority – a minority that has of course been amplified by social media, legacy media, progressive politicians, academia, Hollywood, and the vociferousness of the movement’s participants.
As previously noted, a mass retreat by individuals of sound thinking will allow this movement, which has reached a state of maturation, to establish a foothold, which can and will be leveraged into extraordinary social power over time, even if according to raw numbers, the movement represents just a fraction of the American population.
So what can be done? If majority rules – perceived or real – we for whom reason and data matter must step out together from inside our hiding places, and push back. This cannot be accomplished by only a few brave individuals. It must be a rising done in concert with many others.
But how do we rise together? That is a question for which there is no concrete answer – though a suggestion comes to mind.
Being that we cannot all at once know if others will follow our lead, it will perhaps take a set of prominent figures who have little to no fear of reprisal to generate the momentum that will set off a larger counter-push.
We could be witnessing the start of such a thing with the recent open letter defending free expression published by Harper’s Magazine. This letter features the signatures of people like JK Rowling, Malcolm Gladwell, Margaret Atwood, Jonathan Haidt, Steven Pinker, and more than 140 others, almost all of whom wouldn’t be considered center-right by any means.
This counterpunch from left-leaning public figures could provide some form of cover behind which average Americans could get a running start.
Ultimately, the history of war cannot be pictured in full until well after the final fight has ended. The story of the woke revolution and those who will resist the fear of stinging labels is ongoing, and the outcome can still be changed – but action must be taken as soon as possible.
It might be that in this inestimable slice of time in which we still have the means to defend the truth, there is no other option but to set aside our terrors in order to act as a barrier between what we know to be good and the mob that seeks to tear it apart.
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CAMP: Why Are We Afraid To Stand Up To The Woke Mob?

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On Saturday, YouTube channel “It’s Okay To Be Smart” released a video showing how face masks work generally, and how they function as it relates to the spread of viruses like COVID-19.
Channel host and writer Joe Hanson first shows footage of a man breathing, talking, and coughing – all of which is captured using schlieren imaging, which makes certain airflow patterns visible to the human eye.
“This is how COVID-19 is spread – through air currents, potentially carrying microscopic droplets full of coronavirus,” Hanson says.
After discussing a man named Matthew Staymates, “a fluid dynamicist and mechanical engineer at the National Institute of Standards and Technology” who used the special imaging to capture the footage being showcased, Hanson jumps into the functionality of face masks.
“At 250 frames per second, it shows us exactly why masks work to slow airborne infection,” Hanson states.
Despite being unable to see actual viral particles, Hanson notes that the particles don’t travel by themselves, but “fly out in droplets of moisture,” many of which are caught by masks, thus leaving them unable to travel very far.
“And without a mask, some of those droplets can evaporate into super tiny particles of infection that can float on air currents far from your mouth or nose, and these microdroplets are extremely hard for any mask to filter out,” the host adds.
Hanson further explains that a secondary function of face masks is “that any droplets that do get through now have less momentum,” meaning they cannot “travel as far.”
As for which mask works best, Hanson says that many facial coverings have “a lot of droplet-blocking power,” but they do need to fit. A mask shouldn’t be too tight or too thick, as that could cause “more air” to shoot “out the sides.”
“A good test is to see if you can blow out a candle through your mask from about one foot away,” Hanson says.
Throughout his explanations, the host shows more schlieren footage demonstrating the effectiveness of masks.
Hanson also shows footage of an individual speaking under “laser light,” which reveals “microdroplets.” When a mask is worn by the individual, these droplets are no longer visible under the light.
Going further, Hanson cites an experiment conducted by a microbiologist who “sneezed, sang, talked, and coughed over petri dishes,” and reveals the stark difference between the masked and unmasked results.
After stating that because of asymptomatic transmission, face masks are important even for those who don’t know that they’re sick, and that it’s not true that masks lower “oxygen levels,” as demonstrated by those in the health care field, Hanson notes that masks are only one piece of the pandemic puzzle – along with distancing and hand washing.
The host pivots from the science to discuss the social meaning of wearing a facial covering, claiming that the benefits of wearing masks during the COVID-19 pandemic outweigh the unpleasant side effects like itching and fogged glasses.
Donning a mask, like wearing a prophylactic, is “a sign you want to protect others and have them protect you,” he adds.
“A mask can stop a virus, but it also sends a message: We’re all in this together,” Hanson says. “And that’s something we all need to hear right now and every day.”
There’s much more to the video than what’s described and quoted above, so you can check it out here:
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In recent days, mask mandates have become a topic of debate.
On Thursday, Texas Governor Greg Abbott <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/tennessee-gov-allows-county-mayors-to-make-mask-mandate-decisions">declared</a> a mask mandate while COVID-19 cases in the state surge. On Friday, Tennessee Governor Bill Lee issued an <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/tennessee-gov-allows-county-mayors-to-make-mask-mandate-decisions">executive order</a> allowing county mayors to make decisions about masks – a move <a href="https://www.fox10phoenix.com/news/arizona-gov-ducey-to-allow-local-governments-to-draft-their-own-face-mask-policies-as-covid-19-cases-spike">similar to that made</a> by Arizona Governor Doug Ducey.
COVID-19 has infected over 11.3 million people worldwide, and led to more than 532,600 deaths, <a href="https://www.arcgis.com/apps/opsdashboard/index.html#/bda7594740fd40299423467b48e9ecf6">according to data</a> from the Johns Hopkins Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) Global Cases map. Over 6.1 million people have recovered.
In the United States, there have been more than 2.8 million confirmed cases of COVID-19, and over 129,800 deaths. As of publication, 906,763 individuals have recovered from the virus in the U.S.
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WATCH: Video Explains How And Why Face Masks Function Using Schlieren Imaging

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On Sunday, Senator Joni Ernst (R-IA) appeared on CNN’s “State of the Union” with host Dana Bash to discuss a variety of topics.
Bash first asked Ernst about President Trump’s Mount Rushmore speech, which he delivered during his recent Independence Day celebration. Some in the mainstream press have characterized the speech as “dark” and “divisive.”
Bash played a brief clip in which Trump said: “Our nation is witnessing a merciless campaign to wipe out our history, defame our heroes, erase our values, and indoctrinate our children. &#8230; No movement that seeks to dismantle these treasured American legacies can possibly have a love of America at its heart.”
The host then asked Ernst if she is “comfortable with that.”
The Senator responded, saying that there is much “frustration across the United States,” and that she believes the U.S. is the “greatest nation on the face of the planet” despite past sins.
“We need to come together and have some very hard discussions about our past,” Ernst said. “But the great thing about this nation is that we can learn from those blemishes, learn from those hard times in the past, and continue to evolve as a continually blessed nation.”
Bash asked Ernst if the majority of demonstrations seen across the country have been “peaceful,” and the senator agreed that there have been “many peaceful protests,” and that she supports such things.
However, Ernst also condemned the violent rioters, some of whom have been tearing down statues of historical figures, saying of such behavior: “We can&#8217;t allow that to happen.”
After Ernst emphasized the need to have “very hard discussions” if we are to “come together” as a nation, Bash asked the senator about a “must-pass military spending bill that the president is now threatening to veto because it would rename U.S. bases named after Confederate officers.”
<blockquote>BASH: You sit on the Armed Services Committee. You support renaming those bases. Should the president sign the bill?
ERNST: Well, I absolutely believe that we need to have a discussion on this – and, again, sometimes, those discussions are very hard. But I do believe that we should talk about these military bases that were named for generals that took up arms against the United States.
So, I welcome that discussion. I think we all should. And, again, we want to focus on the meaningful things that will move our country forward, but I don&#8217;t believe in the destruction, again, of property. If we&#8217;re talking about statues that belong to other jurisdictions – those decisions should be made at that local level, not by those that are out there vandalizing that property.
So, again, hard discussions all the way around, but we need to have a little bit of peace across the nation. And we can only do that if we&#8217;re all sitting down in discussions.</blockquote>
“So, just to be clear, that&#8217;s basically what the bill says, is to start the process,” Bash said. “Given that, should the president sign the bill?”
Ernst replied: “Well, I would love that he would sign the bill and move forward. But, absolutely, we have to have the discussions. We have to do that. And if that&#8217;s what will help, if we can all get together as stakeholders, then I think it&#8217;s the right thing to do.”
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Sen. Ernst: ‘We Should Talk About’ Bases ‘Named For Generals That Took Up Arms Against The United States’

