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Slavery. she just kept on going down this line and i never heard an answer to the definition of compromise. >> right. >> so that's why i said -- and then you have all this other stuff going on when the administration is supporting those who are supporting the confederate statues, et cetera so there was still confusion. so i asked a simple question. as they're supporting the confederacy and these statues and the general kelly saying robert echlt lee, do you think slavery is wrong. that's a legitimate question. it wasn't to be smart or anything. i wasn't trying to attack her or make any assertio...

>> i will tell you that robert echlt lee was an honorable man. he was a man that gave up his country to fight for his state, which in 150 years ago was more important than country. it was always loyalty to state first back in those days. now it's different today. but the lack of an ability to compromise led to the civil war, and men and women of good faith on both sides made their stand with their conscious had them make their stand. >> the white house press secretary sarah huckabee sanders refusing for two days in a row to clarify kelly's remarks. so joining me now cnn political analyst april...

>> well, i think the chief of staff is giving robert e. lee the benefit of history, to say the least. i was thinking to myself, i really don't have time to be explaining to people the root cause of the civil war and whether or not robert e. lee was a great man. in fact, in 2017, i can't believe we're even having those discussions. the reason robert e. lee was fighting for the state was for slavery and the expansion thereof. i don't understand why the white house wants to double down, other than talking to portions of their base, which adhere to these vial, old-fashioned rhetoric that was more ...

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