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Ana Kasparian

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I've Had It
Fifty Shades of Fascism

Identify what he actually is so you can address it appropriately.

I've Had It
Fifty Shades of Fascism

then he gets elected and what he's carrying out right now through the use of ICE is fascism.

I've Had It
Fifty Shades of Fascism

So that was what I was apologizing for specifically.

I've Had It
Fifty Shades of Fascism

In engaging in that debate, my point wasn't that I like Trump and I'm going to vote for Trump and Trump is not a threat at all.

I've Had It
Fifty Shades of Fascism

I didn't vote for Trump.

I've Had It
Fifty Shades of Fascism

I've always been critical of him.

I've Had It
Fifty Shades of Fascism

And I do think that there's a faction on the far left that for whatever reason has this weird interest in misrepresenting the point that I'm making.

I've Had It
Fifty Shades of Fascism

Those videos where they attack get a lot of views and there's a financial component to it.

I've Had It
Fifty Shades of Fascism

But in terms of where I've actually changed a little bit in my policy views, I live in California.

I've Had It
Fifty Shades of Fascism

And so I got to understand and see firsthand what some of these

I've Had It
Fifty Shades of Fascism

far left policies social policies in particular not economic policies like how they've kind of hurt the very communities and neighborhoods that the left wants to help so for instance when uh the los angeles council voted to cut 150 million dollars from the lapd's budget well obviously they had to lay off uh sworn officers and you know police and

I've Had It
Fifty Shades of Fascism

And what we ended up doing is spending a lot more money on policing because of the fact that you have the remaining police officers having to work overtime where they get paid a lot more in order to pick up the slack left by the officers who were laid off.

I've Had It
Fifty Shades of Fascism

Right.

I've Had It
Fifty Shades of Fascism

And the call times are much longer if you're calling 911 looking for help.

I've Had It
Fifty Shades of Fascism

Or in some cases, they won't even send police.

I've Had It
Fifty Shades of Fascism

They don't consider it enough of an emergency.

I've Had It
Fifty Shades of Fascism

Let's say you've been burglarized.

I've Had It
Fifty Shades of Fascism

It'll take hours for anyone to show up and gather evidence.

I've Had It
Fifty Shades of Fascism

So these things, you know, it's like through lived experience that you realize, OK, this policy didn't work out the way that we wanted.

I've Had It
Fifty Shades of Fascism

So why don't we just recalibrate?