EXCERPT:
There is a major media outlet, there is a major news channel that is fueling political violence in this country, and we're acting like it's normal. It's not normal. Like I can tell you 110 percent one of the largest sources of death threats that I get is Tucker Carlson.”
HOST: “Wow.”
OCASIO-CORTEZ: “Every time that dude puts my name in his mouth, the next day, I mean, this is like what stochastic terrorism is. It's like this indirect -- it's like when you have -- when you use a very large platform to turn up the temperature and target an individual until something happens. And then when something happens, because it's indirect, you say, ‘Oh, I had nothing to do with that.’”
HOST: “Right.”
OCASIO-CORTEZ: “Tucker Carlson, God forbid, anything happens he plays a massive role in political violence. Like it comes on his doorstep specifically, not -- I mean, it's not just --”
MCKELVEY: “When you say something happen, what do you mean, to you, or just in the country, period?”
OCASIO-CORTEZ: “To me, to elected officials --”
HOST: “Any of his targets.”
OCASIO-CORTEZ: “-- to any of his targets, because it's not even just elected officials, he will target people that have -- like other reporters --”
HOST: “Other journalists.”
OCASIO-CARTEZ: “-- he will target journalists, but he will also target activists and advocates that do not have resources or an infrastructure of protection, either. And it is extremely dangerous.”