now, charlottesville actually in some sense accelerated our decision. i had already prepared to present to our council a resolution to remove these two stat statues. why? well, it s really important to put this in context. these two statues today stand on ground that is really sacred. it was at one time a slave auction block called cheap side. one of the largest in the south. so these two monuments, two men who fought to preserve slavery are standing today on sacred ground where men, women and children once were sold into slavery. so it just wasn t right. just not right. so mayor, what is the
liberty, justice and freedom. for nonviolence. speak out against hatred. and these regrettably in some sense regrettably these statues have become symbols of that lost cause and symbols of racism and bigotry and discrimination. and that s why in my view they need to be moved. then what is the argument to especially from the center of our town. so what is the argument to keep them there? i m assuming that there are people from your city who would say this isn t about racism, it is part of the city s history or heritage. what argument do they make? the argument that they make of course is that we would be erasing history, that we would be hiding history. the decision to relocate these monuments, nothing casual about it. but when you think about the argument that we learn from history, then you can actually ask, well, if the statues are still standing at cheap side at this slave auction block for more than 100 years, what have we learned from history?
african-american history and culture on tuesday. according to trump supporter alveta king, the niece of dr. martin luther king, trump was particularly moved when he saw a slave auction block during the museum tour. king told the atlanta journal constitution, she overheard trump say, boy, that is just not good. that is not good. and when he saw a set of shablgs used to restrain enslaved children, king says the president responded, that is really bad. jennifer rubin is back with me and also joining me now steve phillips, author of brown is the new white. okay. i can t the president s visit to the museum was really quite something. i want to play element two of trump president trump at the museum. today and every day of my presidency, i pledge to do everything i can to continue