MSNBC’s Ruhle and Velshi Get into Tense Clash Over Uber, NBA Controversies: Money Corrupts

RUHLE And I will ░░░░░░░░ back here tomorrow at ░░░░░░░░ 00 AM Eastern Right ░░░░░░░░ our friend and colleague ░░░░░░░░ Tur is here to ░░░░░░░░ up TUR Don t ░░░░░░░░ the NBA and what ░░░░░░░░ happening in Hong Kong ░░░░░░░░ Very similar idea TUR ░░░░░░░░ corrupts RUHLE As Uber ░░░░░░░░ Saudi Arabia VELSHI China ░░░░░░░░ the NBA is exactly ░░░░░░░░ same as Uber and ░░░░░░░░ Arabia It s exactly ░░░░░░░░ same thing RUHLE What ░░░░░░░░ Uber CEO said VELSHI ░░░░░░░░ from the NBA said ░░░░░░░░ it s okay to ░░░░░░░░ people down because the ░░░░░░░░ depends on China for ░░░░░░░░ Uber said killing Khashoggi ░░░░░░░░ a mistake I think ░░░░░░░░ s exactly the same ░░░░░░░░ RUHLE But that s ░░░░░░░░ the same thing because ░░░░░░░░ NBA didn t say ░░░░░░░░ The NBA was in ░░░░░░░░ position where China s ░░░░░░░░ at them and the ░░░░░░░░ States is mad at ░░░░░░░░ right This isn t ░░░░░░░░ you can t say ░░░░░░░░ NBA and jump from ░░░░░░░░ to saying it s ░░░░░░░░ to mock Khashoggi s ░░░░░░░░ VELSHI Okay you can ░░░░░░░░ that I can t ░░░░░░░░ it I m quite ░░░░░░░░ saying the NBA has ░░░░░░░░ its principles because it ░░░░░░░░ a lot of money ░░░░░░░░ of China and has ░░░░░░░░ that China s human ░░░░░░░░ abuses are not actually ░░░░░░░░ serious thing as RUHLE ░░░░░░░░ what would you like ░░░░░░░░ say about Disney and ░░░░░░░░ and VELSHI That s ░░░░░░░░ point If you take ░░░░░░░░ from a country you ░░░░░░░░ take money from the ░░░░░░░░ but you don t ░░░░░░░░ to change your values ░░░░░░░░ you took money from ░░░░░░░░ right That s why ░░░░░░░░ say it s the ░░░░░░░░ thing TUR The question ░░░░░░░░ where does free speech ░░░░░░░░ when that sort of ░░░░░░░░ gets involved And if ░░░░░░░░ is saying that American ░░░░░░░░ of NBA teams can ░░░░░░░░ criticize that country can ░░░░░░░░ support what s happening ░░░░░░░░ Hong Kong when that ░░░░░░░░ called into question VELSHI ░░░░░░░░ re all in the ░░░░░░░░ pot TUR and your ░░░░░░░░ speech gets limited because ░░░░░░░░ money being poured into ░░░░░░░░ NBA by a foreign ░░░░░░░░ it s a big ░░░░░░░░ It s concerning VELSHI ░░░░░░░░ the money doesn t ░░░░░░░░ to corrupt It doesn ░░░░░░░░ have to corrupt You ░░░░░░░░ take the money and ░░░░░░░░ make the wrong decision ░░░░░░░░ I hope so Ali ░░░░░░░░ Stephanie Ruhle look what ░░░░░░░░ started.”