She is working tirelessly to secure a ceasefire in Gaza. And bringing hostages home. Is she, though, is Kamala Harris working tirelessly to secure a ceasefire [00:00:18] and bring the hostages home? Listen, the first night of the DNC had one mention of the ongoing war in Gaza, and that was it. And that was a lie. That was a lie. And look, to be fair to Kamala Harris, she's currently the vice president [00:00:34] and she is the Democratic nominee. She's currently running in the general election. It's really on Joe Biden, but I still don't really appreciate being gaslit by AOC, of all people in regard to Kamala Harris working tirelessly to secure a ceasefire. [00:00:49] There is no indication of that, no evidence of that. And in fact, I want to just remind you all last week while I was on break, I saw this headline, U.S. Releases $3.5 billion to Israel to Spend on U.S. Weapons and military equipment months after Congress appropriated. [00:01:06] So this is the first round of the $14 billion that Congress appropriated for Israel's war on Gaza. And so you can't argue that the current Biden administration, which includes Kamala Harris, is fighting tirelessly, [00:01:22] tirelessly for a ceasefire when they refuse to use the weapons as leverage and refuse to engage in an arms embargo and keep rewarding - Israel with military support. - Yeah. So, guys, it's super important to be truthful. [00:01:38] And so I'm supportive of Kamala Harris and Tim Walz and strongly so you see me do it on this show. You see me do it on all the shows I go on and ranging from right wing and left wing. But but we do nuance, we do reality, we do truth. [00:01:54] Right. So so speaking of which, by the way, to let me just do a quick correction here because, yes AOC mentioned and no one else did until Joe Biden and Joe Biden did mention the Palestinians twice, and he talked about the Palestinian suffering. And he said, end this war. [00:02:09] So now, normally I think rhetoric is not that helpful. In that case, having the president of the United States saying end this war is is definitely a little bit helpful. Okay. Hey, don't scroll away, come back, come back. Because before the video continues, we just want to urge you to lend your support to tight U power. [00:02:27] Our honest reporting. You do it at tight.com/team and we love you for it. I wish they were doing more. I don't want you to get the wrong impression. It's not like Biden and Kamala Harris go behind the scenes and laugh their ass off. Ha ha. Palestinian people, we don't care. No no no. And do they genuinely care? [00:02:42] Maybe. But the reason we talk about if you don't threaten the funding, you're not really doing anything is because that's the only thing that can get this government of Israel to move, right? If you if they find another clever way of getting the government of Israel to [00:02:59] stop the bombings and get to a ceasefire or a permanent peace deal, great. Wonderful. That's all we. Want. But don't pretend that they did that. They didn't do that. In fact, they actively chose not to use their leverage. Exactly. [00:03:14] And they actively chose not to use their leverage and continue rewarding. It's not just, you know, some vague government of Israel. We're talking about a government that is currently led by an individual who has served as an obstructionist to any possible cease fire. [00:03:32] In fact, we covered that recently. And I want to remind you of this important excerpt from an Axios piece written by Barak Ravid. He says Netanyahu's negotiating team briefed him on Sunday that if he gave them meaning, Hamas more wiggle room, meaning an actual cease fire. [00:03:48] Okay, not a yeah, we agree to a cease fire, but we're going to keep bombing Palestinian civilians, which is what Netanyahu keeps saying that he wants to do. A deal might be possible, but Netanyahu refused to budge and reprimanded them for caving to senior Israeli officials. [00:04:04] Tell Axios. Now I give you that because. If. You don't condition the military aid and you just keep rewarding Netanyahu. Then Netanyahu is going to Netanyahu. And that's exactly what he's been doing. And again, look, I get I'm going to stop [00:04:21] holding back AOC gaslighting us on. That is unacceptable. Unacceptable. Okay. You want you just left that out of her speech entirely. You want to go up on that stage and you want to rally for Kamala Harris? Do you boo. But don't gaslight me. [00:04:38] Or. And the American people and Democratic voters, as someone who ran as a progressive who's looking to oust the corporate Democrats. Okay. Don't gaslight me and tell me like, no, no, she's working around the clock. Working around the clock. Yeah, tirelessly. [00:04:53] Yeah. Come on. So, look, if she does that because. Because she's. Because that's the. No, that's the etiquette of Washington. And she's trying. Honestly. Let's be let's be real. She's trying to curry favor and paint it in a light that is most favorable to the Democratic Party. [00:05:08] - At the. - Same time. This Justice Democrats, including AOC, have been the best in fighting for Palestinian rights and to end this war in other circumstances. And they've. Rashida Tlaib, Ilhan Omar and yes, AOC have pushed, pushed, pushed the administration. [00:05:23] But did they get it done? No, they didn't get it done. It's been ten, almost 11 months now of brutal bombing after bombing, death after death. So if you wanted to do a portion of your speech speaking up for the Palestinian people, I love you for it, and that would be great. But again, the line did not cross is an obvious one. [00:05:42] Don't pretend that they're doing something that they're not doing because and guys like, if you watch The Young Turks, you're pretty savvy