BRETT: We\u2019ve had quite a tour and a visit together on so many of the issues Rush was exactly right on, maintaining that accuracy count.<\/p>\n
One of the issues that he was brave about talking about, was strong about talking about, was the notion of law and order in our country. And the idea that people have a right to live in a safe community. And people have a right to live their lives and their kids go to school. Essentially pursuit of happiness and the American dream, right? Well, unfortunately we have seen an almost unprecedented year of lockdowns and riots and border surges, all kind of happening at the same time.<\/p>\n
And it\u2019s incredibly dangerous to see what\u2019s played out especially in the West Coast cities — cities like Portland, cities like Los Angeles — across this last year or so. We\u2019ve seen manifestations of violence on an industrial level. I mean it\u2019s just been incredible to see. Over the weekend, we crossed an unfortunate anniversary, the death of a young woman named Breonna Taylor who lost her life during a police raid that took place in a building.<\/p>\n
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She lost her life. She was shot through a door and died, and she has been memorialized. She\u2019s been remembered. She has become an integral part of the narrative of Black Lives Matter and of course of calls for defunding the police and social justice and change and that sort of stuff. But it was interesting to see how it was this was now playing out in yet another weekend of violence in American cities.<\/p>\n
West Coast cities erupted in violence on the anniversary. In Los Angeles, you had three officers injured, 11 arrested as the protests turned violently. Rush was very vocal about the danger of playing the race card — arguing, essentially, that when one political party dangerously plays the race card, we all suffer. In fact, Rush said explicitly and directly that there needs to be more pushback when this happens<\/a>. Go.<\/p>\n RUSH: I\u2019ll be flat-out honest with you what alarms me, and it\u2019s bothered me for most of the years I\u2019ve been doing this program. There has yet to be any pushback on this. And by pushback, I mean average, ordinary citizens who are being affected by this stuff are just letting it happen.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n