A PBS lawyer who was recorded in a Project Veritas video calling for children of Republicans to be put in “reeducation camps” is out of his job at the news organization.
“This employee no longer works for PBS. As a mid-level staff attorney, he did not speak on behalf of our organization, nor did he make any editorial decisions,” a PBS spokesperson told the Washington Examiner.
“There is no place for hateful rhetoric at PBS, and this individual’s views in no way reflect our values or opinions. We strongly condemn violence and will continue to do what we have done for 50 years — use our national platform and local presence to strengthen communities and bring people together,” the statement added.
Project Veritas released a video Tuesday of principal counsel for the Public Broadcasting Service Michael Beller saying, “We go for all the Republican voters, and Homeland Security will take their children away.”
“We’ll put them into the reeducation camps. … They’re nice,” Beller said. “They have Sesame Street characters in the classrooms, and they watch PBS all day.”
BREAKING: Project Veritas tapes show @PBS Principal Counsel Michael Beller advocating for political violence.
“Go to the White House & throw Molotov cocktails…”
“Even if Biden wins, we go for all the Republican voters, Homeland Security will take their children away…” pic.twitter.com/JMGo88BDwV
— Ivan Pentchoukov (@IvanPentchoukov) January 12, 2021
“Kids who are growing up, knowing nothing but Trump for four years, you’ve got to wonder what they’re going to be like. They’ll be raising a generation of intolerant, horrible people — horrible kids,” Beller added.
Beller also called for people to “go to the White House and throw Molotov cocktails” in the event President-elect Joe Biden didn’t win the election in November.
