Bill O’Reilly’s No Spin News and Analysis - The O'Reilly Update, February 23, 2021

Episode Date: February 23, 2021

Leaders in San Francisco cave to public pressure on school names, Biden’s Pick for Attorney General vows to crackdown on White Supremacy, The Coca Cola company in trouble for telling employees to ��be less white”, New Jersey legalizes the sale of recreational Marijuana, a survey shows most young Americans unaware of the Holocaust. Plus, Bill's Message of the Day, terror on the right. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Bill O'Reilly here Tuesday, February 23, 2021. You are listening to the O'Reilly Update. Here's what's happening across our nation. Leaders in San Francisco caved to public pressure on changing school names. President Biden's pick for Attorney General vows to crack down on white supremacy. The Coca-Cola company in trouble for telling employees to, quote, be less white. New Jersey He legalizes a sale of pot. A survey shows most young Americans are unaware of the Holocaust. Also ahead, what about the threat of white supremacy? Is it real? But first, San Francisco School Board President Gabriela Lopez backing off her decision to rename public buildings honoring Abraham Lincoln, George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, and others, said Ms. Lopez, quote,

I acknowledge and take responsibility for mistakes made in the building renaming process. This after this program hammered San Francisco for irresponsible behavior. Yes, I'll take credit even though I might not be directly responsible. President Biden's nominee for Attorney General promising to go after white supremacy, if confirmed by Congress, Merrick Garland, telling senators he will personally supervise the elimination of racist white nationalist organizations. Coca-Cola facing a backlash after an angry worker posted pictures from the company's diversity training materials. The program urged employees to be, quote, less white, less arrogant, less certain, less defensive, less ignorant, and more humble, unquote.

An executive at Coke confirming that documents are used as part of a plan to promote inclusive workplaces. Remember the old Saturday Night Live skit, no Coke Pepsi? New Jersey Governor Murphy signing legislation that allows all adults to legally buy marijuana, New Jersey, the 13th state to legalize pot for anyone over the age of 21. Voters approved the legislation last fall. A disturbing survey published by NBC News says nearly 66% of millennials are unaware that six million Jews were executed in the Holocaust. More than half believe the death toll is actually less than two million. There are currently more than 100,000 Holocaust survivors residing in the USA.

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I hadn't either, but the feds know who they are, and some members have recently been arrested for illegal activities. In 2020, the Department of Justice brought exactly five criminal cases against white supremacists. Fourteen individuals were charged in 2019. Another five cases, 75 people charged, many of them members of the 1480s, a vicious Nazi-type group that deals narcotics and assaults people. It's a similar situation on the state level. Last year in all 50 states, there were only three prosecutions tied to white supremacy.

Nine individuals charged. Nine in 50 states all year. In 2019, the number of white races charged eight. So what exactly is Joe Biden and his far-left supporters talking about? I mean, radical leftists occupied blocks in downtown Seattle last summer. Based on arrest statistics, the white supremacists barely have enough personnel to occupy a deli. Now, after I heard the president define the reactionary threat from the extreme right, I tweeted a question, where is the rise of white supremacy? Almost immediately, the far-left Twitter assassins

emerged smearing me. The worst was the Huffington Post, possibly the most hateful outfit on the planet. The outrage against me was designed to send a clear message. You better not question the theory that white supremacy is dominant in America. If you do, we on the far left will hurt you. And it's not enough to condemn white racism, which the overwhelming majority of Americans do. You have to accept that it's pervasive. So what's really going on here? Well, let's examine a theory. President Biden doesn't especially care about contextualizing the danger from the right. his support is like the issue, so he's behind it. The reason that white supremacy is being promoted as a dire threat to America is because it diverts attention away from the real public

safety menace, left-wing governance. Chicago is the most dangerous city in the country, a place where thousands of African-Americans have been murdered. For decades, Chicago has been run by liberals who have failed to stop the violence. New York City is dangerous and falling apart. hundreds of thousands of residents are leaving. Far-left mayor Bill de Blasio is a disaster. Gavin Newsom, the Uber-Liberal governor of California, will likely be recalled and may not survive the year. His home, San Francisco, is almost unlivable because of far-left policies. And I can go on and on and on and on. The truth is, many thousands of Americans are being hurt, killed, or deprived in radical, left-wing precincts far away from any white supremacy.

I'm Bill O'Reilly, and I approve the message by writing it. Disagree. I'd like to hear from you. Bill at Bill o'Reilly.com. In a moment, something you might not know. Hey, I'm Caitlin Becker, the host of the New York Postcast, and I've got exactly what you need to start your weekdays. Every morning, I'll bring you the stories that matter, plus the news people actually talk about the juicy details in the worlds of politics, business, pop culture, and everything in

between. It's what you want from the New York Post wrapped up in one snappy show. Ask your smart speaker to play the NY Postcast podcast. Listen and subscribe on Amazon Music, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts. Now, the O'Reilly Update brings you something you might not know. On this day in 1945, U.S. Marines overran forces from the Empire of Japan, defending a 500-foot-high hill on a small island in the Pacific Ocean. The image of U.S. soldiers hoisting the American flag would be one of the most iconic photographs ever. Code-named Island X, this barren speck of volcanic rock, is one-third to size of Manhattan, and better known to the world as Iwo Jima.

The invasion of the island codenamed Operation Detachment was planned a year in advance. The tiny territory was vital to the Allies. Washington wanted an airfield to prepare future strikes against Japan itself. Tokyo viewed the island as the last line of defense for their homeland. Beginning in June, 1944, the U.S. Navy began bombarding Iwo Jima. American soldiers then stormed the beaches on February 19th, meeting little resistance from the Japanese. As our troops moved inward, they encountered brutal Japanese resistance all over the island. On February 23rd, U.S. forces won the high ground on Mount Surabachi.

Once the top was secured, an American flag was attached to a damaged water pipe and raised over the island. Three out of six Marines depicted in the photo would be killed within days. The ferocious battle would wage on for weeks. You can read about it in my book, Killing the Rising Sun. 70,000 U.S. soldiers fought against 21,000 Japanese troops. After five weeks of combat, 7,000 Marines were killed. Ninety-nine percent of the Japanese were dead or missing. The surrender of Iwo Jima put the Americans just 750 miles away from Tokyo. And here's something else you might not know. For some soldiers, the mission to defend the island would go on. Two Japanese lieutenants held out for four years. The pair of

machine gunners finally surrendered to U.S. forces on January 6th, 1949. Iwo Jima, one of the bloodiest battles ever fought in U.S. history, a testimony to the bravery of the U.S. Marines. back after this. Power, politics, and the people behind the headlines. I'm Miranda Devine, New York Post columnist, and the host of the brand new podcast, Podforce One. Every week I'll sit down for candid conversations with Washington's most powerful disruptors, lawmakers,

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