Bill O’Reilly’s No Spin News and Analysis - The O'Reilly Update, April 30, 2019

Episode Date: April 30, 2019

The Attorney General defies house democrats, Deputy AG Resigns, ISIS mastermind seen alive, the continuing battle of statues of Robert E. Lee. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Bill O'Reilly here. Tuesday, April 30th, 2019. You are listening to the O'Reilly Update. Here's what's happening today in America. The Attorney General defies House Democrats. Deputy Attorney General, Rod Rosenstein, resigns from the Department of Justice. American consumers spending its levels not seen in nearly a decade. The reclusive leader behind the

ISIS terror network seen alive. Beto O'Rourke introduces a greener new deal on the campaign trail, and Joe Biden opens up a big lead over Bernie Sanders in recent polling. Also coming up my message of the day, but first to politics. Former Vice President Joe Biden has seen a surge of Democratic support in the day since he announced his 2020 presidential campaign, and Biden now sits comfortably at the top of a new survey. In a CNN poll, Biden is supported by 39% of the Democratic electorate, leading his nearest challenger, Senator Bernie Sanders, by 24 points. Biden and Sanders were the only candidates registering double-digit levels of support in the poll. Senator Bernie is really up against it, as his socialist message has no alternative. And it seems most Americans do not want

Socialism. Attorney General William Barr threatening to skip a House hearing this Thursday on the Special Counsel's Russia report, saying he may not appear before Chairman Gerald Nadler's Judiciary Committee after the top Democrat refused to negotiate the format of the proceedings. Meanwhile, Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein announced his departure from the Department of Justice Monday night. Months after President Trump accused him of treason following a New York Times article reporting that Rosenstein was willing to wear a wire to secretly record the commander-in-chief inside the Oval Office. Rosenstein says he was joking. The economy is showing no signs of slowing down, with the consumer spending spiking to levels not seen in nearly 10 years.

Economists say Americans are paying top dollar for big ticket items like cars and home construction. Over to the war on terror, the mysterious leader behind the ISIS-state, Terra Network is apparently still a lot, appearing in a new propaganda video for the first time in more than five years. There is currently a $25 million bounty for Baghdadi's capture. Back to the campaign trail, Beto O'Rourke is unveiling his new deal to combat climate change, urging U.S. taxpayers to shell out $5 trillion with a T to cut carbon emissions by 2050. Coming up, my message of the day, but first, if you are age 75 or older, and if you own $100,000 life insurance policy or larger, I want you to get a pen and paper to write this

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of Confederate generals Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson. The judge saying the statues are memorials to the Civil War. and it is against state law to remove memorials. Now, you may remember that Donald Trump is caught in a controversy over saying there were good people on both sides in the Charlottesville, Virginia situation where white supremacists invaded the town for a demonstration. Many people who showed up that day

were protesting the removal of the statues, not endorsing white supremacy. But President Trump was not articulate enough in this case to separate the white supremacist movement from the statute situation. Thus he got into trouble. Last week, Donald Trump doubled down, as they say, by calling Robert E. Lee a, quote,

good general, unquote. Well, historically, the president is correct. But his enemies, and they are legion, are trying to say that the president is endorsing the Confederacy by praising Robert E. Lee. Now, if you don't know much about General Lee, he was a brilliant tactician on the battlefield. And that is what President Trump was referring to when he said good general. Lee's tactics are studied. at places like West Point. American soldiers are taught

how he, for years, outwitted a much larger Union Army during the Civil War. Now, Robert E. Lee was a traitor to his country. There's no question about that. He decided to leave the Union and support the Confederacy, which, of course, supported slavery.

You cannot justify General Lee's decision. I myself have a document written by Robert E. Lee, which explains that he believes states' rights were more important than supporting Abraham Lincoln and the Union. He was wrong. Nevertheless, Robert E. Lee was restored in a vote in Congress. Did you know that? Congress, including then-Senator Joe Biden, restored Lee's citizenship as a result of a petition. He did not receive a pardon, but he became an American citizen in the 1970s. Very fascinating situation. But when you hear about Charlottesville, white supremacy, General Lee, and other things,

know that the analysis is primarily political, being used to damage Donald Trump. Because I am writing a history book on President Trump, I can tell you with certainty that he was not praising white supremacists in Charlottesville. He was simply pointing out that good people are on both sides of the statue debate, whether to take the statue down or not. And now a judge in Virginia has said, you cannot, by law, remove the statue of Robert E. Lee. Back with more news in a moment. Bill O'Reilly here.

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