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Of the united states as a racially exclusive republic. >> reporter: last month connecticut, georgia and missouri voted to jettison jackson and jefferson and others follow suit. joseph ellis is a pulitzer prize-winning historian of early america who finds these decisions silly. >> it's a mentality that's not comfortable with irony and paradox, and that seeks to find answers in the past that confirm their own convictions in the present. you say you're going to drop jefferson out of the party, i mean, he's the author of the most important words in american history. i think they're losing more tha...

Of the united states as a racially exclusive republic. >> reporter: last month connecticut, georgia and missouri voted to jettison jackson and jefferson and others follow suit. joseph ellis is a pulitzer prize-winning historian of early america who finds these decisions silly. >> it's a mentality that's not comfortable with irony and paradox, and that seeks to find answers in the past that confirm their own convictions in the present. you say you're going to drop jefferson out of the party, i mean, he's the author of the most important words in american history. i think they're losing more tha...