Donny Deutsch Asks Sharpton on MLK Day: 'Should Arizona Secede From the Nation?'
As most of the nation celebrates Martin Luther King Day while attempting to move passed the tragic events in Tucson, CNBC's Donny Deutsch decided to ask Reverend Al Sharpton if Arizona should secede from the union.
Such happened on Monday's "Morning Joe" as the crew discussed gun laws in the wake of the shootings (video follows with transcript and commentary):
REVEREND AL SHARPTON: Kids have become, in my opinion, seduced with this gangster thug kind of culture that we've got to confront. They're no longer looking to role models as a Dr. King or Malcolm X, but they're looking to people like Scarface. We’ve got to confront it, we’ve got to deal with it directly because it's killing people in our communities. And on Dr. King Day, there's no more important message who himself was killed with gunfire.
SENATOR CHUCK SCHUMER (D-NEW YORK): And Reverend, the 1968 gun control act which still governs in many ways was passed in response to the assassination of Dr. King…
SHARPTON: That's correct.
SCHUMER: …and of Bobby Kennedy.
DONNY DEUTSCH: Reverend, I just want to, it's Donny. Hey buddy, I want to ask you a question. We're in the year 2011. We’re coming off the horrific, horrific event in Tucson. Yet as we celebrate Dr. King's day, there's still this very strange state, Arizona, that does not recognize it. I mean, maybe is there a time for a shift here? Should they secede from the nation? I, with all that’s going on, it's just almost bizarre at this point.
SHARPTON: Well, I think on today they have seceded. I mean, this is a federal holiday. This is something that the country can celebrate the progress we've made.
Nice job of toning down the rhetoric there, gentlemen.
This is exactly the kind of message mournful Arizonans want to see on their television screens as they try to heal from this hoffific event.
Boggles the mind, doesn't it?
(H/T The Blaze)
*****Update: As Ed Morrissey at Hot Air noted Monday, Deutsch and Sharpton were quite wrong...
Arizona began recognizing MLK Day in 1992, after a long battle over adding another paid holiday for government workers in the state. They weren’t even the last state to recognize it; New Hampshire changed Civil Rights Day to MLK Day in 1999. Utah changed Human Rights Day in 2000 to MLK Day, the same year South Carolina made it a paid holiday rather than just a day of remembrance.
So now that the “heated rhetoric” meme has been dismantled, apparently now we have the “Arizona is racist” meme instead on MSNBC, based on total and willful ignorance and a complete failure to bother to do any simple research on the issue. That must be the New Tone of MSNBC as they Lean Forward! Perhaps their motto should be Better Civility Through Ignorance.
Nicely said, Ed.
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What a maroone
Submitted by Blonde on Mon, 01/17/2011 - 12:15pm.
Secede?
WTH, Over.
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Scarface?
Submitted by StarAZ on Mon, 01/17/2011 - 12:39pm.
What is this guy, about 109? When is the last time he went to the moom pitchers?
Hopefully with the new GOP in
Submitted by Dan The Man 2 on Mon, 01/17/2011 - 12:16pm.
Hopefully with the new GOP in town we will again have states rights and not need to seceed.
New GOP
Submitted by NVRAT on Mon, 01/17/2011 - 1:09pm.
Remember we still have to concentrate and support taking back the Senate and White House in 2012 we only control the House of Represenatives so there is only so much the Republicans can do for the time being. Bring in new Senators and of course President.
2012 will be a very difficult year the libs will try to show moving to the center and comprise with Republicans do not be decived.
Leopards do not change their spots..only the attack...beware.
One little thing about the
Submitted by Dan The Man 2 on Mon, 01/17/2011 - 6:40pm.
One little thing about the House, Constitutionally they control the purse strings. That is a very good motivator.
Ugh, if only MLK could see Al
Submitted by wiwf on Mon, 01/17/2011 - 12:21pm.
Ugh, if only MLK could see Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson now. He'd flip out.
He is.
Submitted by NevadanConservative on Mon, 01/17/2011 - 5:57pm.
And odds are he is oscillating between rage and greif at those two's antics. Not simply for their antics but for their damage tot he causes which he and we hold so dear.
I imagine Heaven is giving him comfort until that day when those two are called to Almighty Account. Megaphone, Al? you don't KNOW the Megaphone you're gonna get to deal with.
"... content of their character..." jeez talk about two bone dry empty tanks there.
NVCon
The only question Sharpton
Submitted by celator on Mon, 01/17/2011 - 12:23pm.
