Ben Ferguson: Dem. Video Is ‘a Wink and a Nod’ to Military Officials Saying ‘You Don’t Have to Follow’ Trump’

PHILLIP: “Hang on a second. Let me let Ben on the topic.”
Ferguson: “This is the reason why the president responded the way he did. It is very clear this video was put out without any reason behind it. There was no red flag to put this out. It was done clearly for fundraising, number one.”
McGOWAN: “He’s broken the law?”
Ferguson: “Let me finish. Let me finish. And then you can yell at me if you want to. It was clearly done premeditated, fundraising. You got emails going out at 6:00 on the day this happened. That was clearly orchestrated and pre-planned. Again, and the second thing is you have a president that‘s pretty used to Democrats saying, ‘We don‘t pay attention to laws. We don‘t enforce laws with ICE. We don‘t enforce laws with the border. We don‘t enforce laws with anything we don‘t like with Donald Trump.’ So this was a wink and a nod to military officials that if you don‘t like Donald Trump, you don‘t have to follow anything that he says if you don‘t really want to. And oh, by the way, the caveat, the best part about this is, then when he responds, we will literally be so shallow because there is no issue here, we‘re just trying to raise money off of it. That‘s it. This is the money game.”
PHILLIP: “Ben, if this is just a fundraising ploy by Democrats, why is Trump calling it a seditious conspiracy? Why is he likening it to treason? Why is he suggesting that — “
Ferguson: “Because when you suggest that military leaders should go against the president of the United States of America — “
PHILLIP: “But you just said that this was a fundraising ploy.”
Ferguson: “Well, it was. The Democratic Party — “
PHILLIP: “If it’s that — I’m just taking you at your own argument. If it’s a fundraising ploy, why is the president then acting as if this a conspiracy to overthrow the government?”
Ferguson: “Abby — “
PHILLIP: “But wait. But wait. We were all here on January 6th when he called the people breaking into the Capitol patriots. How do those things — “
Ferguson: “He said, ‘Go peacefully.’ The majority of the people there, he believed they were patriots.”