Cenk Uygur
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Trolling The Alt-Right Is Too Easy...
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June 18, 2017
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8:53Now PlayingA leftist group staged a fake attack on a statue that caused conservatives to show up and stand in the hot sun for hours. John Iadarola, Hannah Cranston, and Kim Horcher, the hosts of The Young Turks, break it down. Tell us what you think in the comment section below.
“After weeks of planning, several hundred people from across Texas and from other Southern states converged in Houston on Saturday, prepped for battle and with a serious mission: Protect the Sam Houston Monument at all costs.
They swarmed Hermann Park early in the morning, decked in camo, leather vests, Infowars jackets, and Texas pride shirts, toting American, Texan, and "Don't Tread on Me" flags, "Stand With Sam" signs, and semi-automatic rifles and snipers.
A 40-person-deep security team patrolled the area, while the hydration team passed out water, waiting in the Texas summer heat for enemy leftist groups to arrive.
"We set up four-man teams in different sectors making sure the anti-fascists wouldn't infiltrate us or pick off one or two people by the bathrooms," Jeremy Alcede, head of security for the group This Is Texas, told BuzzFeed News. "We were told hundreds of [anti-fascists] were coming.”
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Hosts: John Iadarola, Hannah Cranston, Kim Horcher
Cast: John Iadarola, Hannah Cranston, Kim Horcher
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Young Turk (n), 1. Young progressive or insurgent member of an institution, movement, or political party. 2. A young person who rebels against authority or societal expectations.(American Heritage Dictionary)
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