The only question Sharpton should be asked is this one:
"Why do you still refuse to pay the $1.5 million you owe in Federal taxes? Or even the half that you still owe after the Feds cut you a deal?"
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24545747/
http://sweetness-light.com/archive/al-sharpton-had-past-tax-bill-cut-in-...
Doesn't he still owe money
Submitted by ricklail on Mon, 01/17/2011 - 12:26pm.
Doesn't he still owe money steming from a suit oover the Tawana Brawley thing?
ricklail
Submitted by rockyracoon on Mon, 01/17/2011 - 3:10pm.
Great question! So far I havn't heard anything about RevSimpleton paying anyone in Duchess County, I belief it was, that he slandered, anything. As a matter of fact, my recollection is that the Rev was quite adament that he would not pay the court ordered fine.
Two sets of Laws, one for people like him, and another set for the rest of us, perhaps?
Facts are like kryptonite to the liberal.
These are the same people
Submitted by KC Mulville on Mon, 01/17/2011 - 12:26pm.
These are the same people who tell us to tone down the rhetoric. Rhetorician, heal thyself.
Donny douchebag should be
Submitted by dennyf51 on Mon, 01/17/2011 - 12:35pm.
Donny douchebag should be banned from the american airways. He is the most irrelevant ass on any talk show, why morning blow keeps bringing him back is beyond me. Talk about your daily double, he and lying Al the alarmist need to go in a room with two guns and no door, and see which one eats the other. Please. Did donnie have to lean forward to pull that question out of his storage room , or did it come out of his ass.
Calling him "douchebag"....
Submitted by almostacowboy on Mon, 01/17/2011 - 4:26pm.
....is a disservice to douchebags the world over.
One more question and a follow-up
Submitted by neutron on Mon, 01/17/2011 - 8:35pm.
DeutschBoy: Reverend, it's Donny the Deutsch Boy. Hey buddy, I want to ask you another question with a follow-up.
Sharpton: Okay, but first, did you wash your fingers?
DB: Yeah, I washed. So, after the recent events in Tucson, do you think Israel should dissolve their Knesset, give all their land and wealth to the Palestinians and focus on Palestinian statehood?
Sharpton: It's the least they could do to honor the Right Reverand Doctor Martin Luther King, Jr, who gave his life for equality of all peoples.
DB: Then would you agree that the events in Tucson should shame every Republican in Congress to stop their pogrom of systematic hate speech, renounce their evil ways, repent, and become Democrats?
Sharpton: It will not erase the sins of the past, but it would go a long way in helping the future.
#SARCASM
If you haven't seen it yet, understand that anything not liberal is evil in the eyes of the liberal media and their syncophants who remain in office, but out of power. Oh, did I get who's in charge flipped? It's so confusing who's pitching and catching on the liberal side of the aisle.
Denny
Submitted by Redrowan2000 on Mon, 01/17/2011 - 9:01pm.
You stole my thunder. Put in a 13 hour work day and when I heard little Donny D. It was the 1st thing I thought of too. Maybe it's the alliteration or the truth. I'll go for the latter.
"Don't let the bastrads grind you down."
Plus
Submitted by StarAZ on Mon, 01/17/2011 - 12:40pm.
I believed that secession thing was tried in 1861 and it didn't turn out well.
Could be different the next
Submitted by Dan The Man 2 on Mon, 01/17/2011 - 6:41pm.
Could be different the next time. I dont really want it but when in the course of human events ....
and if States suceed from the Union-
Submitted by JIMMY1660 on Mon, 01/17/2011 - 12:49pm.
many are the cash cows who get milked by the Government hacks in DC.
who pays the bills.? We change for the small % of Americans-Why?
Many of us will change our address for lower taxes-those big tax states will die. Bye Bye.
We shall be the United States of Makers-no freebies-everyone contributes.
The rest shall be handout towns until they go broke and eat each other.
How about if some of these
Submitted by Newsbusterbrown on Mon, 01/17/2011 - 12:57pm.
How about if some of these Leftist pontificators secede from the human race instead?
“There are no easy answers, but there are simple answers. We must have the courage to do what we know is morally right.” - Ronald Reagan (1964 Republican Convention)
Secede from the human race?
Submitted by no tingly legs on Mon, 01/17/2011 - 4:39pm.
All this time I didn't think "Leftist pontificators" were ever part of the human race. I learn something new every day from NB!
The Reverend Al Sharpton is ....
Submitted by Kenyon Schraeder on Mon, 01/17/2011 - 1:01pm.
