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WATCH: Gutfeld Makes Jessica Tarlov Melt Down After She Suggests Republicans Are More Violent
“Right-wing extremism” is the real problem in this country, Jessica Tarlov declared this week before almost becoming borderline violent herself.
Tarlov, the liberal contrarian of “The View,” lost her mind on colleague Greg Gutfeld this week when she tried to “both sides” the growing level of political violence following Wednesday’s shooting at a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention center in Texas.
“You have to understand, since Kirk’s death, there is no both sides,” Gutfeld started before citing Charlie Kirk’s suspected killer, the shooting of a healthcare CEO last year, and other recent examples of left-wing violence.
“Why did the DOJ take down the study that showed how much right-wing extremism there is?” Tarlov replied.
“What study was that, which one? The one in The Economist that was sponsored by a group run by a guy in Antifa? That study?” He responded. “Jessica, I did the deep dive on that study. That study was authored by a project that was run by a guy who says he was in Antifa.”
“It’s real simple, you label someone a fascist, or a racist, or a Nazi, it makes you free to attack them, and that has been the ideology from the start.”
By then, Tarlov’s patience had worn thin as she began to shout over Gutfeld’s points.
“I’m enjoying this,” she quipped.
“You won’t be for long,” he replied. “The left calls Trump a hate monger. They’ve called me a hate monger because I ridicule the left, I ridicule protesters, I ridicule academia, Hollywood, the news media. I make fun of ‘The View’ everyday. I make fun of the UN.”
“Guess what? No one acts on the things that I say because my side doesn’t do that. We say people are stupid. We say people are wrong. But we don’t say they’re evil. That is your game.”
“And then you come, and you say, ‘OK man, this is a mentally ill loner.’ Well, who do you think does this stuff? It’s not Ben Affleck. It’s not Tom Brady. It’s not even Carrot Top. People who do this stuff are always that way. The question is who points them in that direction? Why pick ICE? Why pick Kirk? Why target TV stations, put bombs under Fox trucks? Why vandalize memorials? Why kill kids in Catholic schools?”
“Two things can be true: A person can be mentally ill, and you can guide him to that place in his life. That is how brainwashing works.”
Try as she might, Tarlov failed to find an opening as Gutfeld drove his point home.
WATCH:
Preliminary evidence from the site of Wednesday’s shooting suggests that the gunman, Joshua Jahn, harbored a hostile opinion of ICE agents; bullet casings found near his body were inscribed with messages like “ANTI-ICE,” the FBI special agent in charge of Dallas said Wednesday.
