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My grandparents fought in the wars. one of my grandfathers almost died a kamikaze plane came down next to his navy ship thankfully the guy ended up crashing in the water and saving the lives of all those americans and did a peace sign to my grandfather. we heard those stories growing up. i remember when tom brokaw wrote his book the greatest generation. i remember all my grandparents and friends sitting in living room talking about that book and war stories. where is your allegiance to them. this is the united states of america. just makes me so mad that some people tonight want to say the pledge of allegiance or the anthem. steve: well then the people just like we see in the school boards, grassroots once again, there in silverton, colorado standing up and they are ad-libbing. like we do for three hours a day. brian: once in a while. meanwhile, 19 minutes after the hour. ainsley: coming up a mexican border city rocked by violence over the weekend as cartel activity creeps 10 miles sou ....
Sandra? sandra: thanks, john. in colorado outrage after a local mayor there stopped the pledge of allegiance at a board meeting. attendees said it anyway. todd piro has more. great to see you. the pledge house caused trouble in this town. this small town meeting getting a lot of big-time attention. it started with this admonition from the mayor. take a listen. due to direct an indirect threats, inappropriate comments at a public meeting and the general divisiveness, issues in our community, we will not be doing the pledge of allegiance during the town of trustee meetings. you heard that, right? that decree from the mayor of silverton, colorado getting pushback. the trustees challenged the mayor. the mayor said to show where it s written that he can t make such a ruling and that is when ....
Are never going to make it depending on the color of your skin or your gender. you are going to be held back. so it s time to stand up, speak out and make, i guess, in almost every case, white males apologize. he says meritocracy and everything about democracy do not gel with critical race theory. it s not about knowing history. the other thing is he fights back against people who say this is a culture war financed by republicans to win an election he says look at the top two best selling books in the country. white fragility and the other book talk about critical race theory in different ways. so the republicans would have to write the book, buy the book, and then come up with a strategy to beat the book. it s impossible. and i hope chuck todd is listening. ainsley: he is also a pastor and his book fault lines is doing well in the christian circuit right now. steve: meanwhile take you out to silverton, colorado where out of nowhere mayor shane ferman decided at the board of trustee ....