Delano Squires
Appearances
The Megyn Kelly Show
Media's False "Maryland Dad" Narrative and Left's Spin on Illegal Gang Members, with Steve Deace, Delano Squires, and Joseph Massey | Ep. 1049
This is actually one of the ironies that doesn't get discussed enough, particularly when dealing with the left, is that they will simultaneously say that America is a systemically and endemically racist nation that harbors hostilities toward black people, brown people, African-Americans, Hispanic people. but then argue that more brown people from South America, Central America, need to come here.
The Megyn Kelly Show
Media's False "Maryland Dad" Narrative and Left's Spin on Illegal Gang Members, with Steve Deace, Delano Squires, and Joseph Massey | Ep. 1049
And it's never made sense to me. Megan and Steve, if I went to a restaurant... Come to a racist hellhole, is that what you're saying? Right. If I went to a restaurant and I had terrible service and the food made me sick, the last thing I would do to other people who I love and my family is to say, well, you guys should go there as well. So... They're making an argument, right?
The Megyn Kelly Show
Media's False "Maryland Dad" Narrative and Left's Spin on Illegal Gang Members, with Steve Deace, Delano Squires, and Joseph Massey | Ep. 1049
And they do this constantly. It's America hates black and brown people, but we should have as many, you know, come here as possible. And look, I say that my parents immigrated from the West Indies in the late 70s, early 80s.
The Megyn Kelly Show
Media's False "Maryland Dad" Narrative and Left's Spin on Illegal Gang Members, with Steve Deace, Delano Squires, and Joseph Massey | Ep. 1049
I grew up in New York City where, you know, every third person has family that came here at some point, you know, to Steve's point, since, you know, the turn of the 20th century. But again, it's a nation of laws, and I believe every nation The immigration policy of every nation prioritizes its citizens over foreign nationals, point blank period. I don't care what the nation is.
The Megyn Kelly Show
Media's False "Maryland Dad" Narrative and Left's Spin on Illegal Gang Members, with Steve Deace, Delano Squires, and Joseph Massey | Ep. 1049
I don't care what foreign nationals you're dealing with. The citizens should always come first. And I say that thinking of this issue as a father, right? I have responsibilities to my wife and my children. And even though we may, my wife and I may say, we want to adopt a child. And my children may say, we would love to get a new sibling.
The Megyn Kelly Show
Media's False "Maryland Dad" Narrative and Left's Spin on Illegal Gang Members, with Steve Deace, Delano Squires, and Joseph Massey | Ep. 1049
If we tell our kids we're going to adopt one child a week for the next 15 years, at a certain point, they're going to question whether or not they're going to be enough resources, whether the character and sort of culture of our family is going to change, and how we are going to ensure that all of the children, the new children, feel some sense of togetherness in our new home.
The Megyn Kelly Show
Media's False "Maryland Dad" Narrative and Left's Spin on Illegal Gang Members, with Steve Deace, Delano Squires, and Joseph Massey | Ep. 1049
And America's leaders have failed to do that when it comes to immigration and assimilation so that we all feel that we have, you know, we're equally vested here in this country.
The Megyn Kelly Show
Media's False "Maryland Dad" Narrative and Left's Spin on Illegal Gang Members, with Steve Deace, Delano Squires, and Joseph Massey | Ep. 1049
Good to be here. Good to be with you, Megan.
The Megyn Kelly Show
Media's False "Maryland Dad" Narrative and Left's Spin on Illegal Gang Members, with Steve Deace, Delano Squires, and Joseph Massey | Ep. 1049
Well, to be frank, I was surprised that bail was set at a million dollars. For context, Dylann Roof's bail was set at a million dollars for the gun charges, not for the murders he committed, not for the nine murders in Charleston, South Carolina, but on the gun charges. So a million always sounded high to me. If Carmelo Anthony had a long criminal record, then I think it would be different.
