Joel "Breitbart" Pollak on MSNBC just now...why are they normalizing this guy?

[Ken Burch]

He's actually implying that a path to citizenship for current undocumented immigrants could somehow turn this country into South Africa under apartheid.

He also accused Democrats of wanting to "import ten million voters".

He even attacked the DACA kids.

Why did the host just leave everything this bastard said unchallenged?

[oasis]

1. Pollak claims his family left South Africa because of apartheid.

Riiiight.

[Ken Burch]

7. This is from his Wikipedia entry:

"Pollak was politically liberal in his early life, being active in groups 'which were the forebears of today’s ANTIFA or Occupy movement.' His political views began to shift toward the right after several experiences as a student in South Africa which he described as waking him up 'from a left-wing worldview.' "

I'm thinking those experiences were of the "Holy shit, black people aren't TOTALLY deferring to my infinitely superior wisdom" variety.

It also appears that one of the issues which may have shifted Pollak to the hard right was the support of Ronnie Kasrils,, a long-time South African Communist Party member and the most powerful Jewish member of the ANC government, for the Palestinian cause, Kasrils' criticism of Israeli policies towards Palestinians, and especially the invitation Kasrils' extended to Palestinian Authority prime minister Ismael Haniyeh to visit South Africa.

[badhair77]

2. I had no idea he emigrated from South Africa.

I found him very offensive and without any kind of compassion. Plus he insulted the host. Why on earth does MSNBC think I want to see this? Earlier they featured Ben Stein so its time to find another channel. The current female host is bland also. Done.

[monmouth4]

3. Was it Alex Witt? I find her hiding her republicanism wanting..n/t

[badhair77]

8. No, it as a new guy. I think his name is David and he has a business background.

The current host is also on the Early am show. I don’t know her name but I’m not a fan. She also has the 4 pm Sunday slot. I usually turn her off.

I agree about Alex Witt. Plus sometimes she just sounds ditzy and confused. It’s getting tough to watch.

[Ken Burch]

6. He also claimed his family left South Africa because it was a state defined by "illegality"-

-which is a bizarre statement, given that the apartheid regime was defined by the practices of enshrining white supremacy IN THE LAW....an idea South Africa may have picked up from OUR history-in which white supremacy was codified by the passage of such pieces of legislation as the Fugitive Slave Act, the State of Oregon's "eight-hour law" (a law on the books from 1859 to 1926, which gave African-Americans eight hours to LEAVE Oregon if discovered within its boundaries), the "sundown town laws" in places like Washington state, and, of course, the "Jim Crow" laws.

[IluvPitties]

4. Normalizing a white supremacist is a great mistake.

[HopeAgain]

5. Same reason they normalized Trump

spectacles sell ads.

[Initech]

9. I really hate these assholes.

[trueblue2007]

10. i thought the host was AWFUL. The Breibart guy LIED with every breath

and the host didn't take him down once.

I wish Lawrence O'Donnell would have been the host !!!! he would have destroyed the DACA hater guy.

Shame on you MSNBC, you blew it this time ..... BIG time.

[Ken Burch]

11. The stuff Pollak said about the DACA kids could have been pubished word-for-word in DER STURMER...

...about others...

[MFM008]

12. I saw it

[Vinca]

13. That was a shameful segment. I don't like the new guy they've got on Sunday afternoon.

[trueblue2007]

14. "THE NEW GUY" could have been a FAUX news host. Not your usual msnbc person

[KWR65]

15. Look the media FOX, CNN & MSNBC are all about getting eyeballs for advertising dollars.