Bill O’Reilly’s No Spin News and Analysis - The O'Reilly Update, June 17, 2019

Episode Date: June 17, 2019

President Trump will officially unveil his 2020 campaign this week, The United Kingdom and United States send additional troops to the Middle East to counter Iran’s growing threat, A record number of African migrants are crossing the US-Mexico border, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez sounds-off against Speaker Pelosi, French Priest’s wear hard-hats during Notre Dame Cathedral’s first mass following the devastating fire. Plus, Bill's Message of the Day, should the U.S. government pay reparations to African Americans? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Bill O'Reilly here. It is Monday, June 17, 2019. You are listening to the O'Reilly Update. And here's what's happening today in America. President Trump officially unveiling his 2020 campaign this week. The United Kingdom and the USA sending additional troops to the Middle East to counter Iran's growing threat. A record number of African migrants crossing illegally into the USA. Ocasio-Cortez sounding off against Speaker Pelosi, French clerics wearing hard hats during Notre Dame Cathedral's first mass following the devastating fire. Also coming up by message of the day on reparations for slavery. But first, the news. President Trump will officially start his 2020 re-election campaign Tuesday, delivering a major speech in Florida after raising more than $40 million in recent months. The commander-in-chief will speak before 25,000 supporters in Orlando, where he will promise to, quote, keep America great, unquote. The USA and the United Kingdom will deploy additional forces to the Middle East after American

officials blame Iran for an attack on two oil tankers in the Gulf of Oman. Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo, calls the incident a, quote, blatant assault, accusing Tehran of causing chaos in the international energy markets. Tankers were hit with mines. To the border where federal agency a major influx of illegal immigrants from central African nations like the Congo and Angola are overwhelming local officials in San Antonio, Texas. More than 500 migrants from Africa entered the city in recent weeks, prompting a search for French translators. New York Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez not thrilled with how Speaker Nancy Pelosi's moderate positions, saying progressive lawmakers have a, quote, very real animus

towards the top Democrat. The far-left legislator was speaking with ABC News when she called out Pelosi for her, quote, reluctance to move forward on impeaching President Trump. To France, where a handful of priests said mass at Paris's Notre Dame Cathedral for the first time, since a devastating fire nearly destroyed the ancient landmark. Clergy and construction workers wore hard hats and respirators, as vast sections of the church remain extremely unstable. Coming up, my message of the day, should the U.S. government pay reparations to black citizens for slavery? Right back. Everyone has heard of AARP. You may even be a member. What many do not realize is that AARP has become a liberal lobbying group that spends your hard-earned dollars lobbying against things you may believe in

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So please join more than one million fellow Americans right now at amac.us. And yes, I am a member. Please visit amac. That's amac.us. Here is the O'Reilly Update message of the day, should the U.S. government pay reparations for slavery. Among African Americans, Kaiser Foundation CNN poll found 52% view reparations as a, quote, way to make up for the harm of slavery. An Ameris poll found 58% of black Americans support reparations.

Those are cash payments. but for white Americans only 8% support payments to African Americans to compensate for historical injustice. Now, I sympathize with reparations because my ancestors in Ireland, County Cabin, lost their land when the British seized it during the famine of the 1840s. My family were farmers. They could not pay the onerous taxes the British. government put on the land. So the Brits threw them off the land. My great, great, great grandfather died of a heart attack during the process. His widow had two 16-year-old boys' twins, and she could not feed them. So she took them to Galway, they got on a coffin ship,

and they sailed to Brooklyn, New York. On board, the boys paid their passage by throwing dead people over the side into the ocean. That's why they call the vessels coffin ships. My family never regained the land that was taken from them in Ireland, and for centuries held grudges. Still to this day, many Irish people do not like the English government. However, I never demanded, nor did many Irish, any reparations from London. It was a historical atrocity. Unfortunately, most groups in the world experience this. Most people have been oppressed. That is not a rationalization. That is not a justification. That is the truth. Now, in America, if the U.S. government were to pay billions of dollars to African Americans,

that would be divisive. The reason is that white taxpayers today have nothing to do. with slavery in the 19th century. Yes, whites have had it easier in America. There is no doubt about that. But the government over the decades has tried to institute programs to help African American people. Some of those programs have been beneficial. Some have not. You must ask yourself, what good would tax payments to one segment, 14% of the American population do? Yes, maybe some people would use the money wisely, but others would not. And it would be a tremendously divisive issue. White's lost ancestors fighting the Civil War.

They were killed trying to free the slaves. Should they get reparations? It is a historical fact that no country on earth is blameless. All countries have done bad things. In America, we are trying to level the playing field for everyone. We have to try harder, but that is the solution, not reparations. And by the way, they will not happen. For more news and commentary, please head on over to Bill O'Reilly.com,

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defined as any business that makes more than 10% of its profits from immoral activities, that's a quote from the Church of England, like gambling, tobacco, or pornography. The church's decision, while controversial, poses a similar dilemma facing the United States. Is it acceptable to cash in on the $150 billion dollar marijuana industry? Medical pot and recreational marijuana are often distributed by the same companies. Many Americans, some of them left wing, some of them celebrities, some of them younger, certainly think there's no problem with getting rich off getting high. So invest. I personally would not do that. I do not invest in tobacco companies or any company

that I believe influences the American people in a negative way. But many in the pro pot lobby refuse to acknowledge the major social problems caused by legalization. Advocates claim legalization will advance, quote, social justice by empowering minority-owned businesses to profit or pot. But Colorado's Department of Revenue confirms most cannabis businesses are owned by the big tobacco companies. Supporters also say local communities will see a boost in tax revenue. But analysts from the Centennial Institute report, people residing in states with recreational marijuana pay $4.50 in social costs. for every buck they make in new taxes or pot.

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