The Megyn Kelly Show
Media's False "Maryland Dad" Narrative and Left's Spin on Illegal Gang Members, with Steve Deace, Delano Squires, and Joseph Massey | Ep. 1049
I think his entire case is going to hinge on his claim that he was acting in self-defense. A jury will have to hear evidence to substantiate that claim, and they will decide whether or not there's any basis to that claim. I think, this is my personal opinion, this case has moved from a local case to a national case because of the racial dynamics at play.
The Megyn Kelly Show
Media's False "Maryland Dad" Narrative and Left's Spin on Illegal Gang Members, with Steve Deace, Delano Squires, and Joseph Massey | Ep. 1049
Correct, correct. And it's unfortunate that It seems as if many of the conservatives who typically say, let's wait to hear all the facts, let's get all the evidence, let's let a jury of this person's peers make a decision, have rust to judgment in terms of motives, in terms of what happened or didn't happen. And I've...
The Megyn Kelly Show
Media's False "Maryland Dad" Narrative and Left's Spin on Illegal Gang Members, with Steve Deace, Delano Squires, and Joseph Massey | Ep. 1049
Part of the reason that I've been hesitant to make certain comments on this case publicly and why I'm holding my powder is because I've seen time and time again the original narrative that gets sent into the media Whether on the left, typically on the left, because race-related crimes are sort of the province of the left. They have been. I think that's changing now.
The Megyn Kelly Show
Media's False "Maryland Dad" Narrative and Left's Spin on Illegal Gang Members, with Steve Deace, Delano Squires, and Joseph Massey | Ep. 1049
But I've seen hands up, don't shoot, go up in flames. I've seen sort of the original narrative, you know, in other cases, go up in flames. We've even seen, even when it comes to George Floyd, people go from saying, we see the video, to now... certain commentators, particularly on the right, saying, no, George Floyd, Derek Chauvin had nothing to do with George Floyd's death. It was the overdose.
The Megyn Kelly Show
Media's False "Maryland Dad" Narrative and Left's Spin on Illegal Gang Members, with Steve Deace, Delano Squires, and Joseph Massey | Ep. 1049
So my thing is this, the million dollar bond sounded, as I said, sounded high to me. I'm not surprised it was lowered. The give, send, go stuff, I've seen how that's been sort of painted. Ultimately,
The Megyn Kelly Show
Media's False "Maryland Dad" Narrative and Left's Spin on Illegal Gang Members, with Steve Deace, Delano Squires, and Joseph Massey | Ep. 1049
Carmelo Anthony is going to face a jury of his peers and if what he did, if the sort of original reports hold true, that it was just a minor verbal altercation and he pulled out a knife and stabbed this young man in the heart, then he's going to go to jail, going to go to prison for a very, very long time.
The Megyn Kelly Show
Media's False "Maryland Dad" Narrative and Left's Spin on Illegal Gang Members, with Steve Deace, Delano Squires, and Joseph Massey | Ep. 1049
Yeah, I think I can respond to that, Steve. Here's the sense that I get. On the right, the way this is framed is that, you know, there's sort of this anti-white racist intent coming from the black folks who are contributing to his give, send, go. What I think those people are doing, the people who are contributing, is saying, this kid is about to get railroaded, and we want to give him, you know,
The Megyn Kelly Show
Media's False "Maryland Dad" Narrative and Left's Spin on Illegal Gang Members, with Steve Deace, Delano Squires, and Joseph Massey | Ep. 1049
resources that he can defend himself. And what they would say is, look at Daniel Penny, right? I know it's not the same case, different jurisdiction, different set of circumstances, but he ended up using a level of force that led to a man's death. And when he raised, I don't know, $3 million on whatever the platform was, it wasn't because there was anti-Black racism towards Jordan Neely.
The Megyn Kelly Show
Media's False "Maryland Dad" Narrative and Left's Spin on Illegal Gang Members, with Steve Deace, Delano Squires, and Joseph Massey | Ep. 1049
It's because they felt he was going to get railroaded in a blue city, and that's the reason that people were saying, we need to give to Daniel Penny's defense. I think it's a similar sort of sentiment going on here.
