Outside. The man you're watching get arrested is the suspect behind the shooting deaths of two Israeli embassy staffers. - Take a look. - Free Palestine. Free. Free Palestine. [00:00:18] Free. Free Palestine. The shooting occurred at the Capital Jewish Museum in Washington, D.C., and is being treated as an act of terrorism by FBI Director Kash Patel. Pam Bondi, the Attorney General, has stated that the shooter here [00:00:36] will be held to the fullest extent of the law, will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law. The fatal shooting happened just after 9 p.m. On Wednesday night near the Capital Jewish Museum in Washington. The American Jewish Committee was actually hosting a reception for young diplomats. [00:00:55] The event was organized by a C access the Young Professionals Division of the American Jewish Committee and the police have said that the suspect, who is a 30 year old by the name of Elias Rodriguez, had been pacing in front [00:01:11] of the museum before the shooting. In a statement expressing shock at the killings, Israaid said that the event had focused on bringing humanitarian aid to Gaza through Israeli, Palestinian and regional collaboration. [00:01:27] Now let's talk about the victims. In fact, before I get to the victims, I want to kind of go to you, Jake, and get your initial thoughts on this. - Pretty terrible story. - Yeah. So, shooting is terrible. Immoral, counterproductive. [00:01:43] Stupid. Let me break down those one by one. So, first of all, if you think you're for peace and you kill people over it, you miss the memo. You you don't understand what the peace movement is at all. And as he's yelling free, free Palestine there, I'm thinking. [00:02:00] Shut up! God, you couldn't do more damage in both directions. First of all, to those innocent people that you murdered. And then on top of that, you put the entire Jewish community in America on edge. And that is terrible for their own sake and their psyche and their [00:02:18] our American brothers and sisters. And you don't do that. And so in this case, yes, there are Israeli staffers, but you put the Jewish American community on edge, understandably, because of this. And I hate that, and I can't stand it. We're supposed to be good guys. And so this guy is not one of us. [00:02:35] He's a we'll get to his stupid motivations in a second. But then secondly, Anna, look how deeply counterproductive this stuff is is maddening. - Yeah, maddening. - I loathe people like this. I loathe people like this. I find them to be narcissistic, wannabe revolutionaries who are obsessed [00:02:56] with being the perpetual underdogs and never succeeding in any damn thing. And I say that because guess what? You have a government right now that was already heeding the advice and the demands of the Israeli government in coming down hard on pro-peace, [00:03:14] pro-Palestinian protesters. Okay. Do you think the situation is going to get better now after this piece of crap decided to gun down two people in Washington, D.C.? Yeah. So look, it it hurts everyone in every way. [00:03:30] First, of course, the number one victims are the victims, the people who were killed, and they were about to get engaged. The second set of victims are the people who are terrorized by that action. And then the third set, are the side that he thinks he's on, but I. But I don't think he's on at all. [00:03:48] And it's it's an act of despicable selfishness. Like in his sick mind, he thinks I'm the hero. I'm the one who would do murder on behalf of this cause. And what does that do? Now, we've been telling everybody that the protesters on campus have been peaceful. [00:04:05] And they have, except some pro-Israeli protesters did commit violence and some on the Palestinian side, for lack of a better way of describing it, yelled at folks, etc.. So I hate any kind of religious strife. I don't want any of it. [00:04:23] But they largely were peaceful. Now you kill two people, now they're going to smear every peace protester from here to eternity as the same as this ludicrous, selfish, egotistical maniac. - And I've got more where that came from. - Yes. [00:04:39] And I want to get to the details in regard to the victims and more in just a moment. But for anyone who thinks, how dare you criticize this guy who is on the right side because Israel is carrying out a genocide? Okay. [00:04:54] I just want you to answer this question because this question is never answered. What happens next after two people get gunned down? What happens next in your imaginary revolution? Other than this guy going to prison, likely for the rest of his life? [00:05:12] I mean, Pam Bondi claims that they're going to seek the death penalty, so he might even get executed. Outside of that, what happens? So let me give you some details about the victims. The victims who both worked for the Israeli embassy [00:05:27] were 30 year old Yaron Laczynski and 26 year old Sarah Lynn Milgram. Yaron had recently purchased a ring he was planning on proposing to Sarah, but will never get the opportunity to do so because they were gunned down last night. [00:05:42] One witness discussed how attendees of the event unwittingly provided aid to the shooter after he had gunned down two people. And I want to go to that clip next. Let's take a look. There was a man who came in and he's like saying like, call the police. [00:05:59] And he he's covered in rain and he looks very distressed. And so we're we're trying to, to offer him some, like, some help. And even one of my friends asks him, like, are you okay? Can I get you some water? [00:06:15] And he's like, yeah, actually, that'd be great. And I'm like, so do you like this museum? And he's like, kind of playing dumb with me. He's like, oh, what kind of museum is this? And I'm like, it's a it's a Jewish museum. And he asks, do you think that's