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Protesters are tearing down statues across America in the wake of George Floyd’s killing and ongoing Black Lives Matter demonstrations. While some statues, such as those dedicated to Confederate soldiers, deserve reconsideration, statues of Union general Ulysses S. Grant, President Abraham Lincoln, and founding father George Washington have also come under fire.
Jonathan Horn, Robert E. Lee’s biographer, joined Dany and Marc to talk about the current backlash against American statues and how to draw the line when considering which statues to keep. They also discuss ‘cancel culture’ and the dangerous practice of judging history retroactively.
Jonathan Horn is an author and former White House presidential speechwriter for President George W. Bush. His Robert E. Lee biography, The Man Who Would Not Be Washington, was a Washington Post bestseller. He is also the author of Washington’s End, the forgotten story of the final years of America’s Founding Father.
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You are negotiating with terrorists. No discussion of removing statues should begin until order is restored and the vandals understand that statues can only be removed by due process and consensus, not by intimidation.
Republicans agree to be dominated if they allow themselves to be bullied into action by angry mobs.
I’d be more comfortable if she started the conversation by saying, “We aren’t tearing down any statues until the mob passes.”