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The woman in this @FoxNews clip confusing China and Japan is former State Dept. spokesperson Morgan Ortagus, who was recruited to the State Dept. from Fox News after Donald Trump watched her on the network and became a fan. Kayleigh McEnany, former Trump press secretary, is also present for Ortagus's blunder, and she doesn't bat an eye. Sam Seder and the Majority Report crew discuss this.
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Sam Seder: You know folks over at Fox... We all make mistakes. I just referred to Ari Berman as Ari Melber, that's a mistake that sometimes people make.
Emma Vigeland: Ari Bergermeister Meisterberger?
Sam Seder: Yeah, I don't know what that means, but... Look, the point is, we all make mistakes. And just because you work for a news organization, doesn't mean that you can keep all of these countries in Asia separate and distinct from each other.
Emma Vigeland: Especially when they're small countries.
Sam Seder: Yeah.
Emma: Insignificant to somebody at a cable news company.
Sam Seder: Rarely in the news. Who is this guy? We're not sure what her name is. But this is on the "Outnumbered" show. And here are the Fox... They are really... I appreciate the sentiment that maybe the Olympics should be canceled this year. But I wouldn't say it's because of this reason.
Morgan Ortagus: ...these Olympics. I like to call them the "Genocide Olympics." Anyway, I'm still on the team that I'm not even sure we should be competing because there is an ongoing genocide in Xinjiang. So, if we are gonna go to a country, if we are gonna compete and have American athletes there, in a country that's committing a genocide, even more important Harris, to have the freedom of the American flag represented.
Emma Vigeland: Wow.
Sam Seder: Wow. We gotta play that again, because there's a couple things that you should be aware of. That Japan is not China. That's the first thing you need to know. The Olympics are in Japan. The Uyghurs are persecuted in China. There are some small quarters where that is a controversial statement, or at the very least, the question of genocide is a controversial statement.
Emma Vigeland: Well it's a cultural genocide at the very least.
Sam Seder: But the one thing that is not controversial about that statement is that to the extent that it's happening, and it very well may be, it's in China, not in Japan. Now both those countries are in Asia. Fair enough. I don't know what else to say. What's impressive is that she's been saying this, she's been calling them the "Genocide Olympics," and no one in any other part of her life has said, "What do you mean by that? Genocide Olympics?" And then she would say, "Well, because of the Uyghurs." And they would say, like, "But you realize, the Olympics are in Japan?"
Emma Vigeland: Nope! The producers were like, "Nailed it!"
Sam Seder: Nailed it! Let's play this clip again. Now, the other thing you should also watch during this clip is, look at the faces of the other people on the show. They're not even blinking an eye. It's just like, "Oh yeah, you know, she's talking about the 'Genocide Olympics.'"
Morgan Ortagus: ...these Olympics. I like to call them the "Genocide Olympics." Anyway, I'm still on the team that I'm not even sure we should be competing because there is an ongoing genocide in Xinjiang. So, if we are gonna go to a country, if we are gonna compete and have American athletes there, in a country that's committing a genocide, even more important Harris, to have the freedom of the American flag represented.
Sam Seder: That's impressive.
Emma Vigeland: Oh the freedom of the American flag. We should never do the Olympics in countries that have committed genocides. So in L.A., because of our genocide of the Native Americans, I'm sure that that Fox News pundit is on board for getting rid of that.
Sam Seder: Where is Xinjiang? She's really thought about this.
Matt Lech: "I'm on the team..." Who else is on that team that's been calling this the "Genocide Olympics," because I haven't heard from them.
Sam Seder: That's what I've been calling it.
Emma Vigeland: Oh well she's been cooking it up. She wants to have her own kind of War on Christmas moment, or Critical Race Theory thing, where, "I'm gonna move up on this Fox News ladder."