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Daniel davidson is the senior correspondent of the federalist and he joins us tonight. this doesnt seem like a turning point somehow not just on the right but also on the left, these events of the last two days and there seems to be a new intensity on the left, am i imagining that? >> we do seem like where the turning point, this has been coming down the pike for a number of years. t we had the hundred 50th anniversary of the confederate surrender atre appomattox and yu had people in the mainstr...

Law. why not do it the american way, and have the congress pass it, why arent you lobbying the members of congress to embrace review? >> thanks for the f invitation. the thing is daca is working, in place for five years. as part of our economy. we have nearly 800,000 young immigrants who come forward voluntarily, trust the federal government to pass the national security test. and have paid a fee and have this temporary protection from deportation and keeping the program in place, president trum...

Ever seeing? >> reporter: anderson, that was a press conference from hell, no question about it. essentially what happened today, the white house came out to the reporters gathered in the lobby of trump tower and said to all of us, listen, the president is going to come down with a couple of cabinet secretaries and make some remarks and go back up the sell va f elevator. what happened after that, things went completely off the rails, because as the president wrapped up his remarks on infrastruct...

Pictures of chinas cultural revolution where they tore down statues, temples. >> tucker: thats exactly right. >> the whole thing even stomping on them. >> tucker: but move did that and the cam region did that and the taliban did that in afghanistan for political reasons. look, im not -- for whatever it is worth not sympathetic to confederacy im an american and insurrections, period. its not about that. the people who are attacking these statues know nothing about history. they dont know who robe...

People.. it is not common, cnns chris cuomo now said it. hes a lawyer at pomona college in california, students are mining free speech is a tool appropriated by hegemonic institutions. at the right of free expressions should onlyly apply to certain racial groups but thats not racist because as you know because there is no racism on the left, they are just sincere people concerned about hate. theres actually a vitally important debate goingre on in e country and its not about statues or even the ...

Daniel davidson senior correspondent at the federalist. he joins us tonight. john, this does seem like a turning point somehow, not just on the right but also on the left, these events of the last two days and there seems to be a new intensity on the left. am i imagining that? >> no, youre not. and we do seem like we are at a turning point. but this has been coming down the pike for a number of years. i remember two years ago we had the 150th anniversary of the confederate surrender and had you ...

With his car. >> president trump: i think the driver of the car is a disgrace to himself, his family, and this country. you can call it terrorism, you can call it murder, you can call it whatever you want. >> as he was pressed as to whether he was putting radicals of the alt left on the same moral plane as white supremacists, he made points about the danger of knocking down statutes, erasing our history, he seemed to undo the positive statement of his statement yesterday when he clearly denounce...

Protest a dismantling of the robert e. lee, confederate statue in charlottesville, virginia. they may have been their excuse. i dont know how significant that was, but thats become a big issue. where do you stand? where does the republican party of virginia stand on that robert e. lee statue? >> our nominee for governor ed gillespie has spoken on this and we support him. >> what has he said? >> he supports of history of virginia in all its form. you cant just eradicate the bad parts by taking do...

Scrubbing or history. marc thiessen is here. good to see you. its amazing, theyre pulling down statues, vandalizing them of confederate generals and the question is how far are we going to take this? >> i agree with john schneider. he said cant we all just watch tv? the "dukes of hazzard" was not about race. i was about moonshine, short shorts and fast cars. what is accomplished by banning the "dukes of hazzard." quite frankly this impulse to wash away history is stalinish. joseph stalin used to...

Marc thiessen is here. good to see you. its amazing, theyre pulling down statues, vandalizing them of confederate generals and the question is how far are we going to take this? >> i agree with john schneider. he said cant we all just watch tv? the "dukes of hazzard" was not about race. i was about moonshine, short shorts and fast cars. what is accomplished by banning the "dukes of hazzard." quite frankly this impulse to wash away history is stalinish. joseph stalin used to erase people from pic...