... no longer a credible factor in today's dialogue as mostly everyone just acknowledges him as a being a loud, obnoxious and divisive bloviator and more than just occasional rabble-rouser. Like the Reverend Jesse Jackson, his time has come and gone and both are often comedic parodies of themselves. Neither can survive financially without his respective circus as neither man has an actual job to go to. But, they will play the TV circuit like it was a cheap fiddle.
I believe that Al's undoing accelerated with the Don Imus firing. It's not that Imus didn't deserve some form of punishment for his ill-advised remark, it's that he (Sharpton) has never apologized or even expressed regret for the Tawana Brawley debacle he personally spearheaded over 23 years ago, despite losing a defamation lawsuit over it. Ask Steven Pagones if he deserved to be wrongfully accused and keelhauled because of the phony story. His life and those of his family members and friends would never be the same in the aftermath of the scandal.
People of all colors and creeds and political leanings will tend to remember the injustices committed, regardless of whom is affected by them. And loudmouthed opportunists like Al Sharpton will shamelessly use a person's skin color to their advantage, one way or another. Our sense of right and wrong tends to remind each one of us of those instances where we know for a fact that we were flat out lied to, especially when a grand scheme is concocted to deceive us.
I'm proud to be an Arizonan now and I'm also a proud and former native New Yorker, having lived in its heart for well over 50 years. Perhaps the rest of the Nation might be looking at us here in Arizona with a lot less skepticism than the talking heads on the left are alleging and unwilling to admit.
This is simply more of the Alinsky-ish divisiveness that isolates and demonizes for one strategized purpose and it's clearly not dialogue.
AZ
Submitted by azgal602 on Mon, 01/17/2011 - 1:15pm.
Who the hell are these people, I live in AZ and "YES" we do recognize and celebrate MLK Day. We have a parade, no one works, etc. I think before people start spouting off they should do a little research.....stupid liberals.
Donnie Deutsch... shut the f*ck up
Submitted by Cactus Kurt on Mon, 01/17/2011 - 5:07pm.
Donnie Deutsch is freakin' idiot. Arizona recognizes Martin Luther King's birthday. It's amazing that no one even bothered to correct Donnie Dirtbag... but that's what passes for "news" on (MS)NBC. The stupidity is overwhelming.
What? Are you kidding me?
Submitted by djwolf12 on Mon, 01/17/2011 - 1:20pm.
After all of that bashing of Rick Perry from these useful idiots? Give me a break. By the Way, where in the world is Keith Olbermann on this? Oh, that's right. He decided to use sickness to have himself a 5 day weekend in order to celebrate MLK day. He wants to show the minorities that appear on his show that he is down with the struggle.
But the Irony is: The NAACP, Al Sharpton, Jim Clyburn, EVEN PRESIDENT OBAMA is working today while The False Murrow isn't. Epic Fail.
Calgon, take him away!!!!!!
In addition to being obnoxious
Submitted by ProudAmerican58 on Mon, 01/17/2011 - 1:31pm.
Donny is also wrong. Arizona does recognize the Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr.s birthday.
Correct
Submitted by rockyracoon on Mon, 01/17/2011 - 3:15pm.
I think they recognized the MLK holiday on or around 1992.
Facts are like kryptonite to the liberal.
Donny Douche
Submitted by Iron Tigers Vet on Mon, 01/17/2011 - 1:32pm.
asking Mr. Guilty until proven innocent a question about seceding? That takes a lot of nerve to ask a man who still feels the need for reparations and yet has never apologized to anyone about his race baiting, bigoted comments.
This man feels "whitey" should be hanging from the trees. Some reverand...
Look Al. you racist whore.
Submitted by Barack_must_go..... on Mon, 01/17/2011 - 2:12pm.
Look Al. you racist whore. It's " GANSTA " not gangster and Scarface didn't call his wife or girlfriend bitches and ho's.
He also didn't sing about how he was gonna " Smack That Ass ", but nice try blaming black on black genocide on the white man once again.
It just seems some things never change, almost by design it would seem.
Barack_Must_Go.....
MLK
Submitted by MidAmerica on Mon, 01/17/2011 - 2:19pm.
Having grown up in the time of MLK I didn't forsee the tragedy that his death would cause. The tragedy has been most severe for Black Americans. MLK was human but always seemed sincere about his Christian faith and his commitment to equality, a color blind society. I can't imagine his anguish if he could see some of very same people who walked with him have now turned the race issue into a money making and a partison political business. THAT was not MLK's dream.
Maybe MSNBC has already
Submitted by jdawg2009 on Mon, 01/17/2011 - 2:25pm.
