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

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VELSHI: "Okay, you can say that I can't say it. I'm quite comfortable saying the NBA has compromised its principles because it makes a lot of money off of China and has decided that China's human rights abuses are not actually a serious thing as — "

RUHLE: "Then what would you like to say about Disney and Apple and — "

VELSHI: "That's my point. If you take money from a country, you can take money from the country, but you don't have to change your values because you took money from them, right? That's why I say it's the same thing."

TUR: "The question is, where does free speech stop when that sort of money gets involved? And if China is saying that American owners of NBA teams can't criticize that country, can't support what's happening in Hong Kong, when that gets called into question — "