Landrieu Defends Tearing Down Confederate Monuments: ‘We Want Statues to Reflect the City of New Orleans’

[excerpt SCARBOROUGH So let ░░░░░░░░ talk about Pensacola Florida ░░░░░░░░ have the city of ░░░░░░░░ flags little known fact ░░░░░░░░ has been around for ░░░░░░░░ years And we ve ░░░░░░░░ Spanish flag French flag ░░░░░░░░ flag Confederate flag U ░░░░░░░░ flag Do you think ░░░░░░░░ should take down the ░░░░░░░░ flag I mean that ░░░░░░░░ part of that 455 ░░░░░░░░ history LANDRIEU Actually you ░░░░░░░░ make my point for ░░░░░░░░ First of all Pensacola ░░░░░░░░ the right to do ░░░░░░░░ Pensacola thinks is in ░░░░░░░░ best interest of Pensacola ░░░░░░░░ you just said was ░░░░░░░░ that Confederate flag was ░░░░░░░░ in context In the ░░░░░░░░ of New Orleans we ░░░░░░░░ have a couple of ░░░░░░░░ circles and in all ░░░░░░░░ those circles we have ░░░░░░░░ that are not just ░░░░░░░░ the confederacy but are ░░░░░░░░ the confederacy and those ░░░░░░░░ were put up specifically ░░░░░░░░ send a message to ░░░░░░░░ folks that Look we ░░░░░░░░ still in charge down ░░░░░░░░ even though we lost ░░░░░░░░ they call the war ░░░░░░░░ the states which of ░░░░░░░░ was a war to ░░░░░░░░ apart the United States ░░░░░░░░ America By the way ░░░░░░░░ as a matter of ░░░░░░░░ perspective the city of ░░░░░░░░ Orleans is 300 years ░░░░░░░░ and there were folks ░░░░░░░░ 000 years before that ░░░░░░░░ city doesn t really ░░░░░░░░ that whole history The ░░░░░░░░ part is that Robert ░░░░░░░░ Lee never stepped a ░░░░░░░░ in the city of ░░░░░░░░ Orleans He is not ░░░░░░░░ New Orleans he is ░░░░░░░░ of So as a ░░░░░░░░ of the city as ░░░░░░░░ recreate this beautiful city ░░░░░░░░ everybody loves what we ░░░░░░░░ beginning to say is ░░░░░░░░ want our public monuments ░░░░░░░░ reflect who we are ░░░░░░░░ people That s really ░░░░░░░░ this is about.”