Brandon Tatum Defends Charlie Kirk Against Emmanuel Acho's Claims About Race and DEI Hiring Policies

[00:00] Let's go to Acho, one of the other

[00:03] dumbest CTE football players that's out

[00:05] there just saying lunacy.

[00:07] >> How would you hope your minority friends

[00:09] respond to the celebration of Charlie

[00:11] Kirk's life when he has very publicly

[00:13] said things like this?

[00:14] >> It begs the question, when you see a

[00:16] black pilot, you wonder, you say, "I

[00:19] hope they are qualified." To my white

[00:22] brothers and sisters, I'm genuinely

[00:24] asking, how would you like your minority

[00:26] friends to respond to the celebration of

[00:29] his life?

[00:29] >> These dudes so deep they stupid. It's

[00:31] like these passes that they get so deep

[00:33] and they ain't never said nothing.

[00:37] Let's go to Acho, one of the other

[00:40] dumbest CTE football players that's out

[00:43] there just saying lunacy. I don't know

[00:45] how black people I listen, I know how

[00:47] young black people are silly. I don't

[00:49] know how grown black people are silly.

[00:51] Like, bro, at some point you have to

[00:53] have run into knowledge that can that

[00:55] can give you a better perspective where

[00:56] you're not this silly. Wrote a clip. Um,

[00:59] I'm heartbroken and devastated at the

[01:01] death of Charlie Kirk for a couple

[01:04] couple reasons. Number one, I mourn for

[01:06] his wife. I mourn for his children. I

[01:10] mourn for his loved ones. Um, I mourn

[01:13] for all of those that loved him. And as

[01:15] a human who has empathy, regardless of

[01:17] your political views or where you stand

[01:20] on the aisle, right now it's time to

[01:22] mourn with those that are mourning and

[01:24] weep with those that are weeping. And so

[01:25] that is what I'm literally and

[01:27] figuratively doing. Um, simultaneously,

[01:31] I haven't found the words to say, Karen.

[01:33] And I haven't found the words to say

[01:34] because

[01:36] >> when when when I look into so much of

[01:40] what people love and loved Charlie Kirk

[01:42] for, I'm like, "Okay, Emanuel, your

[01:45] empathy is birthed from a belief that no

[01:49] person should die before their time, and

[01:52] absolutely no person should die as a

[01:55] result of gun violence, especially

[01:57] outside of war." M

[01:58] >> um but Charlie Kirk proudly stated that

[02:05] death by guns is a price we have to pay

[02:08] for our second amendment rights. And he

[02:10] and he said that it was worth it. And so

[02:13] I've been torn on to like how do I share

[02:16] my emotions with y'all? How do I share

[02:18] my emotions with you? Because at times

[02:21] it almost feels like me mourning his

[02:23] death by gun

[02:26] is is is the opposite of what he stood

[02:29] for. Is the opposite of what he said is

[02:31] the opposite of of what he believed

[02:33] because what

[02:34] >> Charlie Kirk made a a point one time

[02:36] that in order to have cars we will have

[02:40] fatalities by cars. He said 50,000

[02:42] people die by automobile annually. And

[02:46] so if we were to get rid of automobiles,

[02:48] yes, we would save those 50,000 lives.

[02:50] However, we would be a much more

[02:52] inefficient society from a

[02:53] transportation perspective, from a

[02:55] communication perspective, etc. In the

[02:57] same breath, Charlie drew that parallel

[02:59] with guns and and and gun violence in

[03:01] order to protect our Second Amendment

[03:03] right, people will tragically die by gun

[03:06] violence. And so, I've just been in

[03:08] turmoil all day. My heart is hurt. It's

[03:11] been heavy. It's been weeping for his

[03:13] family. It's been weeping for his loved

[03:15] ones. And I don't really know the words

[03:16] to share.

[03:17] >> Let me let me put this in perspective.

[03:19] See, this is this the trickery of weirdo

[03:22] people. It's called gaslighting. Ao,

[03:25] there's nothing more you need to say. If

[03:28] you claim that you're mourning his life

[03:31] and he shouldn't have died, that's it.

[03:33] What else are you talking about, man?

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[05:17] his life and he shouldn't have died,

[05:19] that's it. What else are you talking

[05:22] about, Nick? Do you see what I'm saying?

[05:24] What else is he trying to explain here?