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On Friday, Tennessee Governor Bill Lee signed an executive order allowing the mayors of counties across the state to issue face mask mandates if needed.
In a tweet-thread, the governor wrote:
<blockquote>Today I signed Executive Order 54 to grant county mayors in 89 counties the authority to issue local mask requirements in the event of a significant rise in COVID-19 cases.
While our densely populated urban areas continue to have the highest COVID-19 case rates, our local governments expressed a need for greater flexibility in addressing a rise in cases and that includes setting stronger expectations around masks.
This targeted approach ensures we protect both lives and livelihoods and safely keep our economy open in Tennessee. We encourage every Tennessean across the state to use a face covering or mask, make sure to socially distance and wash hands frequently.</blockquote>
Lee added that “the six counties with locally run health departments including Sullivan, Knox, Hamilton, Davidson, Madison and Shelby counties retain the existing authority to issue mask requirements as needed.”
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While our densely populated urban areas continue to have the highest COVID-19 case rates, our local governments expressed a need for greater flexibility in addressing a rise in cases and that includes setting stronger expectations around masks.
— Gov. Bill Lee (@GovBillLee) <a href="https://twitter.com/GovBillLee/status/1279186022170009605?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 3, 2020</a></blockquote>
The pertinent text of the <a href="https://www.tn.gov/governor/news/2020/7/3/gov--lee-grants-mayors-in-89-counties-authority-to-issue-covid-19-mask-requirements.html">executive order</a> reads in part:
<blockquote>&#8230;county mayors in the 89 counties that do not have a locally run county health department shall have the authority to issue orders or measures requiring or recommending the wearing of face coverings within their jurisdictions, consistent with Paragraph 3 of this order.</blockquote>
Paragraph 3 states: “WHEREAS, whether to require or recommend wearing a face covering may depend on the spread of COVID-19 or lack thereof in a particular community, which varies widely across the State, and local governments are therefore better positioned to make this decision based on the conditions in their communities&#8230;”
The EO continues, stating that any mayoral orders should follow guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and allow for certain “exemptions.”
Some “exemptions” noted in the text – one does not have to wear a mask “while eating or drinking,” while in places where one can properly maintain social distance, while “in a house of worship unless required by that house of worship,” if one is 12-years-old “or younger,” and if one has a legitimate “health-related” excuse.
Additionally, masks are not required in one’s own home or vehicle, “unless transporting others for hire,” among other exemptions.
Read the entire executive order <a href="https://www.tn.gov/governor/news/2020/7/3/gov--lee-grants-mayors-in-89-counties-authority-to-issue-covid-19-mask-requirements.html">here</a>.
According to the <a href="https://www.tn.gov/content/tn/health/cedep/ncov/data.html">Tennessee Department of Health</a>, the state has seen 50,140 COVID-19 cases, and 637 deaths as of publication. Two counties in Tennessee, Shelby and Davidson, currently account for approximately 44.5% of total cases in the state.
Other states experiencing COVID-19 spikes have made moves similar to Lee’s executive order.
As The Daily Wire previously <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/texas-governor-greg-abbott-issues-statewide-face-mask-requirement-following-coronavirus-spike">reported</a>, “Texas Governor Greg Abbott issued a new executive order on Thursday mandating that Texans must wear a face covering when they are out in public in counties that have 20 or more confirmed cases of the coronavirus.”
COVID-19 has infected over 11.1 million people worldwide, and led to more than 528,200 deaths, <a href="https://www.arcgis.com/apps/opsdashboard/index.html#/bda7594740fd40299423467b48e9ecf6">according to data</a> from the Johns Hopkins Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) Global Cases map. Over 6 million people have recovered.
In the United States, there have been more than 2.8 million confirmed cases of COVID-19, and over 129,600 deaths. As of publication, 883,561 individuals have recovered from the virus in the U.S.
RELATED: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/texas-governor-greg-abbott-issues-statewide-face-mask-requirement-following-coronavirus-spike">Texas Governor Greg Abbott Issues Statewide Face Mask Requirement Following Coronavirus Spike</a>
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On Friday, South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem (R) delivered a speech at Mount Rushmore for President’s Trump’s Independence Day celebration.
After thanking those who came to the event, Noem made a critical point about the ongoing attempt to erase American history:
<blockquote>Across America these last several weeks, we have been witnessing a very troubling situation unfold. In real-time, we are watching an organized, coordinated campaign to remove and eliminate all references to our nation&#8217;s founding and many other points in our history. Rather than looking to the past to help improve our future, some are trying to wipe away the lessons of history, lessons that we should be teaching to our children and to our grandchildren. This approach focuses exclusively on our forefathers’ flaws, but it fails to capitalize on the opportunity to learn from their virtues.</blockquote>
Noem noted that this isn’t happening by accident, but “deliberately” as a means to “discredit America&#8217;s founding principles by discrediting the individuals who formed them so that America can be remade into a different political image.”
The governor continued, asking the audience to understand that America’s independence was a unique and powerful confluence of events and brilliant minds. Noem added that the Declaration of Independence is “arguably one of the most important statements of purpose ever written” in part because it stands as a symbol for other peoples across the globe.
Noem then offered salient insight:
<blockquote>These ideals cannot be dismissed as the irrelevant opinions of flawed men. Our founders had their flaws, certainly, but to use those flaws to condemn their ideals is unjust and self-defeating. How many of us have lived up to our own ideals?</blockquote>
The governor added that because of the Founding Fathers and the ideals they put to paper, we have a society in which “we can speak and write, worship, work, defend ourselves, and even protest as we see fit.”
Noem later spotlighted the aftermath of the Civil War:
<blockquote>The struggle to maintain the Union was about the proposition that America must live up to the principles articulated in the Declaration, and America&#8217;s rebirth allowed a fuller realization of the fundamental purposes of government articulated in the Declaration. In 1862, a simple question was put before Congress: can we do better? Our choice was clear, we could either nobly save or meanly lose the last best hope on earth.</blockquote>
Governor Noem also quoted former President Theodore Roosevelt, who said:
<blockquote>It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with [those] cold and timid souls who neither know victory [nor] defeat.</blockquote>
Noem stated that such a quote is a perfect direction for leaders in the modern era, adding that “we honor these men and women for their contributions, their leadership, all the positive things that they represent.”
“This Independence Day, let us be grateful that we have such words and such examples to follow, and that others were willing to sacrifice so much to create a land in which liberty and law can be protected,” Noem said.
The governor concluded by admonishing the audience to “not destroy history,” but “learn from it by preserving and imitating what is good about it.”
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At least one news outlet appeared to spin Governor Noem’s remarks by headlining their piece about her speech thusly: “South Dakota governor calls removal of Confederate statues effort to ‘discredit’ Founding Fathers.”
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South Dakota governor calls removal of Confederate statues effort to &#8220;discredit&#8221; founding fathers <a href="https://t.co/kHZSm2RPmB">https://t.co/kHZSm2RPmB</a> <a href="https://t.co/4cRWixU0vJ">pic.twitter.com/4cRWixU0vJ</a>
— The Hill (@thehill) <a href="https://twitter.com/thehill/status/1279374661877448705?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 4, 2020</a></blockquote>
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South Dakota Gov: Founding ‘Ideals Cannot Be Dismissed As The Irrelevant Opinions Of Flawed Men’