The Megyn Kelly Show
Media's False "Maryland Dad" Narrative and Left's Spin on Illegal Gang Members, with Steve Deace, Delano Squires, and Joseph Massey | Ep. 1049
Now, we can disagree with that sentiment, but I think this is the problem, this is the danger of immediately racializing these types of cases, because we can admit, if this was Black on Black or white on white, this local crime would probably not be getting national attention.
The Megyn Kelly Show
Media's False "Maryland Dad" Narrative and Left's Spin on Illegal Gang Members, with Steve Deace, Delano Squires, and Joseph Massey | Ep. 1049
Yeah, I think one of the most important things that any conservative legislator, policymaker, politician could do is to stay unequivocally. Whether you start in Genesis or the human genome, there are two sexes, male and female, and switching is not allowed. And all sort of family policy, every issue dealing with this particular subject should flow from that sort of bedrock reality.
The Megyn Kelly Show
Media's False "Maryland Dad" Narrative and Left's Spin on Illegal Gang Members, with Steve Deace, Delano Squires, and Joseph Massey | Ep. 1049
I'm not surprised Colorado got here, but I do want to caution listeners and viewers that This is not just a crazy leftist state, crazy blue state issue. Megan, the scenario that you painted was exactly what a man named Jeff Younger went through. This is probably five, six, seven years ago. Jeff ended up running for, he went through this in Texas.
The Megyn Kelly Show
Media's False "Maryland Dad" Narrative and Left's Spin on Illegal Gang Members, with Steve Deace, Delano Squires, and Joseph Massey | Ep. 1049
And I believe that the judge in that case granted his ex-wife custody of their child, who the wife was calling Luna, right? That wasn't the boy's name. And he went on to run for office and, I mean, has talked about how difficult this particular situation has been for him. And this is exactly what Colorado is doing. And really, to Steve's point,
The Megyn Kelly Show
Media's False "Maryland Dad" Narrative and Left's Spin on Illegal Gang Members, with Steve Deace, Delano Squires, and Joseph Massey | Ep. 1049
This is a window into the mind of leftists where they invert reality with their words because they have a God complex, right? So they think that they can create reality ex nihilo. They can speak words and sort of life will sort of bend around the things that they say. So they call... quote unquote, conversion therapy when you actually affirm the sex or sexuality of a human being.
The Megyn Kelly Show
Media's False "Maryland Dad" Narrative and Left's Spin on Illegal Gang Members, with Steve Deace, Delano Squires, and Joseph Massey | Ep. 1049
And they call, quote unquote, gender affirming care when you put a kid on cross-sex hormones, on puberty blockers, when you subject, you know, teen girls to double mastectomies and, quote unquote, gender affirming hysterectomies. So this is what they do. They try to create reality through their words. And every single one of those politicians who voted for that should be primaried.
The Megyn Kelly Show
Media's False "Maryland Dad" Narrative and Left's Spin on Illegal Gang Members, with Steve Deace, Delano Squires, and Joseph Massey | Ep. 1049
And if I was a conservative in Colorado, I would be running ads on this particular issue, targeting parents nonstop from now until the next election. Because as you said, Megan, this is a complete insanity. I will say this last thing here.
The Megyn Kelly Show
Media's False "Maryland Dad" Narrative and Left's Spin on Illegal Gang Members, with Steve Deace, Delano Squires, and Joseph Massey | Ep. 1049
It's important to realize that this stuff doesn't sort of just spring up out of the ether and the kids are not just, it's not just that kids are being targeted by Disney and other media companies. We're talking about the schools. And we've known that colleges and universities have been sort of leftist indoctrination centers for a long time.
The Megyn Kelly Show
Media's False "Maryland Dad" Narrative and Left's Spin on Illegal Gang Members, with Steve Deace, Delano Squires, and Joseph Massey | Ep. 1049
But now the left is trying to pull this back down to K through 12. And one of the things that it must do for parents is to spark an education revolution in this country. And part of that is going to be an increasing number of parents saying, not only am I fully in favor of school choice, you know, and that might be, you know, universal school choice, education savings accounts in some states.
