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Owner? so will george washington now lose his status? are we going to take down -- excuse me. are we going to take down -- are we going to take down statues to george -- how about thomas jefferson? what do you think of thomas jefferson? you like him? good. are we going to take down the statue because he was a major slave owner. are we going to take down his statue. >> thomas jefferson and george washington were both slavers on. one country's founding document. neither one df what lee did which is take up arms against it. if history doesn't matter, let's try current events. the murder by vehicl...

Louisiana house. and then he ran again for governor of the state. and won most of the white vote in louisiana. and the platform that david duke ran on and the bills that he proposed when he was in the legislature are no different than the republican bills that they do now. i'm sorry. >> charles, come on. >> that is true. >> and the democratic platform, i have to counter something. you can't blame the republican party for all racism in america and leave out the history of democrat racism. it was the democrats. >> do you want to have a magazine you want to quote. >> that the wasn't against the j...

Generation coming up? where do you draw the line? if somebody was a slave owner back in those days do they become a pariah in which case do they rename washington, d.c. snfpg what happens to ail of that stuff when you think about it in the big picture? that's the debate people are having right now. abby: a lot of other news we are following. jillian is here with headlines. >> jillian: that's right. good morning. let's begin with a fox news alert. alabama's republican special election is heading to runoff. stormer supreme court justice roy moore earning 41% of the vote. short of the 50% needed ...

Four stactues immediately. but during the president's defensive news conference where he blamed both the white nationalist and the counterprotesters, the president made another startling comparison between confederate generals and the founding fathers of the united states. >> many of those people were there to protest the taking down of the statue of robert e. lee, so this week it's robert e. lee. i noticed that stonewall jackson's coming down. i wonder, is it george washington next week and is it thomas jefferson the week after? you know, you really do have to ask yourself, where does it stop...

Are we going to take down the statue? because he was a major slave owner. are we going to take down his statue? >> let's discuss. i have harold with me here in new york. he's the director of hunter college's roosevelt house public policy institute. he's also the author of a book on president lincoln. also with me, alfred, he is a professor at the university of alabama law school. so, welcome to both of you and harold, just going off what the president just said, just being historically accurate and having a correct argument, he's referencing general lee who led the confederate army in the civi...