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And there was a new book on washington that said well, we don't think he had that much faith. he was a diests. then they quote the 1926 book -- >> glenn: how long on. slow down a bit. the progressive puts a book out that says here is new evidence, but -- >> he didn't -- >> glenn: not new evidence. >> this book here. he had not -- he didn't have a single footnote in the book. he said oh, no, washington really wasn't religious and made all the claims. >> glenn: so he says that, but then that book is discredited. >> the book is discredited the next year in 1927 with a scholarly book that came out...

>> glenn: i want to spend some time here, because where everybody takes this apart and they say oh, they're diests. three of them. george washington, there is benjamin franklin and thomas jefferson. >> right. >> glenn: okay. so help me out on this. these are the most -- this is what everybody is saying. they're not religious at all. >> start with washington. washington is a really simple one to start with. when he died, the chaplain of congress did the first biography of him and collection of washington writing. he wrote to his family, particular lynel particularly nelly custus, the stepdaught...

>> glenn: i want to spend some time here, because where everybody takes this apart and they say oh, they're diests. three of them. george washington, there is benjamin franklin and thomas jefferson. >> right. >> glenn: okay. so help me out on this. these are the most -- this is what everybody is saying. they're not religious at all. >> start with washington. washington is a really simple one to start with. when he died, the chaplain of congress did the first biography of him and collection of washington writing. he wrote to his family, particular lynel particularly nelly custus, the stepdaught...

Progressives. most people will tell you now we're not a christian nation. we're judea christian. what? these people were da diests, atheists. if you want to restore the country, we have to look at the foundation, find out how we were built and repeat the process. we need to find the things that unite us. i don't care if you are a republican, democrat or independent. faith, hope and charity. that we can unite on. politics will divide us. i think it was abraham lincoln who said united we stand, divided we fall. we're on the verge of collapse. let's rebuild it. david barton, founder and president...

And there was a new book on washington that said well, we don't think he had that much faith. he was a diests. then they quote the 1926 book -- >> glenn: how long on. slow down a bit. the progressive puts a book out that says here is new evidence, but -- >> he didn't -- >> glenn: not new evidence. >> this book here. he had not -- he didn't have a single footnote in the book. he said oh, no, washington really wasn't religious and made all the claims. >> glenn: so he says that, but then that book is discredited. >> the book is discredited the next year in 1927 with a scholarly book that came out...