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Some founders supported it. some founders did not. some founders owned slaves. some did not. so today we have to be more sophisticated in our evaluation. there are founders that opposed slavery publicly like george white, a friend of thomas jefferson's, and he should be in a position of highest public respect, have a statue. thomas jefferson i don't think should. >> what do you think, scott? has this gone too far? >> absolutely. i mean, i can't believe we have to sit here and defend the literal author of the declaration of independence from these attacks. i mean, they told us at the beginning ...

Oppression, and we've now said we want to prevent that. it's not surprising that people are reevaluating their heroes. but in this reevaluation process, it's got to be more sophisticated. former president trump said all the founders are the same. they all supported slavery. and that's just not true. some founders supported it. some founders did not. some founders owned slaves. some did not. so today we have to be more sophisticated in our evaluation. there are founders that opposed slavery publicly like george white, a friend of thomas jefferson's, and he should be in a position of highest pub...