Initiative that he announced at the espys, and President Trump relaunches his campaign in a stadium packed with tens of people. Lets catch up on todays headlines. Welcome to the daily distancing show. From trevors couch to your couch somewhere in the world, this is the daily distancing show with Trevor Noah Trevor lets begin with statues. The house where Society Honors people from history and the park where teenagers meet to buy drugs. Protesters have been tearing down confederate memorials around the country since the george floyd protest began. So many of the statues have been pulled down that people are turning their sites on other historical figures. In portland protesters lighting on fire the monument of George Washington before pulling it down. The nations first president face down and covered in graffiti because activist say he was a slave owner. Targeting ulysses s. Grant who led the union army but said to own a slave, and Francis Scott key who wrote the lyrics to the star span
Statues. The house where Society Honors people from history and the park where teenagers meet to buy drugs. Protesters have been tearing down confederate memorials around the country since the george floyd protest began. So many of the statues have been pulled down that people are turning their sites on other historical figures. In portland protesters lighting on fire the monument of George Washington before pulling it down. The nations first president face down and covered in graffiti because activist say he was a slave owner. Targeting ulysses s. Grant who led the union army but said to own a slave, and Francis Scott key who wrote the lyrics to the star spangled banner but also a slave owner. The American Museum of Natural History in new york city says it will remove a statue of president Theodore Roosevelt from its front steps, featuring him on the horse with a native american man and africanamerican man standing on either side of him. Trevor ooh wee, there is not a good time to be
Like this is tearing down anything that doesnt move. When im waiting to cross the street, i keep moving so no one comes in and tries to rip off my head. I will be honest, the museum saying they are going to take town the Teddy Roosevelt makes sense because as someone who lives in new york i walked past that statue so many times and every time i thought that is an amazing statue that is also very problematic. Show i bet in the 30s, it was considered super woke. Look at that, an indian and negro led by the white savior. I know it was supposed to symbolize roosevelts friendship with the other races. If youre such good friends, let them up on the horse or at least give them something to ride. One reason the protests are still going strong, because racism is going strong. Look what happened after nascar banned the Confederate Flag. A disturbing discovery, a noose found in a stall for bubba wallace, the only fulltime black driver, successfully convinced the stock car racing series to ban the
Where teenagers meet to buy drugs. Protesters have been tearing down confederate memorials around the country since the george floyd protest began. So many of the statues have been pulled down that people are turning their sites on other historical figures. In portland protesters lighting on fire the monument of George Washington before pulling it down. The nations first president face down and covered in graffiti because activist say he was a slave owner. Targeting ulysses s. Grant who led the union army but said to own a slave, and Francis Scott key who wrote the lyrics to the star spangled banner but also a slave owner. The American Museum of Natural History in new york city says it will remove a statue of president Theodore Roosevelt from its front steps, featuring him on the horse with a native american man and africanamerican man standing on either side of him. Trevor ooh wee, there is not a good time to be a statue because at first it felt like only the confederate statues were
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