Ben Shapiro talks brutal Twitter feud with Rosie O'Donnell

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>> Melissa: A TWITTER WAR BREAKS OUT BETWEEN TWO PROMINENT VOICES ON THE LEFT AND THE RIGHT IT ALL STARTED WITH ROSIE O'DONNELL'S SUGGESTION THAT SHE WOULD BRIBE LAWMAKERS TO VOTE AGAINST THE TAX BILL. FEDERAL LAW. FROM THERE, THINGS GOT INCREASINGLY, WELL, PERSONAL. WITH O'DONNELL TELLING SHAPIRO TO DO THINGS THAT WE CAN'T SAY HERE ON TELEVISION, PROMPTING SHAPIRO TO SEND OUT THIS TWEET TODAY. JUST REPORTED ROSY FOR TARGETED HARASSMENT JUST TO SEE IF TWITTER DOES HAVE A DOUBLE STANDARD. EVERYONE KNOWS IF ROSY WAS CONSERVATIVE TWITTER WOULD SUSPEND HER IN A HOT SECOND. SO TWITTER PUT YOUR MONEY WHERE YOUR MOUTH IS, ME TOO. OH BEN, ALL VICTIMS DESERVE TO BE BELIEVED. THE STORY DOESN'T END THERE. JOINING US NOW IN EXCLUSIVE EDITOR DAILY WIRE. I KNOW YOU JUST HEARD FROM IS UP TO TWEET. HER ORIGINAL TWEET WHERE SHE SAYS $2 MILLION TO SENATOR SUSAN COLLINS, SENATOR JEFF FLAKE IF THEY VOTE NO. NO, I WILL NOT KILL AMERICANS, THAT'S WHAT SHE TWEETED. I DON'T KNOW HOW THIS IS KILLING AMERICANS. THAT'S OKAY. FOR THE SOUR RICH, I THINK IT WAS SUPPOSED TO SAY WHILE DOING THIS PROBABLY WITH HER FINGERS, YOU RESPONDED THAT IF TRUMP ORDERS SESSIONS TO INVESTIGATE ROSY HE WILL BE CARVED INTO RUSH MORE BY FRIDAY WHICH I THOUGHT WAS A PRETTY GOOD BURN. WHAT INSPIRED TO YOU PILE ON THIS MESS BECAUSE IT WAS ALREADY OUT OF CONTROL. >> WELL, I MEAN, IT WAS OBVIOUS THAT SHE HAD ACTUALLY VIOLATED AT LEAST FORMALLY 18 U.S. C 210, 201, ONE OF THE PROVISIONS. >> SPECIFIC PROVISION OF THE U.S. CODE. IN DOING SO SHE HAD DONE THIS ON TWITTER. I PILED ON A LITTLE BIT. ANATOMICAL ACT ON HER THAT CERTAINLY WOULD FALL UNDER SHE TOLD ME TO PERFORM IT ON A MALE APPENDAGE OF HERS. THAT WAS WEIRD. >> Melissa: LET'S NOT GET NOW. >> THAT'S PROBABLY SMART. I RESPONDED BY ESSENTIALLY SAYING THAT SHE WAS ALREADY A FELON. THERE WAS NO NEED TO MAKE HERSELF INTO A HOMOPHOBIC SEXUAL HARASSER AS WELL. THINGS DEGENERATED FROM THERE. >> Melissa: ABSOLUTELY. THE SERIOUS PART OF THIS IS SHE TOLD YOU TO DO THINGS TO HER THAT OF COURSE HARVEY WEINSTEIN AND LOTS OF PEOPLE ARE IN TROUBLE FOR TRYING TO GET PEOPLE TO DO TO THEM. I MEAN, IF A MAN SAID THIS TO A WOMAN, YOU SAY CONSERVATIVE VERSUS LIBERAL, RECOIL IN HORROR AND JUST WOULD REALLY BE ON YOUR SIDE. NOT THIS TIME. >> NO QUESTION. I MEAN, IF I HAD SAID EXACTLY THE SAME WORDS TO ROSIE O'DONNELL THAT SHE SAID TO ME ON TWITTER. VERY LITTLE DOUBT THAT I WOULD HAVE BEEN SUSPENDED OR EXPELLED FROM TWITTER FOR TARGETED HARASSMENT OR ABUSE UNDER THE RULES. SO I DECIDED