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And they should not have been taken down. and they should not have been taken down- taken down. that s right. they include the taken down. that s right. they include the former taken down. that s right. they include the former president l include the former president donald trump, who has issued a statement in the last hour, condemning the removal of this statue of robert e lee from richmond, virginia. he said that robert e lee was a genius, a great strategist, and a unifying force as far as this country is concerned, and he said that the removal of the statue was an example of how american culture and american history was being rewritten by what he called the radical left in this country. now, it is true that robert e lee supported the country remaining intact, and he was following the secessionist lead, but it is also true that he was opposed to racial equality as far as african americans are concerned, many military historians have criticised his tactics, and if nothing else, h ....
President s successful state of the union address the other night. sean spicer suggested the same thing when we spoke to him yesterday. will the president be able to push the message that he put out there tuesday night? will he be able to push that forward? i think so. i think that he has really learned a lot and he has really moved a great distance in a year as president. he is much more effective now than he was 12 months ago. i think that he is going to stay focused in a positive way. he had something like 23 different reform ideas in that state of the union. they put it together beautifully. i ve never seen anyone do a better job than he did of taking great personal stories and linking them back to american culture and american history the way america works. and i think he is going to stay on that. i have think he is going to have a lot of help from speaker ryan and from majority leader in the senate and i think that you are going to see a really ....
That speaker ryan should join in with nancy pelosi and take down confederate monuments that are in the halls of congress? absolutely not, ainsley, look. how long has nancy pelosi been in washington, d.c.? those monuments have been there for a very long time and suddenly nancy pelosi wants to actually help these anarchists and these violent protesters tear down pieces of america. american culture and american history. the only place that that is being done right now is by isis and i really don t think you should have leaders actually encouraging people to do these types of things. because americans actually love their history, their culture, good and bad because it helps them learn and it helps keep people educated about why america is so great to begin with. ainsley: wendy, according to a recent poll, most americans agree with katrina. the npr/pbs news hour marist poll 60% want to keep them the way they are, 27 percent said to remove them. what are your thoughts? we have to be mind ....
People who voted for someone who she didn t. leslie? i think it s interesting that the incoming president of the united states decided to get into a twitter fight with a movie star. this actress has a presidential medal of freedom. this is the incoming president undermining her significance in american culture and american history. look, i think very often when we see celebrities get involved in politics one way or another which is certainly theireck right the way we all have it. we have a breakdown. kohn conservatives disagree when celebrities say liberal things against their politics and vice versa. i think the action has been broken down along those lines. this is not dissimilar than scott baio giving a speech at the rnc. in pack this is arguably ....