[05:26] You There's nothing further to explain.

[05:28] If you think his death was tragic, if

[05:31] you think you're mourning for his

[05:32] family, what else do you need to say?

[05:34] You are gaslighting us by bring I'm

[05:36] going to show you this clip, y'all.

[05:38] Wait. You're gaslighting us by bringing

[05:41] up something he said about losing your

[05:43] life to gun violence outside of the

[05:46] context of the discussion that he was

[05:48] having. So why bring that up, Acho? You

[05:51] You saying I don't have the words. You

[05:53] just spoke the words before you brought

[05:54] up something you claim he said. Play

[05:56] this clip and it'll make more sense to

[05:57] y'all. Roll it.

[05:58] >> Charlie Kirk's death has led me to an

[06:00] uncomfortable conversation that I want

[06:02] to facilitate. To my white brothers and

[06:04] sisters, how would you hope your

[06:06] minority friends respond to the

[06:08] celebration of Charlie Kirk's life when

[06:09] he has very publicly said things like

[06:11] this?

[06:12] >> I live like a capitalist every single

[06:14] day. Chank, I live as a capitalist.

[06:16] >> Because of DEI, it begs the question

[06:19] when you see a black pilot, you wonder.

[06:21] You say, I hope they are qualified.

[06:26] If I'm dealing with somebody in customer

[06:28] service who's a moronic black woman, I

[06:31] don't I I wonder is she there because of

[06:33] her her excellence? And Michelle Obama

[06:36] and Sheila Jackson Lee and Katangi Brown

[06:39] Jackson were affirmative action picks.

[06:41] They're coming out and they're saying,

[06:42] "I'm only here because of affirmative

[06:44] action." Yeah, we know

[06:47] you do not have the brain processing

[06:48] power to otherwise be taken really

[06:51] seriously.

[06:52] >> Refer to Asian individuals by the Cword,

[06:54] a word for me. Uh-huh.

[06:57] He referred to Asian Somebody get that,

[07:00] boy. He referred to Asian individuals as

[07:03] a C-word. First of all, there's no

[07:05] C-word, you idiot. And And second of

[07:08] all, that was Chank Uker who he was

[07:12] arguing with. So, he didn't call nobody

[07:13] a Chank. He was talking about Chank Uker

[07:16] who if if you played the full clip, you

[07:19] idiot. You just sitting on here. You're

[07:21] just sitting on there taking clips off

[07:22] the internet talking about you

[07:24] processing fool. You don't even do no

[07:26] real research. Before you open your

[07:28] mouth about a damn man, can you watch

[07:30] the full video? At what point do we

[07:32] realize you probably need some more

[07:35] context, dummy? Everybody's love this

[07:38] guy and you see one little clip where it

[07:40] sound weird. Watch the whole clip,

[07:43] dummy. Now you look stupid because he

[07:45] was arguing with a guy named Chank.

[07:47] Well, if you watch the whole clip,

[07:48] you'll see them come together and Chank

[07:50] come to the stage and Charlie come to

[07:51] the edge of the stage.

[07:53] >> I live like a capitalist every single

[07:54] day. tank. I live as a capitalist. Okay.

[07:57] I live what I believe.

[07:58] >> No. No.

[07:59] >> What do I do? I get charity every single

[08:01] year.

[08:02] >> Hold on. Hold on.

[08:04] >> Less than a seat.

[08:05] >> Come on, Jake. Let's go.

[08:07] >> What are you doing? Sit.

[08:08] >> Take a seat. Take a seat.

[08:10] >> All right. No. No. Take a seat. You're

[08:11] going to take a seat.

[08:13] >> You're going to take a seat over here.

[08:14] >> Oh my god.

[08:14] >> What's my salary?

[08:16] >> All right.

[08:17] >> Ridiculous. All right. Behave everyone.

[08:20] Jesus Christ.

[08:21] >> Okay.

[08:21] >> I practice what I preach. Hey, Charlie.

[08:23] Charlie,

[08:24] >> stop. You did not practice what you

[08:26] preach.

[08:26] >> Charlie, Charlie.

[08:28] >> All right, hold on. Last point

[08:29] >> because you dumb. You just pull this

[08:32] clip off the internet somewhere. Let's

[08:33] go with the D. Let him finish.

