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Nat Towsen

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1663 total appearances

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American Power
Rep. Adam Smith on the War Congress Didn’t Approve

But like nothing other than an absolutist approach has gotten people to even listen to civilians about Gaza for like two years.

American Power
Rep. Adam Smith on the War Congress Didn’t Approve

People going to their elected officials and saying, hey, I hate this.

American Power
Rep. Adam Smith on the War Congress Didn’t Approve

Why are you giving them money?

American Power
Rep. Adam Smith on the War Congress Didn’t Approve

So it's like, yeah, people are yelling at you.

American Power
Rep. Adam Smith on the War Congress Didn’t Approve

I do not condone political violence.

American Power
Rep. Adam Smith on the War Congress Didn’t Approve

I do not condone any kind of activism that leads that.

American Power
Rep. Adam Smith on the War Congress Didn’t Approve

I don't think that's activism.

American Power
Rep. Adam Smith on the War Congress Didn’t Approve

But I and, you know, for the sake of this conversation, I have been threatened.

American Power
Rep. Adam Smith on the War Congress Didn’t Approve

I have had death threats.

American Power
Rep. Adam Smith on the War Congress Didn’t Approve

I've had people show up at my shows and threaten me.

American Power
Rep. Adam Smith on the War Congress Didn’t Approve

It's scary.

American Power
Rep. Adam Smith on the War Congress Didn’t Approve

And it is a position you put yourself in as a public figure.

American Power
Rep. Adam Smith on the War Congress Didn’t Approve

And it's something that in this country we failed to address after Gabby Giffords got shot, after Steve Scalise got shot.

American Power
Rep. Adam Smith on the War Congress Didn’t Approve

Like, that's a real thing.

American Power
Rep. Adam Smith on the War Congress Didn’t Approve

And it's on us for not.

American Power
Rep. Adam Smith on the War Congress Didn’t Approve

actually creating consequences for that.

American Power
Rep. Adam Smith on the War Congress Didn’t Approve

But the fact that people get threatened in their homes is not, to me, an indication that people who share the beliefs with bad actors are 100% wrong.

American Power
Rep. Adam Smith on the War Congress Didn’t Approve

And that I felt like dominated that part of the conversation.

American Power
Rep. Adam Smith on the War Congress Didn’t Approve

So that's something I'd like to engage in more in the future.

American Power
Rep. Adam Smith on the War Congress Didn’t Approve

He seemed open to talking about it.