Maybe MSNBC has already seceded from reality.
http://www.examiner.com/conservative-in-spokane/al-sharpton-az-seceded-from-union-by-not-recognizing-mlk-day
I missed Al...
Submitted by jimbo297 on Mon, 01/17/2011 - 2:50pm.
...this weekend when he was up in my neck of the woods, spouting about tolerance and whatnot in Burlington, VT. Doesn't get much whiter than that, let me tell ya....
Anyway, I'm glad that he recognizes that today's black culture is in a mess because of the popular entertainment being sold to them. Scarface isn't really the problem though--Wu-Tang, Akon, Jay Z...that's where the problem lies.
If we can blame Loughner's violence on Palin's one ambiguous website, can't we blame the violence in the black community on all the BS rap "artists" and their talk of violence and drugs?
Isn't it funny how Oprah loves to plug for Jay-Z, like he's some kind of civil rights leader, even though his songs are all about running drugs and treating women like objects?
How did Donny D-bag even get a show? What did he ever do? I love to watch "the Big Idea" and laugh at this preppy yupster, with his Tavis Smiley-esque chairs and legs crossed and his stupid half-glasses perched on his nose...so serious, so important. What a joke!
He is guilty of what the left are blaming on Palin
Submitted by Funbowhunter on Mon, 01/17/2011 - 3:15pm.
A follower of his, while Sharpton was using threatening rhetoric at a white owned store in a black neighborhood, walked in, spread a flamable liquid, lit it, and killed himself and several others in the store. Yet the leftist media trot him out all the time.
hypocrites
Sharpton
Submitted by JPP on Mon, 01/17/2011 - 3:24pm.
I fail to understand why anyone seeks out Al Sharptons opinion on anything. In my mind AL has the same intelligence and relevance as Porky Pig.
Good evening JPP
Submitted by cocodrie on Mon, 01/17/2011 - 4:05pm.
Where could they get better assinine liberal statements?
Do you mean my friend Porky of cartoon fame or the b-b-b-blithering idiot from Mass.?
Jesus Loves You so much He died for you
The hundreds of people who watch MSNBC
Submitted by no tingly legs on Mon, 01/17/2011 - 4:42pm.
are very much interested in Al Not So Sharpton's opinion just as they care about what Tingles, Mad Cow, Sgt Schultz and Overbite say.
Secede from what?
Submitted by CobraMan on Mon, 01/17/2011 - 3:42pm.
"Should they secede from the nation?"
What "nation" is that? The last time I checked, we were a UNION! Hay, idiots, we're the United States of America, not the Nation of America. I know that distinction bothers you, but you could at least acknowledge it.
The Citizens of each State shall be entitled to all Privileges and Immunities of Citizens in the several States. The US Constitution
Unless you're a fetus. The US Supreme Court
Or Anwar al-Awlaki.
Sharpton/King Day
Submitted by markprice1983 on Mon, 01/17/2011 - 6:02pm.
AZ recognizes King Day as a holiday (government, bankers off, but no one else is) better than it recognizes Kwaanzaa (when is that again?) And what is the church Sharpton represents: Is it 2nd African Evangelical Baptist Church or is it Revrum Wright's?
Donnie Douche
Submitted by notinstl on Mon, 01/17/2011 - 6:03pm.
While it is normally difficult to identify the biggest moron on Morning Joe....Donnie makes it easier when he's on the set.
BTW, October 6 is Al Sharpton Day.
Submitted by SickofLibs on Mon, 01/17/2011 - 6:51pm.
That's the day the Grand Jury released the 170-page report in 1988 concluding the whole sordid Brawley affair was total BS fabricated by da Rev.
I always send da Rev a card.
Where in the constitution
Submitted by scarebear83 on Mon, 01/17/2011 - 7:06pm.
Where in the constitution does it state anyone much less an entire state is required to observe a holiday?
AZ secede? How about New England?
Submitted by nkviking75 on Mon, 01/17/2011 - 8:48pm.
I'd rather invite conservatives from New England to join us in Flyoverland and then cut New England loose. Yes, we'd be losing some things, but politcally we would be much better off.
“Always love your country — but never trust your government!" -- Bob Novak (1931-2009)
When you put the clowns in charge, don't be surprised when a circus breaks out.
We're still waiting for Alec Baldwin to move.
Submitted by drsamherman on Mon, 01/17/2011 - 9:27pm.
And for Sean Penn to finally emigrate permanently to the "socialist paradise" of his best bud Hugo Chavez or Castro.