Bill O’Reilly’s No Spin News and Analysis - The O'Reilly Update, July 23, 2020
Episode Date: July 23, 2020The President deploys federal agents to Chicago and other cities, Americans buy guns in record numbers, The House Votes to remove Confederate Statues, Joe Biden claims Trump is America’s ‘First Ra...cist President’, ‘Social Justice’ protests spill-over into Major League Baseball. Plus, Bill's Message of the Day, social justice in professional sports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Bill O'Reilly here Thursday, July 23rd, 2020. You are listening to The O'Reilly Update. Here's what's happening across our nation. President Trump deploys federal agents to Chicago and other cities to quell violence. Americans buy guns in record numbers. The House votes to remove Confederate statutes on Capitol Hill. Joe Biden claims Donald Trump is a racist. Social justice.
protests spill over into Major League Baseball. Also, I had how the National Football League
may destroy itself. But first, President Trump confirming his administration, will send
agents from the Department of Homeland Security to Chicago and Albuquerque, New Mexico to help end
violent criminal crime waves. The president telling report is the White House has no choice
but to get involved. More than 411 people have been killed in the windy city since New Year's Day.
Sales of firearms in the USA up 95% this year. The FBI processing more than 8 million background
checks between March and July. First-time buyers cite the ongoing protests and efforts to defund the
police. The number of black Americans purchasing guns jumping 58% since Memorial Day weekend. The House
bypassing bipartisan legislation to remove statues honoring the Confederacy from the U.S. Capitol.
Vote was 305 to 113, including 72 Republicans.
The bill states the monuments honor white men who sought to keep African Americans enslaved, which is true.
Joe Biden claiming Donald Trump is the first racist president of the United States,
quote, from Biden, no sitting president has ever done this.
We've had racists, and they've existed, and they've tried to get elected president, but he's the first one that has.
It is worth noting that at least 12 chief executives own slaves, eight while in office.
Mr. Biden made a big mistake playing the race card.
Some athletes on the San Francisco Giants refusing to stand for the Star Spangled Banner this week,
while members of the Milwaukee Brewers wore shirts that read, quote,
quote, justice equality now.
The NBA is scheduled to start next week.
The basketball courts now display the slogan Black Lives Matter.
All of these political gestures will hurt the professional sports leagues, especially in merchandising.
That's my commentary coming up next.
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Time now for the O'Reilly Update message of the day, the National Football League damaging itself by getting political.
League officials, owners, players are compiling a list of names to be used on helmet decals, including George Floyd.
The program lasts throughout the entire season. Commissioner Roger Goodell recently apologized for his opposition to players taking a knee during the
the national anthem in seasons past, saying we were wrong for not listening to NFL players earlier
and now encourage all to speak out and peacefully protest. We, the National Football League,
believe black lives matter. Well, most Americans believe black lives matter, but they also
believe police lives matter. Can players put a decal of slain police officers officer?
on their helmet, Mr. Goodell? If not, then your league is a political organization, not a sports
franchise. In 2016, the NFL rejected Dallas Cowboys tight end Jason Whitten, who wanted to wear
stickers on his helmet honoring the five police officers slain in Dallas. According to league policy
then and now, quote, players generally must present an appearance that is appropriate to representing
their individual clubs and the National Football League. The term uniform is used in this policy
applies to every piece of equipment worn by a player, including the helmet. So if you were banning
in the past all slogans on uniforms, and you're going to change it now, you've got to change it
for everybody. By agreeing to social protests on the field, the NFL will anger many fans who will
not support the product. That means less revenue for the league. Let me spell it out.
Fans can't go to many of the games this year. So the merchandise, the shirts, the jackets of the
teams is the primary source of revenue. Well, I'm not buying any merchandise if the NFL
bans police officers from being honored. I'm not going to do it. But far more important is the message
that the NFL is apparently sending America is an unfair country. Okay, we need to improve. Same people
agree, but it's all one side now. So I don't believe this is going to work out well for the
National Football League, the NBA, Major League Baseball, if his starts, there should be no
politics on game day. That's easy. No politics on game day. If the players want to talk
about social justice, I'm for that. They can come on my programs anytime. But not on game
day. During the week with the press conferences, sure, no problem. And finally, Fenway Park,
one of the best baseball stadiums ever put up a Black Lives Matter banner.
That's okay.
But next to it, there should be a banner that says,
Respect the police.
I'm Bill O'Reilly, and I approve that message by actually writing it.
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astronaut and physicist Sally Rod passed away at the age of 61 after a 17-month battle with
patriotic cancer. Ms. Rod will be remembered as the first American woman to fly into space,
but her long career was filled with other accomplishments. Here's her story. Born in Los Angeles in 51,
Sally Ride attended UCLA before studying at Stanford. Her research focused on x-rays, lasers, and astrophysics.
She was admitted to the NASA program in 1978 as part of the Astronaut Group 8, the first class to accept
women. Before her first space flight, Sally Ride, was subjected to media scrutiny because of her gender.
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organs. And do you weep when things go wrong on the job? Unquote. Can you believe that?
On June 18, 1983, Ms. Ride became the first American woman in space as a crew member of the
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education aimed at young girls. She also penned seven books about the importance of astrophysics.
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Sally Ride has had a lasting impact on American pop culture. She's mentioned in Billy Joel's hit,
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More than a dozen books have been written about Sally's first flight. In 2019, the Mattel Toy
Company released a Sally Ride Barbie doll as part of their inspiring women series. Said Ms. Ride
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