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INTERVIEW: Coleman Hughes On Police Reform, BLM, And Why Data Matters

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Cars were not always fitted with seatbelts.
From 1908, when the Ford Model T changed the way the general public could travel, to the late-1960s, when the federal government mandated that cars come installed with seatbelts, there were no large-scale rules regarding the usage or presence of safety belts in vehicles (though belts were indeed invented and used prior).
Now, according to the <a href="https://www.iihs.org/topics/seat-belts">Insurance Institute for Highway Safety</a> (IIHS), “with the exception of New Hampshire, all states and the District of Columbia require adult front-seat occupants to use seat belts,” and “adult rear-seat passengers also are covered by the laws in 30 states and the District of Columbia.”
There was great debate about seat belt laws, and though the fervor has almost gone silent in the modern era, discussion continues in some circles as to the appropriateness of such mandates.
In the age of COVID-19, a similar issue has come to the fore – this time with face masks.
Despite successful mitigation in several parts of the country, cases of COVID-19 continue to surge in states like California, Texas, and Florida, and Americans are seeking both personal safety and economic recovery.
With a vaccine far in the distance, and the long-term effectiveness of post-illness immunity untested, what’s left is a set of guidelines that can greatly reduce the spread of the virus. Aside from frequent and thorough hand washing and social distancing, the primary guidance from the medical community is the wearing of face masks.
Like the controversy surrounding seat belts in decades past, there has been debate surrounding the enforcement of mask-wearing.
Appearing recently on a CNN affiliate, presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden indicated that he would like to make masks mandatory. “I would do everything possible to make it required that people had to wear masks in public,” Biden <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/26/politics/joe-biden-masks-mandatory-coronavirus/index.html">stated</a>.
On Sunday, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) <a href="https://thehill.com/homenews/sunday-talk-shows/504897-pelosi-definitely-long-overdue-to-mandate-wearing-masks-nationwide">said</a> it was “long overdue” in response to George Stephanopoulos asking if it’s “time to mandate the wearing of masks across the country.”
Some leaders, however, are leaving the option of mask mandates to localities.
Arizona Governor Doug Ducey (R), for example, has allowed mayors to make such decisions. One of several cities in Arizona to issue a mask mandate is Chandler. According to a <a href="https://www.fox10phoenix.com/news/list-arizona-cities-with-face-mask-requirements">tweet</a> from Chandler Mayor Kevin Hartke, everyone in the city “over the age of six shall wear face coverings in businesses and public spaces where continuous physical distancing of six feet or more is not practical or feasible.”
Despite surging case counts in several states, the nation appears to be floating through a kind of COVID fatigue. As states have begun allowing some economic activity to resume, news footage continues to show throngs of Americans refusing to follow even the most basic requests pertaining to masks and social distancing.
Areas that have been hit harder, such as New York City, continue to see fairly large-scale mask usage, but in other areas, the footage suggests that masks have been left at home.
The issue has only been complicated by the politicization of mask-wearing.
For months, the mainstream media maintained that to leave the house without a mask was tantamount to “killing grandma.” When anti-lockdown protests occurred in several states, the media coverage was largely negative.
Despite record unemployment and thousands of small businesses going under as a result of stay-at-home orders, Americans who wanted to work and feed the economic engine that keeps us quite literally healthy and alive were talked about as if they were “selfish” or “greedy.”
That mindset rapidly changed when hundreds of thousands of people flooded the streets in protest over the death of George Floyd. Suddenly, the media that previously took a hard stance on mask-wearing appeared to sand off the sharper edges of their health-related admonitions when discussing the large public protests and riots in which many individuals didn’t wear face masks.
Even some health officials across the country who had earlier been urging Americans to stay home in order to slow the spread of COVID-19 seemed to modify their positions on the issue.
Wearing a mask became less a necessity and more a personal choice, so long as it was under the auspices of a political movement sanctioned by progressives.
The hypocrisy was astonishing to many observers. Not only had the media changed its tune in neck-snappingly quick fashion, but progressive politicians were also using their platform to bend the narrative in the same way.
Unfortunately, the spin has created a backlash among some conservatives, who feel as though they were duped, and have now come to see face masks as a political prop.
Media hypocrisy isn’t the only reason that a number of conservatives aren’t keen on wearing masks. The fact that the President of the United States refuses to wear a mask in public has likely also contributed to the notion among his supporters that facial coverings are ineffective, or that to wear them would be to cede symbolic ground to the Left.
During two recent rallies in Oklahoma and Arizona, thousands of mostly mask-less Trump supporters seemed to demonstrate this thinking by packing themselves into indoor venues in order to see the president speak.
It’s not unfair to argue that had President Trump himself worn a mask from the beginning, and continued to wear one, more of his supporters would wear them as well, and the political nature of mask-wearing would not be so intense.
Even Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-TN) recently <a href="https://www.mediaite.com/tv/gop-sen-lamar-alexander-says-trump-should-wear-a-mask-he-can-set-an-example-for-people/">said</a>: “I wish the president would wear a mask when it’s appropriate because millions of Americans admire him, and they would follow his lead.”
This Right/Left divide has made the simple, effective, and apolitical act of wearing a face mask into a symbol, one that conveys piousness among progressives (unless you’re protesting without one) and weakness, paranoia, or anti-establishment rebellion among Trump supporters.
Media malpractice, political posturing, virtue displays, symbols of rebellion – not a single one of these things should be the reason to wear or not wear a mask, yet this is where we are as a nation.
Aside from offering some protection for the individual wearing the facial covering, a mask can catch much of the aerosolized particulate that is jettisoned from the mouth when speaking or even breathing, therefore lowering the risk that the wearer (symptomatic or asymptomatic) passes on the illness to someone else.
With the basic facts pertaining to the efficacy of facial coverings in mind, wearing a mask is not simply a personally responsible action, but one that, if practiced widely, would likely allow the United States to move forward during this pandemic without further lockdowns.
The question we then face is this – in a free society, on an intensely politicized issue, when is it appropriate that a state or local government mandate masks when it is understood that doing so could create a safer environment, one in which the economy can function, people can work, and Americans can have some version of their lives back?
Further, when faced with political leaders advocating a national mandate, should those opposed to such a thing fight for more local control?
Lastly, if the right to swing your fist freely through the air ends when it comes into contact with another person’s face, does your right to go about your day without wearing a mask during a pandemic come to an end when you might infect those around you?

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CAMP: Is Mandating Face Masks An Appropriate Measure?