TO FIND OUT EXACTLY HOW TWITTER OPERATED AND SO I REPORTED HER FOR AND THEN I HAVE NOW RECEIVED BACK THEIR NOTICE THAT APEARKTLY THERE WAS NO VIOLATION OF THE TWITTER SHE DID NOT PERFORM BEHAVIOR WHICH CROSSES THE LINE INTO ABUSE. I TOTALLY UNDERSTANDING WHY WE CAN'T READ THESE TWEETS ON AIR BECAUSE THEY ARE OBSCENE AND ABUSIVE. THAT'S WHY TWITTER PROBABLY SHOULD HAVE DONE SOMETHING IF THEY CARED ABOUT ENFORCING THEIR OWN RULES. I ACTUALLY DON'T WANT ROSIE O'DONNELL TOSSED OFF TWITTER. I FIND HER FAR TOO AMUSING AND SAD SHE BLOCKED ME TODAY. THAT SAID, I THINK THE TWITTER SHOULD BE HELD A COUNT FOR ITS OWN ENFORCEMENT OF THE RULES. IT'S WILDLY INCONSISTENT. >> Melissa: WE ARE LOOKING YOU. SHE HAS A LONG TWITTER HISTORY. SOME OF HER BEST TIMES WERE TYPES OF NAMES COMPARING HIM TO BODY PARTS, SAYING HOW ORANGE HE WAS. TALKING ABOUT HIS APPEARANCE. AGAIN, TALKING ABOUT THINGS IF TWEETED AT A WOMAN OR TWEETED AT HILLARY CLINTON ABOUT HER APPEARANCE PEOPLE WOULD BE ALL UP IN ARMS. THIS IS WHAT SHE WAS DOING TO DONALD TRUMP. SHE SAID HE WAS LIKE THE SNAKE -- LITTLE HOUSE ON THE PRAIRIE WHICH I KIND OF LIKED FOR OBVIOUS REASONS. BUT, ALL THESE THINGS GOING ON, SHE IS ON TWITTER BUT, TWITTER DOES NOTHING ABOUT IT WHEN SHE ATTACKS SOMEONE WITH WHAT SHOULD BE SEXUAL HARASSMENT. DO THEY HAVE A TRACK RECORD OF BANNING OTHER PEOPLE FOR SAYING THINGS LIKE THIS THOUGH. >> THEY DO HAVE A TRACK RECORD OF AT LEAST BLOCKING PEOPLE'S TWEETS FOR CONSIDERED ABUSIVE OR SUSPENDING PEOPLE ABUSIVE. THEY HAVE A TRACK RECORD OF GOING AFTER PEOPLE FOR SERVICE SUGGEST THAT YOU ARE NOT ALLOWED TO ISSUE TWEETS LIKE THIS. BUT THEY HAVE A RATHER ARBITRARY STANDARD OBVIOUSLY FOR WHAT THEY CHOOSE TO ENFORCE OR NOT ENFORCE. MY QUESTIONS THEY DIDN'T WANT TO OPEN THE CAN OF WORMS THAT WOULD HAVE NECESSITATED OPENING IN ORDER TO TAKE ANY ACTION THINGS TO HER WHICH IS HORRIFYING IN CONTEMPLATION. >> Melissa: SHE SEEMED VERY SINCERE WHEN SHE WENT ON AND TWEETED LONG TWEETS ABOUT EXACTLY HOW MUCH MONEY SHE WANTED TO GIVE TO THEM-TO-VOTE NO. SHE SOUNDED VERY SERIOUS. SO, I DON'T KNOW. THERE IS A LOT OF DEBATE RIGHT NOW ABOUT WHETHER OR SINCE IT WAS ON TWITTER. WE WILL SEE.
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Channel: Fox News
Views: 2,105,004
Rating: 4.8654308 out of 5
Keywords: Melissa Francis, The Story With Martha Maccallum, Apple News, Prime Time, Entertainment, On Air, Personality, Primary Entertainment, Special, Fox News, News
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Length: 5min 32sec (332 seconds)
Published: Fri Dec 22 2017
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