asked at that news conference yesterday. is george washington next. you asked is the thomas jefferson monument in washington, d.c. next? i ll ask you that question here now. it would seem to be. if you re following that train of logic that all of these monuments that bring up memories of racism have to be torn down and erased from american history, erased from the entire nation, then you just can t stop with the civil war. you have to go back to the founding fathers, many of whom were slave holders. many of whom were staupblg advocates of slaves. and so why not thomas jefferson? why not george washington? thomas jefferson was a slave holder. if we re going to tear down his monument, follow that train a little further, we might as well tear up the declaration of independence because, hey, he wrote most of it. this is where this danger is
indisputably was a great man. he was the author of the declaration of independence. founder of the university of west virginia and most importantly the greatest thinker in american political history. all of us live in his shadow. unfortunately, however, jefferson was also a slave holder. that s real. it s a moral taint. we ought to remember it. but the fanatics on the left it means that jefferson must be purged from public memory forever. the demands are already coming that we do that. in 2015, the students at the university of missouri demanded the removal of a jefferson statue. two years ago, on cnn, anchor ashleigh banfield suggested the jefferson memorial in washington might have to go. needless to say there is literally no limit when you start thinking like this. last year hundreds of activists in new york demanded the statue of theodore roosevelt at the american national history museum be dismantled. they argued that roosevelt was a racist. that s the standard. nobody is safe. wa
indisputably was a great man. he was the author of the declaration of independence. founder of the university of west virginia and most importantly the greatest thinker in american political history. all of us live in his shadow. unfortunately, however, jefferson was also a slave holder. that s real. it s a moral taint. we ought to remember it. but the fanatics on the left it means that jefferson must be purged from public memory forever. the demands are already coming that we do that. in 2015, the students at the university of missouri demanded the removal of a jefferson statue. two years ago, on cnn, anchor ashleigh banfield suggested the jefferson memorial in washington might have to go. needless to say there is literally no limit when you start thinking like this. last year hundreds of activists in new york demanded the statue of theodore roosevelt at the american national history museum be dismantled. they argued that roosevelt was a racist. that s the standard. nobody is safe. wa
hinder the american dream for anyone who wants to achieve it. this president, in my estimation, is about restoring the american dream. which does, by the way those are methods restore america to greatness. if we fix the economy, get jobs, the ladder of success, opportunity. you ve talked about it over the years, both of you. what about the president saying, okay, local municipalities decide what monday on youments they want and don t want. but where does it end? w5, slave holder. jefferson. why call it washington, d.c. in don t we rename the capital of the united states. he was a slave owner. ulysses s. grant, he owned a slave. let s take away the confederate statues, what does that do for job creation, how does it make any black school any better, improve healthcare for black americans across the country. we re focused on an interesting and exciting and disturbing issue. the media doesn t take it that way.
the end with the tones of racial bias and racial tensions. you know, the city is many aspects the epicenter of the dilemma. it s where we now stand. a couple of miles from the university of virginia, virginia college built in large part by thomas jefferson which home monticello3 miles, one of the founders, signers of the declaration independence, a revered figure in america and also a slave holder. that fundamental dichotomy comes right to roots and helps to explain the anger that we are seeing on both sides. kelly: very sad to see this unfolding, doug, what are the antiwhite nationalist protest groups, what are they saying? you understand they are angry, they don t like what they are