On Sunday, Secretary of Health and Human Services Alex Azar appeared on CNN’s “<a href="http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/2006/28/sotu.01.html">State of the Union</a>” with host Jake Tapper to discuss several issues pertaining to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
During the segment, Tapper asked Azar about the example President Trump sets by not wearing a face mask in public, citing Senator Lamar Alexander (R-TN), who previously stated that he wishes the president would wear a face covering.
“You talked about the importance of wearing masks. Don&#8217;t you think it undermines the message that you are trying to give, that the surgeon general is trying to give, the Drs. Birx and Fauci are trying to give, when President Trump not only refuses to wear a mask publicly, but he makes fun of people who wear masks, and also, he holds these rallies where no one, no one is social distancing, and no one is wearing a mask?” Tapper asked. “Doesn&#8217;t that undermine the message that you are trying to give?”
Azar replied that as HHS secretary, he is relaying the message from the Trump administration on how to safely reopen, including advising social distancing and wearing face masks when necessary.
“In the last several weeks, we have seen people engage in mass gatherings for any number of political and First Amendment reasons that are very important as part of our civic fabric,” Azar added. “And I&#8217;m not going to comment on those aspects.”
The HHS secretary then encouraged anyone who would engage in protests to “take appropriate precautions.”
After claiming that CNN has been advising protesters to social distance and wear masks, Tapper pressed Azar on President Trump’s rallies:
<blockquote>It seems that indoor activity is much more dangerous, potentially, and yet the president continues to have these rallies where, again, not only does he not wear a mask, but no one on stage with him does, and none of his supporters do. And, frankly, I worry about his supporters going into these indoor rallies, not social distancing and not wearing masks. Even though you are saying that they should be, the president and his campaign are not telling them to do so.</blockquote>
Azar pushed back, noting that the president and vice president are tested often, as are those who surround them, for COVID-19, adding that the administration’s “consistent” messaging has been to “assess your individual circumstances &#8230; and then assess the type of activity that you&#8217;re engaging in.”
“You have got to take individual responsibility,” Azar stated.
The HHS secretary continued, stressing that current circumstances are different than “several months ago” in terms of “hospital capacity,” PPE, and “therapeutics.”
Tapper conceded that we are indeed in a different place than we were before. However, the host mentioned to Azar that hospital capacity in states like Arizona seems to be a developing concern, and that while Azar and the team have engaged in a unified message, the president and vice president seem to project a different message.
“They are not out there saying that masks are important; they are not out there demonstrating the importance of social distancing,” Tapper stated. “They are holding rallies in which individuals are not social distancing at all.”
Tapper also asked Azar if large gatherings at the Republican National Convention in Florida would be wise.
Azar countered, telling Tapper that the team is “on the phone with the hospitals in Arizona, Texas, California, Florida every day, measuring their PPE supplies and their reserves,” and that “in Arizona, 15% of hospitalizations in-patient are from COVID – the rest of their capacity is consumed with other hospital uses and elective procedures.”
“And you&#8217;re going to see governors and hospitals slowing down on elective procedures to make capacity. We will ensure that Americans who need hospital beds have hospital beds,” Azar continued.
“[It’s] very important that we rely on data. We&#8217;re following this at the micro level, the county level, the hospital level,” said the HHS secretary.
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During the “New Rule” segment of HBO’s “Real Time with Bill Maher” on Friday, host Maher talked about white people “culturally appropriating” black people’s anger over racism.
“Black people have to demand that white people stop culturally appropriating how mad they are about racism,” Maher began. “It’s great that Caucasians have finally joined the fight for racial justice in unprecedented numbers, but hating racism the most? You can&#8217;t steal that.”
Maher then noted the story of Victor Sengbe, whose exercise rigging in a park was thought by some to be a noose.
The host then played a quote from Sengbe, who said: “Out of the dozens and hundreds and thousands of people that have walked by, no one has thought that it looked anywhere close to a noose.”
Maher took it from there, noting that despite Sengbe’s remarks, “Oakland&#8217;s Mayor Libby Schaaf wasn&#8217;t gonna let all that cheat her out of a chance to signal her virtue” because according to her, “these incidents will be investigated as a hate crime.”
He added that despite what Schaaf has said, intentions “do matter.”
“White people need to stop trying to cancel other white people whose heart is in the right place, but don&#8217;t get it exactly right on the first try,” he said.
The host then spoke about #BlackOutTuesday, when social media, particularly Instagram, was flooded with black squares to represent solidarity with the black community.
There was a complaint from Buzzfeed that it was “a privilege to post a black square and then go back to your usual content.” Maher countered, wondering if the appropriate alternative was “abandoning you life,” and only posting black squares forever.
Maher continued, calling out the ridiculousness of the way in which some people responded to #BlackOutTuesday – not posting a black square, or posting one, but failing to do it right, etc.
Even Ellen DeGeneres wasn’t invulnerable to criticism, according to Maher, as she deleted a tweet in which she didn’t use the phrase “Black Lives Matter,” but rather wrote that “people of color in this country have faced injustice for far too long.”
He also castigated the idea of smacking people away who are simply trying, saying that white people are “acting like a nervous waiter on their first day,” afraid to do the smallest thing incorrectly:
<blockquote>You want to be a good ally, but not too good or you&#8217;re being a “white savior,” use your voice, but don&#8217;t make it about yourself, but speak up unless it&#8217;s your time to just listen, and then silence is violence – even though sometimes silence just means someone works two jobs and has three kids. They have baby food on their shirt, not hate in their heart.</blockquote>
Maher then quoted a write-in question received by the New York Post in which a man said he feels as though he should say something “about racial injustice” at his organization, but is afraid because he’s a white person.
Maher later hit the nail on the head:
<blockquote>I worry that the kind of tension that the “Guardians of Gotcha” are creating is going to make people afraid to mingle at all, and thrust us back toward a resegregation of sorts where instead of just seeing a person and not a color, now we&#8217;re only seeing color. Maybe this is old school liberalism talking, but I don&#8217;t think that&#8217;s the way to go.</blockquote>
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WATCH: Maher Slams White ‘Guardians Of Gotcha’ Creating Racial Tension

On Thursday, Ami Horowitz released a new video to YouTube in which he asks white and black New Yorkers if they “support abolishing the police.” Their answers are&#8230;quite different.
“There are many on the Left who want to abolish the police, feeling that communities of color will be better off without them,” Horowitz begins the video.
Horowitz then talks about how getting rid of the police “has entered the realm of normative debate,” citing the apparent support of the mayor of New York City’s wife.
First, he asks white New Yorkers about the police: “How much better off would the black community be if we dismantled the police?”
The answers ranged from affirmative to aggressive.
“I think infinitely, honestly,” a man wearing a light blue mask says.
A woman carrying several bags answers: “How much better off would we all be?”
One man wearing a pink t-shirt gets philosophical, and then aggressive: “I&#8217;d rather have something that doesn&#8217;t work without them than what we currently have, which is something that doesn&#8217;t work with them &#8230; I think that they are disgusting &#8230; I f***ing hate the police.”
Pink t-shirt later reiterates that he “f***ing” hates “the police and everything they stand for.”
Another man says the police should “absolutely” be abolished, and that they are “monsters.”
An older bald man claimes that “policing in this country is about keeping black people down,” and that “police arose out of slave-catching patrols.”
When asked about how people feel in “East Harlem” about the police, a respondent featured in the video says that he believes the people would feel the same as he does, if not more so.
Horowitz goes to Harlem to find out.
There, he asks a black man wearing a dark vest and woman with a gold necklace the following question: “What do you think of the people who say &#8230; your community would be better off if there was no police?”
The man replies: “I think they’re full of crap.”
The woman takes a more delicate approach: “I think they’re being somewhat ignorant.”
The man continues, saying that his 8-year-old son wants to be a policeman and that he, as a father, wants his son to be a policeman.
When Horowitz asks a man wearing a Nike t-shirt “how dangerous” the area would be without police, the man says it would be “very dangerous” because “people would be just going crazy.”
“It would be worse than what it is,” he adds. “Robberies, looting, raping, murder.”
Another woman replies that “it would be havoc” if the police were abolished.
One man wearing a “Black Lives Matter” t-shirt states that abolishing the NYPD “would be suicide.”
“There’s too many criminals out here, man. Are you kidding me?” the man adds. “I wouldn’t feel safe.”
Similar sentiment is expressed by others who interact with Horowitz.
A woman wearing a flower-patterned shirt says that she has family who are police and that she wouldn’t “want to see a lawless society.” She also makes sure to note that while she supports the police, she does not support police brutality.
When asked about the relationship between the NYPD and members of the community, a man wearing a blue Nike hat claims that “it’s pretty good,” noting that “all police officers are not bad,” and that there are ones who “really care about the people and really want to help the people.”
Check out the video here:
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WATCH: Asked About Abolishing Police, White And Black New Yorkers Have Very Different Responses

