Ana Kasparian
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Otherwise, if you do everything through the prism of partisan politics, we will be exactly where we are today, which is nowhere.
I've been doing this for 20 years, and that's been my experience.
revisited their previous statements about, let's say, Muslim people.
made very clear that they were wrong.
In the case of Marjorie Taylor Greene and Candace Owens, by the way, they have talked about this at length where they're like, we realized that we were totally misled and we bought into the fear mongering about Muslim people, right?
So like in the case of Tucker Carlson, something that I was kind of shocked to see, honestly, after Renee Goode was shot and killed by ICE, he put out a newsletter kind of condemning the right for
making light of it or even in some cases celebrating it.
And he basically said, like, this is a human life and what happened is not OK.
And so to me, it's those moments where he's willing to kind of buck his own side, for lack of a better word.
And he really gets nothing out of it.
I mean, he doesn't get any influence in terms of the Trump administration by condemning Trump's foreign policy.
And in regard to him being in the room,
I mean, look, I agree it's not a good look, especially when you're clapping after you did a lengthy segment condemning what the White House did in Venezuela.
But at the same time, I know that he probably wants to influence Trump in the right direction on foreign policy, and you're not going to be able to influence him unless you're in the room.
So, you know, I'm speculating about his intentions there, but I hear what you're saying about wanting to be cautious.
I also want to make space for people who change their minds, right?
And so if they come out and say, I was wrong, I'm sorry, I've changed my mind on this, whether it be on Muslim people or any other issue, I want to allow space for them to be forgiven and to prove that they're not just talking the talk, they're walking the walk.
I mean, I'm against giving Argentina a bailout.