[08:35] >> Even utter refer to Michelle Obama and

[08:38] Katanji Brown Jackson of the Supreme

[08:39] Court, both Harvard graduates, is not

[08:41] having the brain processing power to be

[08:44] taken seriously. Suggested that if seen

[08:46] a black pilot would assume they were a

[08:48] DEI hire. To my white brothers and

[08:52] sisters, I'm genuinely asking, how would

[08:54] you like your minority friends to

[08:56] respond to the celebration of his life?

[08:59] Not to his death, but to the celebration

[09:02] of his life.

[09:04] >> These dudes so deep they stupid. It's

[09:06] like these pastors that they get so deep

[09:08] and they ain't never said nothing. Why

[09:09] are you bringing racing to this,

[09:10] brother? Why you saying white people?

[09:13] How do you want your minority friend? So

[09:15] you saying all minorities are somehow

[09:17] against Charlie? like the white people.

[09:18] It's the burden of the white man to

[09:19] prove Charlie right. First of all, let's

[09:21] go through a few of the little clips

[09:22] that that he did. That's moronic to me.

[09:25] The I hope that if a black man is a

[09:28] pilot that he's qualified. Why would

[09:30] Charlie say that? If you were smart,

[09:33] you'll understand the context of DEI

[09:36] hires. That mean that people are saying

[09:39] we have to make a quota, meaning we have

[09:41] to hire black people, no matter if their

[09:43] qualification is at the top of the food

[09:45] chain or the bottom of the food chain.

[09:47] Instead of saying we have a policy that

[09:50] we have to hire x amount of blacks if

[09:52] you idiots will just hire blacks, you

[09:56] won't put a target on them because if

[09:58] you now have an influx of black pilots

[10:01] and you didn't declare that their color

[10:04] mean more than their qualification, then

[10:06] people wouldn't even think twice. And

[10:08] that's what Charlie is saying. But

[10:10] because you guys and especially the

[10:12] American Airlines, I mean the the

[10:13] airlines that came out with this, they

[10:15] made mention as a as a part of a press

[10:17] release that they are they are going to

[10:20] hire X amount of black people and that

[10:22] qualifications came secondary. Now, of

[10:25] course, if you're a pilot, you're

[10:26] qualified, but competitive uh uh

[10:29] qualifications has come secondary to

[10:31] color. So what Charlie is saying is that

[10:33] when I see a black man now that y'all

[10:34] introduced this stupidity, you now

[10:36] wonder like, bro, were you at the bottom

[10:38] of your class that they did you barely

[10:40] make it in? And because you black, you

[10:42] what? And and also when it comes to

[10:45] Katanji Brown Jackson, the white man

[10:47] that y'all worship and voted for is the

[10:49] one that gave her a bad reputation. That

[10:52] dummy said, "I'mma hire a black woman."

[10:55] He didn't say the most qualified. He

[10:56] said a black woman. And all he had to do

[10:59] was say, "I'm going to hire the most

[11:01] qualified person that has ever been a

[11:03] Supreme Court justice. Color is not a

[11:05] factor. I don't care about our color. I

[11:08] care about I don't care about race,

[11:09] gender, color, or whatever you call it.

[11:11] I just want the most qualified and I'm

[11:13] going to make sure that happens." And

[11:14] just hired a black woman. But you too

[11:16] stupid to realize that once you put her

[11:19] out there, it's like me saying, "Nick,

[11:22] we're going to hire another video editor

[11:23] and it's got to be a black one." You're

[11:25] going to be like, "Bro, but is he the

[11:26] best?" Right? You're going to be like,

[11:28] "But but is he the best, bro? Are you

[11:30] like like how are you evaluating like

[11:32] what if I got a guy that I know that's

[11:35] the best video editor and if he's not

[11:37] black, are you not going to hire him for

[11:39] a guy that's lower uh have lower merit,

[11:43] less experience, but if I wanted to hire

[11:45] a black person and I didn't want to

[11:47] destroy the camaraderie, then you find

[11:51] the the best and you don't bring it up.

[11:53] When you start bringing up stuff, then

[11:55] you start throwing it off. And that's

[11:57] all Charlie's saying. But Ao stupider

[12:00] than the mud. All these black people

[12:02] that Charlie Kirk has empowered, his

[12:04] friends, the black leadership, bless it.

[12:08] My gosh. All right, enough of that silly

[12:11] rabbit.

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