Condemning Bundy News Today

I wonder if theyre better off. >> reporter: before those comments he drew praise. >> there is something incredibly wrong when a government believes that blades of grass a cow is eating -- >> it really is government overreach, government gone amuk. >> and jumping on the band wagon, theyre running the other way. rand paul tweeted his remarks on race are offensive and i wholeheartedly disagree with him. and the spokesperson for senator heller says he disagrees with the racist statements and condemn...

Theyve had both with race and with the black community and with minorities at large. im going to be -- its going to be interesting to see how the republican party deals with it and whether they do -- rand paul has already put out a statement condemning bundys remarks but it will be interesting to see how fox news handles it and how the republican party handles this. >> thank you very much today. thanks. >> thanks. >> and you may have noticed today at your workplace that today is take your daught...

Doing family things? >> before that comment, bundy drew praise. >> a cow eating is so an egregio egregious front to the united states. >> private property is at the base of it. >> it really is government gone amuck. >> reporter: and now some have jumped on the bandwagon and are running the other way. rand paul tweeted his remarks on race are offensive and i wholeheartedly disagree with him and senator heller completely disagrees with mr. bundys appalling and racist statements and condemns them i...

His lands. >> the government is trying to steal my cattle. >> reporter: he was turned into a conservative hero. a recurring guest of sean hannity. >> reporter: when harry reid called bundy a domestic terrorist, now its not bundys rant getting attention, its wednesdays racist remarks. >> i want to tell you one more thing i know about the negros. they abort their young children, put tear young men in jail because they never learned how to pick cotton. and ive often wondered, are they better off as...

Their part, the national republican leaders could help show a united front against this kind of hateful, dangerous extremism by publicly condemning bundy. will more republicans distance themselves from bundy? the whole bundy government that you and i are talking about. >> knew we know he makes these racist statements, but they were supporting people who were willing to point their guns at federal officers in support of a guy whos been in the courts for 25 years and losing every time. when you lo...

It and we distance ourselves. but we dont do that with democrats. is that true? >> i cant think of any parallel to this case. i cant think of msnbc taking an equivalent story on the left and spending weeks covering it the way fox news has and sean hannity chief among them, host on fox news. there was a way for sean hannity and others who took up this cause and that was to avoiding to find out more about this man. these comments happened days ago but we didnt hear about them until "the new york t...