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Should de Blasio Go?
Guests:Monica Crowley & Kirsten Powers
Eric kicked off Tuesday's show with the controversy surrounding embattled New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio, whose anti-cop rhetoric has alienated the NYPD. Kirsten Powers and Monica Crowley opined on the left-wing mayor. "Mayor de Blasio should step down," Crowley declared, "but he won't because nobody resigns in disgrace anymore. The most critical relationship any big-city mayor can have is not with the professional race hustlers, it's with his police force. This mayor has lost any trust they had in him and he can not govern this city effectively. People are saying Al Sharpton is the de facto mayor." But Powers ridiculed those calling for de Blasio's resignation. "That's ridiculous! He's been in office for a year and he's supposed to resign because the police force is unhappy with him? The mayor doesn't do what the NYPD tells him to do, his primary relationship is with the people of New York. Mayor de Blasio did not cause the protests, the protests were caused by the NYPD and their treatment of Eric Garner."
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Anti-Police Demonstrations
Guests:Scottie Nell Hughes & Nomiki Konst
Despite Mayor de Blasio's call for a temporary moratorium on anti-NYPD protests, marchers are still out in force in New York City. Eric scrutinized the continuing chaos with Tea Party conservative Scottie Nell Hughes and liberal community activist Nomiki Konst. "What exactly is 'victory' to these race baiters and instigators?" Hughes pondered. "Does it mean burning down your own community and shutting down businesses so you don't have economic development? Does it mean destroying people's Christmas and shopping? Or does it mean hurting the very people who sacrifice their lives to protect yours?" Konst argued that the protests are warranted and should continue. "There is no moratorium on the search for justice," she intoned. "Every New Yorker mourns the loss of these officers, but that doesn't mean the mayor should suspend freedom of speech and organizing." Eric concluded by blasting the protesters for "disrupting people's lives."
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Attacking the Media
Guests:Howard Kurtz & Andrea Tantaros
Eager to deflect blame for his city's divisions, Mayor de Blasio has accused the media of stoking racial tension. FNC's Howard Kurtz and Andrea Tantaros joined Eric to discuss that contention. "Bill de Blasio has lost the support of the police and his popularity is plummeting," Kurtz stated, "and he blames it on reporters? But he does have half a point when he talks about the media pumping up conflict in these kind of stories and giving too much weight to extreme voices." Tantaros defended the city's media outlets and their overall coverage of the protests. "The New York press corps is one of the most vicious and dogged in the country, but I disagree with Howie. They've been covering this very fairly. Bill de Blasio looked around to see whose polling is worse than his right now and he blamed the media."
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Assessing Race in America
Guests:Jasmyne Cannick & Kevin Powell
Is America irredeemably racist? Eric posed that contentious question to black social analysts Jasmyne Cannick and Kevin Powell. "You bet it is a racist country," Cannick declared, "and we have to continue to work on it because there are millions of people like me living in this country. We have to recognize that America is still a very racist country. That involves the injustices around our criminal justice system and our education system, and it's about who gets hired and who doesn't get hired. Racism is what keeps the wealth gap so big." Powell, although slightly more optimistic, agreed that race is still a major problem. "Racism is alive and well in this country. There have been incremental changes, but the reality is that racism is not over. We have to have hope because I travel around the country and I see people of all different races working together. We have to have honest conversations."
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Controversial Attorney General
Guests:Dr. John Eastman & John Flannery
Outgoing Attorney General Eric Holder says he was treated with disrespect and wishes he had been more aggressive with his critics. We'll analyze his comments tonight.
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Sony Pictures to release 'The Interview'
Guest:Charles Krauthammer
Despite threats from North Korea, Sony Pictures now says it will release the movie "The Interview." Eric discussed Sony's abrupt about-face with Charles Krauthammer. "This is the right thing to do," Dr. K said, "and they should not have pulled it from the theaters. When all this is over, people are going to say, 'We had a confrontation with a nuclear country over this!' I'm guessing that when the reviews are in, Kim Jung-un will be voted critic of the year for suggesting this movie wasn't up to snuff. I don't think anyone in this affair has covered themselves with glory." Krauthammer also laughed off Eric Holder's suggestion that he was treated unfairly during his six years at the Justice Department. "I don't think he was unfairly treated at all. He's the attorney general and you have to uphold certain standards. He's been the agent of the president rather than the chief law enforcement officer of the country."
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The President's remarks about racism in America
Guest:Charles Krauthammer
Returning for another segment, Charles Krauthammer evaluated the shaky state of race relations in America. "I heard your earlier segment in which two guests said we need to have a 'conversation' about race," he said, "but I have no idea what that means. If there has been one subject that has been a constant in the national discourse, it's been race, and the idea that we haven't discussed it enough is preposterous. What that usually implies is that whites ought to be confessing their racism and that should be the starting point. I refuse to accept that premise. If you want to have an honest discussion, let's talk about what's going on and what can be done." Krauthammer also criticized President Obama for being so cozy with Al Sharpton. "Sharpton is not someone the president should be consulting with. This is a man who lives off racial conflict, who injects race whenever he can. He has a terribly checkered history, beginning with the Tawana Brawley case, which was a hoax. Sharpton has not apologized to this day, he is not a guy who ought to be honored."
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