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On Sunday, former FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb appeared on CBS’ “Face the Nation” to speak about the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. The segment began with host Margaret Brennan asking Gottlieb about the increase in cases being seen across the country.
“We heard that the number of COVID-19 cases has exceeded 30,000 a day for the first time in about seven weeks,” Brennan said. “What is happening?”
Gottlieb replied, saying that there appears to be “a resurgence in the South and the Southeast,” adding that “the worry is that they&#8217;re going to tip over into exponential growth coming this week because the cases are building quite quickly in Texas, Florida, Alabama, South Carolina, North Carolina, Arizona.”
“And the challenge with exponential growth is everything looks okay until suddenly it doesn&#8217;t,” the former FDA commissioner stated.
Brennan pressed Gottlieb on his “exponential growth” remark, asking if “hospitals are about to get overwhelmed in places like Arizona and Texas.”
“That&#8217;s the concern,” Gottlieb responded. “So if you look at places like Arizona, the hospitals now are getting pressed. Midweek, there was a report out of Arizona that about 40% of the hospital beds were filled with COVID patients.”
Gottlieb spoke about Texas and Florida, noting that COVID crises can arise swiftly.
“We&#8217;re not going to want to shut down businesses again. We&#8217;re not going to want to shut down the economy. So, there&#8217;s not many tools we can reach for,” he said, citing interventions, tracking, and isolation of the ill.
Gottlieb also mentioned “universal masking,” which seemingly prompted Brennan to ask about what various states are doing as it pertains to mandatory masking.
“In Arizona, it was just this week that the governor gave mayors the power to make masks mandatory. They&#8217;re not doing that in Florida. They&#8217;re not doing that in Texas,” Brenna stated. “Is that a mistake?”
Gottlieb replied:
<blockquote>I think they&#8217;re going to have to. I think it&#8217;s a mistake that they&#8217;re not doing it now. They’re losing precious time. I think they&#8217;re going to have to. Masking has become controversial. It shouldn&#8217;t be. It&#8217;s a simple intervention. It&#8217;s a collective action we can all take to help protect our fellow citizens, and also protect ourselves and try to reopen the economy safely.
I think some people see it as a sort of infringement on their liberty or as a way to cast some scorn on a public health establishment that&#8217;s come in for some questions because people blame the public health establishment for the shutdowns. They blame the public health establishment for some conflicting guidance. I think in other quarters, it&#8217;s been portrayed as something that, you know, Trump supporters don&#8217;t want to wear masks. It&#8217;s neither of those things. It&#8217;s something that we can do collectively to try to reduce the spread&#8230;</blockquote>
Brennan noted that there have indeed been “conflicting messages” from “health officials” as it pertains to wearing masks. Gottlieb responded, saying that there was concern that in “telling people they could wear masks, you’re telling them they can go out.”
The former FDA commissioner did admit that the information should have been more “appropriately” delivered.
“We should have been recommending masks from the outset,” Gottlieb said.
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COVID-19 has infected more than 8.9 million people worldwide, leading to more than 466,500 deaths, <a href="https://www.arcgis.com/apps/opsdashboard/index.html#/bda7594740fd40299423467b48e9ecf6">according to data</a> from the Johns Hopkins Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) Global Cases map. Roughly 4.4 million people have recovered.
In the United States, more than 2.2 million people have been sickened by the virus, leading to over 119,900 deaths and counting.
According to <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/us/coronavirus-us-cases.html?action=click&amp;pgtype=Article&amp;state=default&amp;module=styln-coronavirus&amp;variant=show&amp;region=TOP_BANNER&amp;context=storylines_menu">The New York Times</a>, 22 states “have had recent growth in newly reported cases over the last 14 days.” States with especially pronounced spikes include Arizona, Texas, Florida, Oregon, Oklahoma, Nevada, and South Carolina.
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Gottlieb On Masking: ‘Some People See It As A Sort Of Infringement On Their Liberty’

