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Americans, than those of the americans who want to have an ability to use our democracy to fight for a better world. >> tucker: that seems a littlese bit of a stretch. are you against putting gates on the national parks? that divides the country. putting gates at national parks?ke >> tucker: you are against the board of all because you are against dividing barriers between places. >> there arent gates on our national parks. >> tucker: sure, there are. if you want to drive into a yellowstone, you...

Again, why is that germane to your mission as expressed in your mission statement? i will give you another example. abortion. last year, on the university of roe vs. wade, you issued a press release saying that the sierra club stands in solidarity with planned parenthood. people feel that way, okay. what does that have to do with the environment? why does legal abortion make the environment better? >> we believe in empowering womens rights.. we think that women who have rights and the ability to...

Public lands. we also take positions that our members care about that might not be the traditional home issues that you grew up on butbo they are important to our members. sierra club members -- >> tucker: im just saying, you are turning off a lot of people, like me, who care about the environment and want to help.rs why would i sign up for this that has nothing to do with your core mission?li it is distressing. >> we are actually turning on a lot of members. we are breaking members about member...

How do you say, ive always like the sierra club, i grew up camping in the sierras, give money to the sierra club, i think john muir is really cool. i read your founding statement about protecting and enjoying the environment, i totally agree with that as a sportsman. p then, i see you coming out in all kinds of issue they dont appear related at all to be to the environment. im confused. for example, you issued a reports release saying that president trumps border tax in mexico is going to be use...

To my question?u what is and how to do with the environment? i wanthave to know why it isnt i want to know why it isnt germane to the sierra club? >> i was about to answer it before you interrupted me. we take a position on the border wall, on reproductive rights, we joined the womens march, on transgender rights, because we think it is the right thing to do. a many sierra club members may be gay, may be transgender, latino, they may be undocumented. we believe it is important to stand up for pe...

Environment to have fewer people here? >> because its wrong, tucker. i live in california. i have undocumented immigrants who are on my sons little league team. they go to my childrens school. these are families. these are people who are part of our economy, part of our environment.th when we go to parks, we play with them, we hang out with them. these are folks who shouldnt b. deported just because of your political beliefs oror other peoples political beliefs. >> tucker: i am not arguingli for...

Sustainable population is to empower women to make choices about their own families. >> tucker: okay. fewer people is better for the environment. given that, that is your position, which is a position, then, with the united states population has pretty much doubled in the last 50 years, it is about 225 million people. so, doubled again 50 years is a pretty quick rate of expansion. most of that has come from immigration, as you know. so, why would the sierra club, it is concerned about population...

Some, in fact, seem to endorse the violence against you, that squelch as your speech. >> if you come out against it and you condemn it, you are sort of thing there is somethingh wrong with your own side. o you are saying that something you have done has created an environment in which is okay to physically attack at the guests. lets be completely clear. this is an attempt to paint what happened last night at the destruction of property and as protest. it wasnt. it was violent rioting in which pe...