were slave owners at one time or another. george washington. thomas jefferson as well. and you look at the comments of senior correspondent from the federalists, a man by the name of john david -- daniel davidson that is to say. he was on the channel last night. he took a look at the statues. he sees something bigger in this debate. >> i think a lot of people on the right, conservatives on the right who are saying yes, maybe we should move these statues to a museum miss the point. this is not about the confederacy. this is not about the civil war. this is about political power. and it's about a small group of people on the left trying to exert outsized influence on american politics by following in the footsteps of mao, of the armed thugs in the wymar republic, the taliban. these are tactics that are well-known. you start by tearing down statues and burning books