The Megyn Kelly Show
Media's False "Maryland Dad" Narrative and Left's Spin on Illegal Gang Members, with Steve Deace, Delano Squires, and Joseph Massey | Ep. 1049
But some parents are going to have to make the decision that if I want to ensure that my children are educated according to our value system, the only way to guarantee that I can do that is if I teach them myself. So I do think that you're going to see this lead to a resurgence in homeschooling in many of these states.
The Megyn Kelly Show
Media's False "Maryland Dad" Narrative and Left's Spin on Illegal Gang Members, with Steve Deace, Delano Squires, and Joseph Massey | Ep. 1049
No, I agree with Steve, right? I... To me, the heavier the claim, the heavier the burden of proof in terms of bringing evidence to bear. You just can't go and say things about people. I remember this happened when Justice Kavanaugh was being confirmed.
The Megyn Kelly Show
Media's False "Maryland Dad" Narrative and Left's Spin on Illegal Gang Members, with Steve Deace, Delano Squires, and Joseph Massey | Ep. 1049
And there was a political analyst on MSNBC who basically said, I'm paraphrasing, he was on Joy Reid's show, so that'll give you a sense of what's coming. He said Kavanaugh is like all the guys I grew up with, you know, in the sort of DMV area. Right. He was the last guy in a gang rape.
The Megyn Kelly Show
Media's False "Maryland Dad" Narrative and Left's Spin on Illegal Gang Members, with Steve Deace, Delano Squires, and Joseph Massey | Ep. 1049
And I thought to myself then I said, I hope Justice Kavanaugh sues this guy under a bridge, because I think people have gotten way too reckless with their words, way too willing. to say things and make claims about people that they can't substantiate with evidence. And to your point, Megan, President Trump is not above the law, but he's not below it either.
The Megyn Kelly Show
Media's False "Maryland Dad" Narrative and Left's Spin on Illegal Gang Members, with Steve Deace, Delano Squires, and Joseph Massey | Ep. 1049
And this is a standard that I hold across the board, irrespective of political ideology or sort of partisan affiliation of skin color or religion. If you're going to make a claim about somebody, you're going to accuse them of some of the worst crimes known to man, you better come with some evidence. But there's another issue here that I want to point out.
The Megyn Kelly Show
Media's False "Maryland Dad" Narrative and Left's Spin on Illegal Gang Members, with Steve Deace, Delano Squires, and Joseph Massey | Ep. 1049
In addition to, you know, I said I live in Maryland, so I'm very familiar with the way blue states operate. I worked in local government for almost 15 years. My last year was in the Gun Violence Prevention Office, and I did some restorative justice training. I got certified in restorative justice. And one of the things that I noticed...
The Megyn Kelly Show
Media's False "Maryland Dad" Narrative and Left's Spin on Illegal Gang Members, with Steve Deace, Delano Squires, and Joseph Massey | Ep. 1049
is that the people in restorative justice were always against punishment. They hated the punitive aspect of the justice system, unless it was against people that they didn't like. So if it was against January Sixers, oh, throw them in jail for the rest of their life. If it was against Trump, throw the book at him. And AOC is using sort of words like felon and criminal
The Megyn Kelly Show
Media's False "Maryland Dad" Narrative and Left's Spin on Illegal Gang Members, with Steve Deace, Delano Squires, and Joseph Massey | Ep. 1049
in a pejorative sense today when she's talking about Trump, any other time it would be about ban the box. We shouldn't ask people about their criminal history. You know, people deserve a second chance. So the left really isn't against quote unquote mass incarceration. They just want a weaponized legal system so that they can enact vengeance against the people that they do not like.
The Megyn Kelly Show
Media's False "Maryland Dad" Narrative and Left's Spin on Illegal Gang Members, with Steve Deace, Delano Squires, and Joseph Massey | Ep. 1049
And I think that they should be called out on this hypocrisy.
