'It's Happening At All Levels': Toxic Politics Spreads From School Boards To Congress

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WITH ASSAULT RIFLES OUTSIDE OF HER HOME, AND SHE HAS RECEIVED MULTIPLE THREATENING VOICE MAILS. JOINING USRIGHT NOW WE HAVE A VERY CLEAR AND PRESENT DANGER TO OUR DEMOCRACY IS WHAT WE ARE WITNESSING. >> AND I THINK SOME PEOPLE WANT TO PRETEND THAT THIS IS PART OF A NATURAL CYCLE OF VIOLENCE IN AMERICAN SOCIETY WHEN IT FEELS VERY, VERY DIFFERENT. IT FEELS LIKE WE ARE MAKING A HARD RIGHT TURN INTO VERY DARK, VERY DANGEROUS EXISTENTIAL THREATENING TERRITORY. I HAVE TO ASK YOU, DO YOU THINK THE CONVERSATION IS GOING TO BE DIFFERENT INSIDE THE HALLS OF CONGRESS BECAUSE SO MUCH OF THIS SEEMS TO BE STEMMING FROM PEOPLE INSIDE THE CAPITOL WHO ARE FOMENTING PARANOIA AND CONSPIRACY, AND CALLS TO VIOLENCE. >> YOU KNOW, AFTER, I THINK THAT THERE ARE SOME MEMBERS THAT ARE DOING THAT, BUT I ALSO WANT TO MAKE THIS VERY CLEAR, I THINK THAT YOU TALKED ABOUT IT, MY THREADS STARTED AFTER PRESIDENT TRUMP WENT AFTER ME, BUT IT ISN'T JUST CONGRESS RIGHT NOW, AND THERE ARE REPUBLICANS AND DEMOCRATS WHO ARE GETTING THESE THREATS, WE ARE NORMALIZING THE KIND OF HATE AND FEAR WE SEE PITTING US AGAINST EACH OTHER BUT THERE ARE PEOPLE, I HAVE TALKED TO PEOPLE WHO AREN'T GOING TO SCHOOL BOARD MEETINGS, WITH BULLETPROOF VESTS. IT IS HAPPENING FROM CITY COUNCIL, TO SCHOOL BOARDS, TO THE HALLS OF CONGRESS. AND WE CAN'T NORMALIZE IT ANYMORE. RAGES BECOMING ACCEPTABLE. SOCIAL MEDIA, YOU HAVE GOT KIDS BEING BULLIED IN SCHOOLS, YOU HAVE GOT PEOPLE ANONYMOUSLY GOING AFTER EVERYBODY. WE HAVE GOT TO REALIZE THAT IT IS BECOMING NORMALIZED IN OUR COMMUNITIES. AND WHILE WE CAN, YOU, NO HOPE THAT SOME PEOPLE INSIDE CONGRESS WILL STOP, IT IS MUCH BROADER, AND WE HAVE GOT TO STAND UP TO THIS AS A NATION, AND IN OUR COMMUNITIES, OR WE ARE IN REAL TROUBLE. >> I HAVE GOT TO SAY THAT PEOPLE WHO ARE DIRECTING SUPPORTERS TO GO TO THE CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS AND SCHOOL BOARD MEETINGS, AND A LOT OF CASES ARE CONSERVATIVES WHO WANT TO SEE BOOKS BANNED, THEY WANT TO SEE LANGUAGE NOT USED IN SCHOOLS, THEY WANT TO SEE CHANGE AT THE LOCAL LEVEL. DO YOU THINK, YOU ARE IN MICHIGAN WHERE THERE ARE A LOT OF MILITIAS, DO YOU THINK THAT THIS GETS WORSE BEFORE IT GETS BETTER? >> I AM HOPING THAT PEOPLE ARE GOING TO STAND UP TO IT. I HAVE MALICIOUS, IT WAS THE MILITIA OUTSIDE MY HOUSE. LOOK, I WILL BE HONEST, YOU KNOW IT, WHEN THE JANUARY 6TH WAS NOT THE FIRST TIME THAT THEY SHOWED UP AT THE CAPITOL WITH ASSAULT WEAPONS. THEY WENT TO MICHIGAN STATE CAPITAL FIRST. AND WHEN I SAID THAT THEY DIDN'T BELONG THERE, IT WASN'T APPROPRIATE, AND THEN TUCKER CARLSON WENT ON A TOTAL RANT ON ME THAT NIGHT, IT IS WHEN MEN SHOWED UP WITH ASSAULT WEAPONS. BUT I THINK THAT WE HAVE GOT TO STAND UP TO THE HATE WHERE WE SEE IT. I WANT TO MAKE IT CLEAR, THERE IS THIS GROUP MANY OF THEM ARE CONSERVATIVES BUT THEY ARE GOING AFTER REPUBLICANS. THERE IS A MINORITY, OR A GROUP OF HATERS THAT IS PUTTING US AGAINST EACH OTHER. AND I AM WATCHING IT, YOU ARE CORRECT RIGHT NOW, THAT MY HOMETOWN FOR YEARS HAS BEEN PITTED AGAINST EACH OTHER, AND I HAVE SPOKEN OUT VERY STRONGLY ABOUT IT, AND I DID AGAIN TONIGHT IN THE COMMUNITY. YOU CAN DISAGREE AGREEABLY,
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Channel: MSNBC
Views: 10,207
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Keywords: Alex Wagner
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Length: 3min 57sec (237 seconds)
Published: Fri Oct 28 2022
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