why they did it? [00:06:33] In reference to the the gunshots we had heard. And, and I was like, yeah, maybe, maybe, I don't know, but I don't I don't think so. I hope not. And, that's when he reaches into his bag and pulls out a keffiyeh [00:06:48] and says to me, I did it. I did this for Gaza. The police also shared that he had confessed to the murders. And said that he did it on behalf of of Palestine. [00:07:04] And what's happening in Gaza. So counterproductive, so stupid, so stupid. It accomplishes absolutely nothing. Now, the suspect who's in custody, as I mentioned earlier, is a 30 year old by the name of Elias Elias Rodriguez. [00:07:20] He's a Chicago resident and was employed by the American Osteopathic Information Association. There isn't really much in his background that would help authorities predict that he would carry out this kind of violence. According to the Washington Post, under the title escalate for Gaza [00:07:39] Bring the War Home, the suspect condemned what he called atrocities committed by the Israeli military against Palestinians. The post did not refer directly to the shooting on Wednesday evening, but it justified armed action. So far, that's the only foreshadowing thing that I've seen reported [00:07:57] about the suspect here. Now, FBI agents raided his home in Chicago and in the window of that unit, you can see that he had, two signs related to Palestine. One read justice for Wadiya. [00:08:13] That's a reference to a six year old Palestinian American boy who was actually killed in Chicago two years ago. Another sign read Tikkun olam means free Palestine. And for those who don't know what that means, it's Hebrew for repairing the world. [00:08:29] Now, the Muslim Public Affairs Council has strongly condemned Israel's conduct of the war with Hamas in Gaza, unequivocally denounced the killing of two Israeli embassy staffers in Washington in a statement. Now more than ever, we must reject hatred and division, whether it's antisemitism [00:08:49] or scapegoating of any group. And I think that's the right take on this issue and on this matter. Every time there's an act of violence like this, you know, usually there's a a statement released by various Muslim organizations and groups and simultaneously, [00:09:04] you'll hear all sorts of disgusting rhetoric on cable news denouncing Muslim religion or Muslims in general, as if all of them are carrying out these acts of violence, which, of course is not the case. I want to go to one more video here. And this is the neighbor who actually knows the suspect. [00:09:22] They wanted to interview him about, you know, obviously the suspect, but he actually used it as an opportunity to mention something else. Take a look. We have two people dead in DC. We have [00:09:37] 50,000 dead in Gaza in 1956. Israel invaded Sinai, they invaded Gaza. [00:09:55] The United States president at the time, Dwight Eisenhower, put his foot down. Now, where would we be today if we had a president that could have said that two years ago? [00:10:12] I mean, he makes a pretty devastating point. And it doesn't matter at this point whether you're dealing with a Democratic president or a Republican president. They aid and abet what's happening in the Middle East. And violence begets violence. I mean it, this keeps getting worse. [00:10:27] There needs to be a cease fire. There needs to be an end to the violence. And anyone in this country who's under the impression that you're going to be able to solve issues by gunning people down, you are mistaken, and you are part of the problem. Yeah. So first of all, violence is always wrong, especially if you're part [00:10:46] of a peace movement. And secondly, it's a sign of surrender. And that's what I tell you guys. Every time there's a shooting like this, it's saying, I'm so stupid, I can't win this argument on my own. And through, strategy. Strategy? Exactly. Political. [00:11:01] Rhetorical in every other way. Now, look, guys, it's a super hard battle to win. I understand that no one understands that better than we do. We've been fighting this battle to get, peace to Gaza and to stop the slaughter, etc.. Right. But giving up and then using violence, just like the government [00:11:18] of Israel is using. Now, how does that help? No, it's a it's a sign of surrender. And I hate the weakness involved in that, let alone the immorality. Right. So now, second of all, lumping in so, Jewish Americans with these folks [00:11:33] is a thousand times wrong. We've said it a thousand times. What the government, the actions of a foreign government. Right. So while we say that a thousand times, I hope that people will also say lumping in Palestinians with this guy is also wrong. All Palestinians didn't do this shooting. [00:11:51] In fact, no Palestinians did this shooting, lumping in all peace protesters with a guy who was violent makes no sense. But will mainstream media do both of those things overwhelmingly over and over and over again? They will, from this day to the last day, pretend that this guy represents peace, [00:12:08] protesters and Palestinians, etc. In fact, it's already all over media and every Israeli supporter is on camera going, see, we've got to do more violence against the Palestinians. I will get to that later in the program. Some of the most disgusting things I've ever heard. [00:12:24] Right. So now, now, two things can be true at the same time. So, we've talked about the Armenian Genocide many times before, right? And so after the Armenian Genocide, there was a string of, terrorist acts by Armenians. [00:12:41] Now, some were directed at people who had committed the genocide, like Israel went after some of the people who did the Holocaust. And so a lot of people understand why that happened. Right. But then some of the radicals in that community kept going, and they started killing Turkish