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On Sunday, President Trump’s campaign manager, Brad Parscale, issued a <a href="https://www.donaldjtrump.com/media/trump-campaign-statement-on-bogus-claims-of-ticket-hacking">statement</a> responding to the emerging idea that the lower-than-expected numbers at the Tulsa rally on Saturday were due in part to a campaign by young TikTok pranksters falsely registered with no intention of attending.
“Leftists and online trolls doing a victory lap, thinking they somehow impacted rally attendance, don’t know what they’re talking about or how our rallies work. Reporters who wrote gleefully about TikTok and K-Pop fans – without contacting the campaign for comment – behaved unprofessionally and were willing dupes to the charade,” reads the statement.
Parscale then claimed that the team “constantly” raked out “bogus numbers” for the rally, adding that such “phony ticket requests never factor into our thinking.”
“What makes this lame attempt at hacking our events even more foolish is the fact that every rally is general admission – entry is on a first-come-first-served basis and prior registration is not required,” the statement continued.
Parscale then blamed the low attendance numbers at the Tulsa rally on “fake news media warning people away from the rally because of COVID and protestors, coupled with recent images of American cities on fire.”
The campaign manager also alleged that “MSNBC was among outlets reporting that protesters even blocked entrances to the rally at times.”
He concluded by calling out the media for their alleged manufacturing of “fear,” and wondered why media are credentialed at these events “when they don’t do their full jobs as professionals.”
“According to a spokesman for the Tulsa Fire Department on Sunday, the fire marshal counted 6,200 scanned tickets of attendees,” according to <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/21/style/tiktok-trump-rally-tulsa.html">The New York Times</a>. “That number would not include staff, media or those in box suites.”
Following the Tulsa rally on Saturday evening, which was supposed to be a major kick-off event for President Trump’s fall campaign, various <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/21/style/tiktok-trump-rally-tulsa.html">reports</a> emerged regarding a campaign by an unknown number of TikTok users who allegedly registered for large numbers of tickets with no intent of showing up at the rally.
This alleged social media prank, some have claimed, was why entire sections of the arena with a capacity for over 19,000 attendees were seen empty during the rally.
The New York Times <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/21/style/tiktok-trump-rally-tulsa.html">spoke</a> with YouTuber Elijah Daniel, who told them, “It spread mostly through Alt TikTok – we kept it on the quiet side where people do pranks and a lot of activism.”
Parscale’s dismissal of the TikTok prank claim was preceded by a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/aoc-boasts-that-trumps-tulsa-turnout-was-sabotaged-by-zoomers-who-got-fake-ticket-reservations">tweet</a> on Saturday evening saying that “radical protestors, fueled by a week of apocalyptic media coverage, interfered with @realDonaldTrump supporters at the rally. They even blocked access to the metal detectors, preventing people from entering.”
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/aoc-boasts-that-trumps-tulsa-turnout-was-sabotaged-by-zoomers-who-got-fake-ticket-reservations">replied</a>:
<blockquote>Actually you just got ROCKED by teens on TikTok who flooded the Trump campaign w/fake ticket reservations &amp; tricked you into believing a million people wanted your white supremacist open mic enough to pack an arena during COVID. Shout out to Zoomers. Y’all make me so proud.</blockquote>
On Sunday, Trump senior campaign advisor Mercedes Schlapp appeared on “Fox News Sunday” where host Chris Wallace claimed that after watching the footage and hearing from a Fox News correspondent “on the ground,” Parscale’s excuse regarding protesters keeping people from the rally didn’t appear accurate.
<blockquote>WALLACE: The fact is, the president talks about the attendance at his events, as we all know. He made a big issue of the attendance at his inauguration, he talks about how he can fill an arena, and that Joe Biden can&#8217;t. He didn&#8217;t fill an arena last night, and you guys were so far off that you had planned an outdoor rally and there wasn&#8217;t an overflow crowd – and watching the coverage and talking to Mark Meredith on the ground today, protestors did not stop people from coming to that rally. The fact is, people didn’t show up.
SCHLAPP: Oh, absolutely they did. I’m telling you, there were people and families that didn&#8217;t want to – couldn’t bring their children because of concerns of the protesters.</blockquote>
Schlapp pivoted to Joe Biden’s socially-distanced event, and compared the enthusiasm over Trump with the alleged lack of enthusiasm for Biden. She added that “because we are in a virtual time,” there were millions who watched the rally online.
Wallace pushed back, asking Schlapp not to “filibuster,” as images of empty seats were displayed on-screen. “Frankly, it makes you guys look silly when you deny the reality of what happened.”
Schlapp replied, saying that the campaign wasn’t “denying the reality.”
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Trump Team Denies TikTok Pranksters Were Cause Of Low Rally Attendance

2020 Election

On June 7, actor Terry Crews sent out a tweet in which he appeared to call out the idea of “black supremacy.”
“Defeating White supremacy without White people creates Black supremacy. Equality is the truth. Like it or not, we are all in this together,” Crews tweeted.
For his tweet, Crews received <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/equality-is-the-truth-terry-crews-warns-against-black-supremacy-gets-slammed-with-backlash">significant backlash</a>. Tyler James Williams, who co-starred with Crews on “Everybody Hates Chris” responded to the actor’s initial tweet, leading to the following reply from Crews:
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I understand, Tyler. I was not saying Black supremacy exists, because it doesn&#8217;t. I am saying if both Black and Whites don&#8217;t continue to work together&#8211; bad attitudes and resentments can create a dangerous self-righteousness. That&#8217;s all. <a href="https://t.co/YLWGnpj8fl">https://t.co/YLWGnpj8fl</a>
— terry crews (@terrycrews) <a href="https://twitter.com/terrycrews/status/1269823820522614784?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 8, 2020</a></blockquote>
On Tuesday, Crews appeared on “The Talk,” where he was asked about the tweet.
“I compare that tweet to cussing in church because what’s wild is you have the message, but then if you use a cuss word, nobody is really hearing what you&#8217;re saying,” Crews stated.
<blockquote>The cuss word I used in this instance was “black supremacy,” and this is what I want to really reiterate to you and explain. My thing was, what I said was, defeating white supremacy without white people could create black supremacy.</blockquote>
The actor went on to claim that in “black America,” there are “gatekeepers,” meaning a group of people deciding who is and is not really black, and that he has been “discounted from the conversation a lot of times” because he is married to a “mixed-race” woman.
“I’ve been called all kinds of things like an Uncle Tom,” Crews said. “Simply because I’m successful, simply because I worked my way out of Flint, Michigan.”
The actor then stated frankly that “black people have different views.” He added that if someone is white, they’re allowed to be anywhere on the political spectrum, but if someone is black, it’s assumed that they “have to be one thing.”
“Even Joe Biden said, hey man, you don&#8217;t vote for me, you ain&#8217;t even black,” Crews noted.
Crews called this kind of thinking, that there is a standard of political behavior by which black people are supposed to abide “a supremest move” because “you have now put yourself above other black people.”
The actor then said that he was told that such a type of supremacy “couldn’t exist,” and that he rebutted that notion by citing the Rwandan genocide
“In 1994, in Rwanda, there was a genocide, and it was all black people, and there was one sector that viewed themselves as over the other. A million people died,” the actor said. “And, you know, I was told it can&#8217;t happen in America – and I’m here to tell you, that&#8217;s the first mistake. Any time anybody says, ‘Oh, that could never happen here,’ that&#8217;s exactly when it starts to happen.”
When asked if he regrets using the term “black supremacy,” Crews said that he couldn’t regret it as he wants “the dialogue to come out.” He added that there is perhaps better terminology for the idea.
The actor said that he himself has “experienced supremacy,” including being told that “the white man is the devil” and seeing black groups that view their suffering as making them somehow better than, rather than equal.
<blockquote>What we&#8217;re trying to do, I think a lot of times with the social and economic and political issues we have right now, we&#8217;re providing those kind of answers. But this is a spiritual problem. Supremacy can&#8217;t really happen, but spiritually it can – in your head, you can look at yourself, and you can develop a dangerous self-righteousness that could really hurt what we&#8217;re trying to do right now.</blockquote>
“We have to include this white voice, this Hispanic voice, this Asian voice,” Crews concluded. “We have to include it right now because if we don&#8217;t, it&#8217;s going to slip into something we are really not prepared for.”
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Crews continued to advance his position in an Instagram post on Friday, quoting Martin Luther King Jr., who <a href="https://youtu.be/U-An0Muqlg4">said</a>: “Black supremacy is as dangerous as white supremacy, and that God is not interested merely in the freedom of black men and brown men and yellow men, but that God is interested in the freedom of the whole human race, the creation of a society where all men will live together as brothers and all men will respect the dignity and the worth of all human personality.”
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Crews’ Instagram post has more than 140,000 “likes” as of publication.
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Terry Crews Explains ‘Black Supremacy’ Tweet, Complains Of Ideological ‘Gatekeepers’ In ‘Black America’