The Megyn Kelly Show
Media's False "Maryland Dad" Narrative and Left's Spin on Illegal Gang Members, with Steve Deace, Delano Squires, and Joseph Massey | Ep. 1049
Yeah, I actually live in Prince George's County, not too far from Hyattsville. So yeah, I'm very familiar sort of with the political climate there. This has been, I think, for people who are not following the news closely, a very confusing case because there are different perspectives going back and forth, right? Aside from the propaganda in terms of him being a Maryland man, right?
The Megyn Kelly Show
Media's False "Maryland Dad" Narrative and Left's Spin on Illegal Gang Members, with Steve Deace, Delano Squires, and Joseph Massey | Ep. 1049
Sort of obfuscating his legal status, right? It's okay. Is he a gang member? Is he not a gang member? Has he had his due process or has he not? Is the Supreme Court saying, is there a distinction between facilitating his return and effectuating his return? What I look at are sort of big picture issues. And I think there are ones that apply to each side. One,
The Megyn Kelly Show
Media's False "Maryland Dad" Narrative and Left's Spin on Illegal Gang Members, with Steve Deace, Delano Squires, and Joseph Massey | Ep. 1049
On the right, I do think there's an issue of due process. And taking it out of this case, right, we're a nation of laws. People have rights. Citizens, to Steve's point, have sort of the highest class of rights. And non-citizen residents, I'm not a lawyer, so I can't speak to what that set of rights looks like. But I think there are some people who say, look,
The Megyn Kelly Show
Media's False "Maryland Dad" Narrative and Left's Spin on Illegal Gang Members, with Steve Deace, Delano Squires, and Joseph Massey | Ep. 1049
If he can be taken off the street and sent back to El Salvador, what happens if that happens to me and my mom or my dad is on a green card? I understand those concerns.
The Megyn Kelly Show
Media's False "Maryland Dad" Narrative and Left's Spin on Illegal Gang Members, with Steve Deace, Delano Squires, and Joseph Massey | Ep. 1049
But on the other side, for people who believe that for too long the American government, both federal and local, has prioritized the rights of criminals over the rights of law-abiding citizens, this is a moment where we have to say, you know what? We don't have the stomach to do what really needs to be done to make America safe again. And we're going to have to develop it over time.
The Megyn Kelly Show
Media's False "Maryland Dad" Narrative and Left's Spin on Illegal Gang Members, with Steve Deace, Delano Squires, and Joseph Massey | Ep. 1049
Because if we freak out over every single incident that the media can spin in a particular way, we're never going to get anywhere. And it's ironic because, you know, President Trump was hosting, you know, the president of El Salvador, who basically said to the gangs, your time is up. I'm rounding up everybody with...
The Megyn Kelly Show
Media's False "Maryland Dad" Narrative and Left's Spin on Illegal Gang Members, with Steve Deace, Delano Squires, and Joseph Massey | Ep. 1049
you know, extensive head and neck and arm tattoos, and I'm carting you off to jail. And for someone like me, who has openly questioned whether, you know, we could be a little bit more innovative in some of our criminal justice policies to minimize the sort of third party effects to innocent citizens. I look at that and say, wow, this guy's doing something that in some respects I can get behind.
The Megyn Kelly Show
Media's False "Maryland Dad" Narrative and Left's Spin on Illegal Gang Members, with Steve Deace, Delano Squires, and Joseph Massey | Ep. 1049
But I also know that that's not the way we do things in America. So there's sort of a tension there. And I think if you ask the average American citizen, hey, if you could snap your finger today and lock up every single gang member, Bloods, Crips, neo-Nazis, you know, Italian mafia, Russian mafia. I think many people will say yes because we want our streets to be safe again.
The Megyn Kelly Show
Media's False "Maryland Dad" Narrative and Left's Spin on Illegal Gang Members, with Steve Deace, Delano Squires, and Joseph Massey | Ep. 1049
So at a certain point, we're going to have to develop the stomach for this and we can't allow the media to take every individual incident and get us off track.