history lied so frequently and so fast as this one? but even if the president was really waiting for the facts in the case of the rally in charlottesville, the facts were plain before, during and after the blood shed. a fact the president had his disposal saturday while he was waiting for all the facts, the fact he had weeks before when it became known who would be attending and speaking at the rulely, a fact his daughter recognized saturday when she reportedly urged him to call out the thugs by name his jewish daughter whom we have not heard of fra for dpapz president preferred to feeks on the at that time the statues and displaying his.of american history. you had people there to protest the taking down to them of a very, very important statue and the renaming of a parking from robert e. lee to another name. george washington was a slave owner. was george washington a slave
nationalist rally in charlottesville, the facts were plain before, during and after the bloodshed. the fact that the president had ht his disposal saturday, a fact he had friday night when they marched. weeks ago it was known who would be attending the rally. a fact that his daughter recognized saturday when she urged him to call out these thugs by name. his jewish daughter who we have not heard from for days. the president today preferred to focus on the statues and displaying his grasp of american history. you had people in that group that were there to protest the taking down of, to them, a very, very important statue, and the renaming of a park from robert e. lee to another name. george washington was a slave owner. was george washington a slave owner? so will george washington now lose his status? are we going to take down statues to george washington?
city s confederate statues. it is easier said than done. particularly when we have a please suggestions the confederacy and all that it stood for, terrorizing people solely based on the color of their skin, is nothing to be ashamed of. you had people in that group that were there to protest the taking down of to them, a very, very important statue. and the renaming of a park from robert e. lee to another name. george washington was a shave owner. was george washington a slave owner? so will george washington now lose his status? are we going to take down, excuse me, are we going to take down statues? how about thomas jefferson? what do you think of thomas jefferson? do you like him? he was a major slave owner. joining me now, the member of the national board of directors of the naacp, and by phone,
you can t fight with people just because you hate what they re saying even when what they say is disgusting. even the aclu agrees with me and the president on that tonight. the president reacted to this issue, take a look. president trump: you had people in that group who were there to protest the taking down to them a very, and very important statue and renaming of a park from robert e. lee to another name. george washington was a slave owner, was george washington a slave owner? will george washington now looses status, are we going to take down what s mark are we going to take down statues to george washington? how about thomas jefferson, what do you think of thomas jefferson, do you like him? are we going to take down the statue? he was a major slave owner. are we going to take his statue. sean: not stomach joining
sides. you look at both sides, i think there s blame on both sides and i have no doubt about it and you don t have any doubt about it either. george washington was a slave owner. was george washington a slave owner? . reporter: yes, he was. will george washington now lose his status? you re changing histories and culture. i m not talking about the neo-naziance the white nationalists. they should be condemned. but you had other people in that group other than neo-nazis and white nationalists. if you look, there were people protesting very quietly the taking down of the statue of robert e. lee. i m sure in that group there were some bad ones. the following day it looked like they had some rough bad people. neo-nazis, white nationalists whatever you want to call them. but you had a lot of people in that group that were there to