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On Friday, CNN’s chief medical correspondent, Dr. Sanjay Gupta, appeared on “The Situation Room” with host Wolf Blitzer to discuss President Trump’s rally, which will be held in Tulsa, Oklahoma, on Saturday evening.
According to Gupta, the rally is “the worst-case scenario as far as gatherings go,” due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
<blockquote>And I think, you know, most people sort of fundamentally understand that. Right now, you&#8217;ve got a very contagious virus out there putting a lot of people, tens of thousands of people, into an indoor space with no physical distancing, no mandated masks, lots of people putting virus into the air. I mean &#8230; I don&#8217;t think this is going to surprise anybody. This is a high-risk situation.</blockquote>
Gupta then described how to “contextualize the risk,” noting that given the current infection numbers “in that area right now,” perhaps as many as 100 rally-goers will arrive infected.
“If you look at certain principles of public health, about 20 of those people are going to be significantly shedding the virus,” Gupta added. “So, 20 people there out of 20,000.”
The issue, said Gupta, is that due to the nature of the event, the environment in which it will take place, each potentially infected individual “could infect 40 to 50 people each, which means 800 to 1,000 people could become infected as a result of this.”
These individuals will then return to their lives, and potentially infect others. Gupta referred to this as “the anatomy of an outbreak.”
As President Trump prepares to hold his first rally in months, progressive commentators have been sounding the alarm regarding the potential for a COVID-19 spread. Gupta himself has appeared on multiple CNN shows presenting the same information as he did on “The Situation Room.”
Later in the same segment, when host Blitzer compared the Trump rally to the Black Lives Matter protests occurring across the country, saying “there&#8217;s a huge difference between huge gatherings outdoors as opposed to indoors,” Gupta said that they are “both public health concerns.”
<blockquote>But indoors, if you just want to give some context to the increase in risk, they say it&#8217;s about 18 times more likely, the virus to spread indoors versus outdoors. So, they&#8217;re both risky – but life right now is about risk and benefits and trying to contextualize that as individuals and our behavior.</blockquote>
Gupta concluded by telling Blitzer that because the “rates are going up in Oklahoma,” and rally-goers will be inside together, “it adds another level of risk&#8230;”
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The Trump rally is being held at the <a href="http://www.bokcenter.com/faqs/#!/miscellaneous/">BOK Center</a> in Tulsa, Oklahoma, which can hold up to 20,000 people, according to the center’s official website.
In a tweet on Monday, Trump Campaign Manager Brad Parscale said that each attendee would have their temperature checked, receive a mask, and hand sanitizer.
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Over 1M ticket requests for the <a href="https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@realDonaldTrump</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/MAGA?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#MAGA</a> Rally in Tulsa on Saturday.
Before entering each guest will get:
Temperature check 
Hand sanitizer 
Mask
There will be precautions for the heat and bottled water as well.
— Brad Parscale (@parscale) <a href="https://twitter.com/parscale/status/1272543199647666176?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 15, 2020</a></blockquote>
The Lexington Herald Leader <a href="https://www.kentucky.com/news/health-and-medicine/article243680222.html">reports</a> that as guests enter the rally, they are being temperature-checked.
On the ticket registering page for the rally, text at the bottom <a href="https://events.donaldjtrump.com/events/tulsa-oklahoma-rally-june-20">reads</a>:
<blockquote>By clicking register below, you are acknowledging that an inherent risk of exposure to COVID-19 exists in any public place where people are present. By attending the Rally, you and any guests voluntarily assume all risks related to exposure to COVID-19 and agree not to hold Donald J. Trump for President, Inc.; BOK Center; ASM Global; or any of their affiliates, directors, officers, employees, agents, contractors, or volunteers liable for any illness or injury.</blockquote>
NBC News <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/6-trump-campaign-members-tulsa-test-positive-coronavirus-ahead-rally-n1231647">reports</a> that six people helping set up the president’s rally have tested positive for COVID-19. Campaign Communications Director Tim Murtaugh issued a statement in which he noted that the six “tested positive out of hundreds of tests performed, and quarantine procedures were immediately implemented.”
Murtaugh added: “No COVID-positive staffers or anyone in immediate contact will be at today’s rally or near attendees and elected officials.”
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CNN Talks COVID-19 Risks At Trump Rally; ‘Quarantine Procedures’ As Six Set-Up Staff Reportedly Test Positive

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On Saturday, the Colorado state legislature passed a <a href="https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb20-217">massive police reform package</a>, which will go to Democratic Governor Jared Polis to sign.
The legislation, SB20-217 “Enhance Law Enforcement Integrity,” proposes several key reforms, according to the <a href="https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb20-217">bill summary</a>.
Beginning in mid-2023, “all local law enforcement agencies and the Colorado state patrol to issue body-worn cameras to their officers and requires all recordings of an incident be released to the public within 21 days after the local law enforcement agency or Colorado state patrol receives a complaint of misconduct,” states the summary.
Exceptions to body-cam usage include undercover work, as well as “to avoid recording personal information that is not case related,” among others. Additionally, there will be penalties for “failing to activate” a body-cam.
In protest situations, officers cannot shoot “kinetic impact projectiles” at a civilian’s “head, pelvis, or back,” or send them “indiscriminately into a crowd.” Additionally, they cannot employ chemical irritants unless a warning has been made clear and time has been provided for the protesters to leave.
The bill “allows a person who has a constitutional right secured by the bill of rights of the Colorado constitution that is infringed upon by a peace officer to bring a civil action for the violation.” The summary notes that “qualified immunity is not a defense to the civil action.”
If an “officer is convicted of or pleads guilty or nolo contendere to a crime involving the unlawful use or threatened use of physical force, the P.O.S.T. board shall permanently revoke the peace officer&#8217;s certification.” The P.O.S.T. (Peace Officer Standards and Training) board cannot reverse the decertification unless the officer is “exonerated by a court.”
Chokeholds will be prohibited. Officers will also need a “legal basis for making a contact,” and the rules surrounding the “use of deadly force” will be altered, according to the summary.
Perhaps the most inventive part of the legislation “requires a peace officer to intervene when another officer is using unlawful physical force and requires the intervening officer to file a report regarding the incident.”
A punishment for failing to intervene when necessary is a decertification from P.O.S.T.
In a series of tweets on Saturday, Governor Polis said of the passage of the bill:
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This is about a pattern of injustice and unfair treatment that Black Americans and communities of color have endured, not only in our criminal justice system but also in aspects of every day life. (2/4)
— Governor Jared Polis (@GovofCO) <a href="https://twitter.com/GovofCO/status/1271603000906149888?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 13, 2020</a></blockquote>
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I am honored to be here at this moment of time, alongside so many passionate Coloradans on the journey towards a more equal, more just, and more peaceful society as I sign SB20-217 when it reaches my desk. (4/4)
— Governor Jared Polis (@GovofCO) <a href="https://twitter.com/GovofCO/status/1271603003464638468?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 13, 2020</a></blockquote>
<blockquote>I commend the sponsors and lawmakers on both sides of the aisle for their efforts to pass this landmark reform bill. This is about a pattern of injustice and unfair treatment that Black Americans and communities of color have endured, not only in our criminal justice system but also in aspects of every day life.
Coloradans should be proud our state is leading the way to make policing more accountable, restore trust in law enforcement, uphold an individual’s civil liberties, and lay the groundwork for future discussions of criminal and juvenile justice reform.</blockquote>
“I am honored to be here at this moment of time, alongside so many passionate Coloradans on the journey towards a more equal, more just, and more peaceful society as I sign SB20-217 when it reaches my desk,” Polis concluded.
The issue of police reform has gained traction across the country in the aftermath of the killing of 46-year-old African American man George Floyd, who died after a Minneapolis police officer used his knee to pin Floyd’s neck to the ground for nearly nine minutes.
Following Floyd’s killing, protests broke out in major American cities, including Los Angeles, New York, and Minneapolis. Unfortunately, the protests also led to rioting and looting, which has destroyed numerous small businesses and other stores.
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Major Police Reform Passes In Colorado; Headed To Governor To Sign