diplomats all the way into the 1970s. Right. And so that was a terrible thing to do. [00:12:59] Counterproductive. Violent. Wrong. Does that mean the Armenian Genocide didn't happen? No, it doesn't mean that at all. Two things can be true at the same time. The Armenian genocide did happen and was terrible, and the terrorism was also terrible. Okay. And so in this case, it's the slaughter and genocide happening in Gaza. [00:13:16] Yes. Is this shooting terrible? Yes. Both of those things are true at the same time. Because what I'm seeing all over American media instantly, as we expected, is, well, since these this guy, this one guy did this act of violence. You see why everyone in Gaza had it coming? [00:13:33] No, I don't see that at all. That's a maniacal statement and a deeply immoral and racist statement. Okay. So now what are there going to be the ramifications of this? As Anna pointed out what step two. And for radicals, they never think through step two because they're morons. [00:13:48] So step two is going to be now a crackdown in America. Do you think that's not going to happen? Of course it's going to happen. Oh but it was already happening. Yeah. And it's going to get way worse. And every time anybody complains, they remember the terrorists who killed the two Israeli staffers. [00:14:04] You're all violent. You're all violent. We got to take away all of your rights. You're not allowed to criticize Israel anymore. If you think that's not going to happen, you're an unbelievable nut. Well, let's put it this way. You're intensely naive. Okay, so now already again, a talking point has gone out. [00:14:20] And I see it every every platform. Every channel, which is. See, this is part of the global intifada. What global intifada? What do you what do you what is this made up thing? I've never seen a peace protester refer to a global intifada. I've never seen a Palestinian refer to a global intifada. [00:14:37] But I have now seen Dozens of Israeli supporters pretending there's a global intifada so they could do a crackdown all across the world and say, no one's ever allowed to criticize Israel again. So this moron of morons did a deeply immoral act kill those two poor people [00:14:54] who didn't do anything? That you've got to, guys. You got to stop the government of Israel from committing the genocide, killing two random people. It doesn't help you at all. I don't care that they're Israeli. They're two random people. Don't do that. [00:15:10] Don't. It's so terrible and disgusting. And so now the crackdowns will begin and Israel will use this viciously. And so two things can be true at the same time. This could be a despicable act. And Israel will still use it viciously against innocent people and make sure [00:15:26] that no one ever criticizes them again. - Rodriguez gave Israel a big gift. - It was an unbelievable gift. And again, what was step two supposed to be? How exactly was this supposed to lead to a ceasefire? And by the way, Jake, the one thing that I really want to emphasize here is, [00:15:44] you know, suddenly you have people like Piers Morgan, who was very, like, shy about calling what we were all seeing in Gaza what it was. He didn't want to call it a genocide. Just yesterday, though, he had Mehdi Hasan on and he said, you know what, Mehdi? [00:16:01] I now agree with you. And he called it a genocide. Yeah, but you know what? What happens when you use violence to get your political point across? - You lose the moral high ground? - Yeah. Yep. So losing the moral high ground is a disastrous idea [00:16:19] because it has consequences. It's not like. Oh, okay. What do you mean? Israel killed 53,000? This guy killed two. We didn't lose any moral high ground. No. Brothers and sisters. First of all, that guy's not part of us. Okay. Second of all, it doesn't matter what you think. [00:16:34] It matters what the people in power think. And can we move them or can we not move them? Because whether we like it or not, they're the ones making the decisions. So we had made a great momentum and the most unfortunate, horrific ways, because Israel is literally starving 2 million people right now as we speak. [00:16:52] And so people were so horrified. Their conscience is shocked by it. And then this moron comes along and he's like, oh, I'll kill two Israelis in America. So now all those people, I guarantee you, look, people will criticize us [00:17:09] for saying this, even though we've condemned him 800 times over. And what they'll try to say now, and I guarantee you, it's all over TV right now, is that's it? That's it. If you criticize Israel, you're just like this guy. That's exactly what they're doing right now. Go to social media. I mean, Barry Weiss is using, you know, the these two deaths, these two murders [00:17:29] as an excuse to try to censor Americans in media who have been critical of how Israel has been prosecuted. Let me ask Barry something. Then how about the 53,000 murders that you celebrate and cheer every day? Does that mean we can silence you? Because if two people getting killed, which is despicable, silences the [00:17:47] great majority of Americans now who are opposed to funding Israel's genocide? How much can we silence people for murdering 53,000 people? How about when you murdered over 16,000 children? Are we allowed to silence you then? No. I don't want to silence you. [00:18:04] - And I'm never going to be silenced. - Same. Okay, so killing two people is despicable. Killing 53,000 people, including over 16,000 children, is deeply, deeply despicable. And if you can't see that both of those things are true [00:18:21] and you think one of them is not true, I don't care which side you're on. - There's something wrong with you. - Agreed. Every time you ring the bell below, an angel gets his wings. Totally not true. But it does keep you updated on our live shows.