Martha MacCallum’s Interview with BLM Chair Goes Off the Rails When He Refuses To Answer Question About Looting

‘That was my question to you, is that ethically okay to you?’

EXCERPT:

MACCALLUM: "Sir, do you think, do you agree that it’s okay to go in and break the windows at Gucci's or Macy’s or Nike because it makes sure that that person eats and that person has clothes? That was my question to you, is that ethically okay to you? Is it?"

NEWSOME: "Okay, okay. Before I answer that, I want to ask you this, do you think it’s okay that America — "

MACCALLUM: "Are you going to answer my question?"

NEWSOME: " — kills people in their homes like Breonna Taylor — "

MACCALLUM: "No, I don't think that's okay. Of course I don't think that's okay."

NEWSOME: " — and our politicians do not do anything about it."

MACCALLUM: "I’m trying to have a conversation. No one thinks that’s okay.”

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