Colorado

Jared Polis

On Saturday, Cleveland Browns quarterback Baker Mayfield posted a video to his Instagram in which he can be seen training while wearing a long-sleeved t-shirt with the phrase “I Can’t Breathe” written on the front.
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One commenter <a href="https://www.cleveland.com/browns/2020/06/browns-baker-mayfield-i-absolutely-am-going-to-kneel-during-the-national-anthem-this-season.html">wrote</a>: “Please tell Browns fans you’re not going to be kneeling this season.”
“Pull your head out. I absolutely am,” Mayfield <a href="https://mobile.twitter.com/AdamSchefter/status/1271912780514426881">replied</a>, as noted by ESPN’s Adam Schefter.
In an Instagram story, the quarterback expanded on his thoughts:
<blockquote>Everybody so upset about my comment doesn’t understand the reasoning behind kneeling in the first place. Nate and Kap came to an agreement that kneeling was the most respectful way to support our military while also standing up for equality. I have the utmost respect for our military, cops, and people that serve our country. It’s about equality and everybody being treated the same because we’re all human. It’s been ignored for too long and that is my fault as well for not becoming more educated and staying silent. If I lose fans, that’s okay. I’ve always spoken my mind. And that’s from the heart.</blockquote>
The “Nate” Mayfield referenced is Green Beret Nate Boyer, who “came to an agreement” with former San Francisco 49er quarterback Colin Kaepernick to kneel rather than sit during the national anthem.
Mayfield’s remarks have gotten some blowback, but also support.
One user commented: “Baker will you also kneel and honor the good law enforcement officers out there who are murdered while trying to protect their citizens of the communities they work for???”
Another user wrote: “I&#8217;m proud of you Baker! I&#8217;m a disabled veteran after spending 9 years active duty Air Force. I gave my blood, sweat and tears for ALL Americans. The only color I see is red, white, and blue! I know we have a long way to go as Americans and quite frankly human beings. I believe we will. Thanks to you and everyone else with a voice and platform to use for positive change. I do not feel disrespected by anyone kneeling for positive change. Neither should any veteran or active duty military. This should just be another battle or war on racism that we as Americans will come together and defeat another evil enemy!!”
Mayfield joins Houston Texans defensive end J.J. Watt, who tweeted back at a user on Saturday who claimed that Watt likely wouldn’t be kneeling.
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A) don’t speak for me
B) if you still think it’s about disrespecting the flag or our military, you clearly haven’t been listening <a href="https://t.co/tnsEq5D9WC">https://t.co/tnsEq5D9WC</a>
— JJ Watt (@JJWatt) <a href="https://twitter.com/JJWatt/status/1271849866646487040?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 13, 2020</a></blockquote>
Following the death of 46-year-old African American man George Floyd, who was killed after a Minneapolis police officer used his knee to pin Floyd’s neck to the ground for nearly nine minutes, protests have erupted across the nation.
These social justice protests have brought back into the conversation the idea of sports figures kneeling during the national anthem, which was initiated by Colin Kaepenick in 2016.
Others have been drawn into the kneeling conversation as well.
After facing backlash in early June for <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/drew-brees-to-president-trump-we-can-no-longer-use-the-flag-to-turn-people-away-or-distract-them-from-the-real-issues">saying</a> he would “never agree with anybody disrespecting the flag of the United States of America,” New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees pulled back, and issued a statement pertaining to “systemic racial injustice, economic oppression, police brutality, and judicial [and] prison reform.”
Additionally, NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell recently released a video in which he <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/nfls-goodell-we-were-wrong-for-not-listening-black-lives-matter">states</a> that “the National Football League believe black lives matter.”
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On Sunday, Fox News’ Howard Kurtz and Chris Wallace engaged in a discussion about journalistic integrity.
“Is journalism becoming more intolerant?” Kurtz asked. “I mean, ten or twenty years ago, would we have seen the publisher of The New York Times completely flipping and criticizing a conservative op-ed that he had defended because a bunch of newsroom staffers didn&#8217;t like it?”
Wallace replied:
<blockquote>It feels like the inmates are running the asylum. You know, I&#8217;ve been critical sometimes of the Times, and I think that their liberal tendency tends to bleed out onto their news coverage – some people have accused Fox of the same thing in terms of our tendencies – but I thought that what happened in the last week at the Times was just extraordinary.</blockquote>
Wallace then explained that Senator Tom Cotton (R-AR) had written an op-ed in which he advocated using the military to end the riots that erupted following the killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis.
After the op-ed was published in The New York Times, the paper received major backlash from their own staffers, and publisher A.G. Sulzberger defended it before backing down. The editor for the NYT editorial page, James Bennet, later reportedly apologized and resigned.
“It was a profile in a lack of courage,” Wallace stated.
Kurtz continued, asking Wallace: “Given the long history of racism and police brutality in this country, crystallized by the killing of George Floyd, does it now seem to you that there are many people in newsrooms – this goes far beyond The New York Times – who just don&#8217;t believe that dissenting views, let&#8217;s say sending in the military to control riots, should be aired at all, that it&#8217;s just too offensive to them?”
Wallace replied in the affirmative, noting that while there aren’t “two sides to every issue,” it isn’t “over the line to even discuss the issue of how you put down violent protests,” which is what Cotton advocated in his op-ed.
“I&#8217;m not sure I agree with him about it, and it certainly would have been an extraordinary step, but it doesn&#8217;t seem to me that it&#8217;s so far over the line that there aren&#8217;t two sides to that argument,” Wallace said, later adding, “but to suggest that it was improper for that – and this is a U.S. Senator – to suggest it was improper for him to even express that opinion, boy, that&#8217;s not good.”
“It’s called debate; it&#8217;s called free expression,” Kurtz stated.
The host went on to explain that he believes the “new woke standard” began “in part” when President Trump was a candidate, and that there were journalists that discarded the rules of journalism because they “deemed Donald Trump to be such a threat to the country.”
Kurtz noted that he believes this is still going on.
“Now they want to see him defeated in November,” the host said. “Do you agree with me, and do you think that&#8217;s a slippery slope?”
Wallace agreed, but he added that this standard appears to have begun before Trump. The Fox News anchor claimed that people will compliment him on his “fairness,” which he said he finds “fairly depressing” as fairness is the most basic standard of journalism.
“Today, I think that it&#8217;s gotten so polarized, whether it&#8217;s on cable news, whether it&#8217;s in newspapers, that fairness is kind of unusual, and that is a terribly sad reflection on our business,” Wallace suggested.
Kurtz pivoted, asking Wallace about his criticisms of Trump referring to the press as “the enemy of the people,” but also the Fox News anchor’s indictments of the media.
Wallace replied in part:
<blockquote>You see some reporters now who have become advocates. I see it in the press briefings now. You know, I was pretty tough in the press briefings with Ronald Reagan and his press secretaries in the 80s, but we were basically trying to get information. Some of the press briefings now &#8230; it&#8217;s more playing gotcha or more just trying to get in arguments and advance their point of view. That’s not what we&#8217;re supposed to be doing, and that&#8217;s what I see too often among my colleagues in the media&#8230;</blockquote>
Kurtz then brought up the idea that younger journalists might see objectivity as an outmoded method of reporting, and Wallace rebutted that by saying that the “truth” is what matters. He cited the coverage of the civil rights movement and the “the brutality of southern sheriffs” as evidence of the importance of journalists simply “shining a light on reality.”
“When reporters start taking sides, I think that&#8217;s very dangerous,” Wallace concluded.
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