about what happens in politics. And I quote our members all the time and I say, like, you guys are understand politics, I think, better than the average mainstream media reporter. [00:05:59] In fact, somebody here stopped me and said, my husband's a huge fan of yours and loves you. And I wanted to tell you that. And she said, despite the fact that his wife's a reporter. And so that was a little bit of shade at us for hitting mainstream media so often. [00:06:14] So like, but you like as you're as we challenge mainstream media and we challenge the politicians we to we've got to hold them accountable. So here in this case, I like that they've done things that were positive. [00:06:30] But yeah, what I realized oh sorry. And one last thing. What I realized is that a lot of people actually believe these politicians. So that's why if you're savvy in the audience, you know, well, the politicians don't really mean what they say. But I think a lot of people at home listen to AOC say that and go, oh, great, [00:06:47] Kamala is about to solve it. And so and I can't have that because that's just not true. Progressive voters did not canvass for her, donate to her, fight for her so she could stand on that stage and lie in their faces [00:07:04] about what Kamala Harris is up to in regard to pushing for a ceasefire in Gaza. Okay that was insulting and I literally can't believe she said that. It was one line that she could have just left out of her speech. How about don't lie to us? It's not that difficult. So, and I know, I know that this will somehow get to her and she's going [00:07:21] to catch feelings about it. But she should she should catch feelings about it. I remember in that documentary about her, one of the things that she was worried about, right, that she's a freshman legislator. And one of the things that she was worried about was ending up a disappointment. [00:07:37] Well, what she did on that stage last night was disappointing, to say the least. - And she's to cut that crap out. - Yeah. And so it might seem last thing here guys like it might seem harsh when Anna says she lied on the stage. She did. But understand that there's what's happening right now. [00:07:54] And this is what we reported on yesterday, is that Blinken is now pretending that has gotten back to the Israeli hard line position of keeping land in Gaza, and is pretending that Netanyahu is being reasonable and is Hamas fault [00:08:10] when that's just not true. Netanyahu has not moved at all, and now the US administration has basically decided we're not. It looks like based on what they're saying, we're not going to get a deal. We're not going to get a ceasefire. [00:08:25] So let's turn around and blame Hamas, even though we know Netanyahu is the one that caused the cease fire to fall apart. So, look, I was thrilled. Be thrilled to be wrong for the reporting to be wrong. And we get the cease fire in a couple of days. But as things stand now, the US administration, [00:08:40] yes, that's Biden and Harris. They're in the form of Antony Blinken. Their secretary of state is lying and saying that, oh my God, Israel is being so reasonable. It's Hamas's fault. That's just I mean, it could certainly be true that Hamas, the terrorist organization. [00:08:56] But in this case, given the fact pattern and given the reporting, it isn't true. So to pretend that, oh my God, they're so great and they're trying to help get to a ceasefire, well, now they're doing propaganda for Israel. It's just not true. And it's important for us to be real with you guys and to be honest with you guys. [00:09:12] And that's why we say what we say, no matter who catches feelings. - And let me. - Be real about one other thing, okay? Because you're in this environment right now, anyone who is here in the flesh, there's genuine excitement, there's genuine optimism, [00:09:28] hope, positivity, all of that. And it's so difficult because it's tempting to want to get sucked into those positive feelings, those positive vibes. But it's impossible to do it when you know that we're talking about [00:09:43] the same administration that has provided cover for the atrocities and brutality that has been directed toward the Palestinian people for nearly a year now. Yeah. And look, the last thing on this, because as a general note [00:09:58] to to what Anna said about Hope. Look, we want them to take 20 steps forward. And we think that it's totally realistic that they can I can even show them how to do it right. But if they just found a way to get past the donor wall, in a sense, I know they can get to ten different things like ten bills, for example, to pass. [00:10:15] Right? But but we know that they're going to pass about two bills. Right. - So our job is to tell you the reality. - And and that is. A lot better than the Republicans passing ten bills in the wrong direction. But I don't want you to lose hope just because they only get to two, [00:10:32] because we're going to have a plan if they only do two. But if they get to ten, that's amazing. And we'll take it and we'll love it. Right? But as we're doing all of that guys and fighting forward and bringing you hope, we still have to be attached to reality. Because if you're not attached to reality, you're not going to get anything done. [00:10:49] So and right now, the reality is the US has backed Israel 100%, will not, is actively choosing not to use their leverage, and Palestinians are being slaughtered for it. And the likelihood of a ceasefire is now unfortunately low. The likelihood of ending the occupation is nearly nonexistent at this point. [00:11:10] Thanks for watching. If you become a member, you get to watch all this ad free. - Except for, of course. - This ad still hit the join button below.