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>> i want to talk to one person in each county across the united states, and heres what i want to say. county sheriff, disarm u.s. bureaucracy. >> this week they started to release bundys cattle citing their concerns. in the meantime, bundy has been leveled to hero status. >> out in nevada today, federal agents are pointing rifles at american citizens in an escalation of a standoff over a man who for 20 years has grazed his cattle on some land that the state owns. >> for two decades, cliven bund...

States, and heres what i want to say. county sheriff, disarm u.s. bureaucracy. >> this week they started to release bundys cattle citing their concerns. in the meantime, bundy has been levelled to hero status. >> out in nevada today, federal agents are pointing rifles at american citizens in an escalation of a standoff over a man who for 20 years has grazed his cattle on some land that the state owns. #. >> for two decades, cliven bundy has gotten something for nothing. hes been in open violatio...

Nothing. hes been in open violation of the law and owes the federal government over a million dollars. if all of that were true of someone else, conservatives would be calling them a freeloader. joining me now, eric boellert, senior fellow at media matters. this story seemed to come out of nowhere and just blew up in the conservative media. it was everywhere. how did this guy become this kind of almost overnight celebrity? >> right. if this had been a republican in the white house, this would ha...