NBC’s Cal Perry Slams Trump’s Mount Rushmore Visit: ‘Blind to the History’ in This Moment of Social Awakening

MITCHELL NBC News correspondent ░░░░░░░░ Perry has been reporting ░░░░░░░░ front of Mt Rushmore ░░░░░░░░ He just had to ░░░░░░░░ because of Secret Service ░░░░░░░░ there for the president ░░░░░░░░ arrival Cal you re ░░░░░░░░ a nearby town close ░░░░░░░░ Tell us about how ░░░░░░░░ there reacting PERRY Yeah ░░░░░░░░ re doing that sweep ░░░░░░░░ we said so we ░░░░░░░░ outside We actually have ░░░░░░░░ video of chairs very ░░░░░░░░ together You can see ░░░░░░░░ there won t be ░░░░░░░░ distancing as you said ░░░░░░░░ governor of South Dakota ░░░░░░░░ there wouldn t be ░░░░░░░░ distancing it s a ░░░░░░░░ country don t come ░░░░░░░░ you don t want ░░░░░░░░ was basically what she ░░░░░░░░ Add to that the ░░░░░░░░ about forest fires It ░░░░░░░░ been more than a ░░░░░░░░ since fireworks It is ░░░░░░░░ very dry part of ░░░░░░░░ country And to that ░░░░░░░░ historical importance of this ░░░░░░░░ The Black Hills is ░░░░░░░░ place that is a ░░░░░░░░ place to the indigenous ░░░░░░░░ who live here They ░░░░░░░░ the monument very differently ░░░░░░░░ I think many Americans ░░░░░░░░ This was land that ░░░░░░░░ promised to them in ░░░░░░░░ The U S government ░░░░░░░░ course betrayed that treaty ░░░░░░░░ Laramie Treaty So when ░░░░░░░░ speaks with folks here ░░░░░░░░ ll tell you that ░░░░░░░░ is not the monument ░░░░░░░░ many people are aware ░░░░░░░░ Take a listen to ░░░░░░░░ head of the NDN ░░░░░░░░ what he had to ░░░░░░░░ to us yesterday clip ░░░░░░░░ TILSEN I would say ░░░░░░░░ aren t great American ░░░░░░░░ These are folks that ░░░░░░░░ colonizers They were mass ░░░░░░░░ They were responsible for ░░░░░░░░ steal of indigenous peoples ░░░░░░░░ They were responsible for ░░░░░░░░ murdering and raping of ░░░░░░░░ communities and our people ░░░░░░░░ s just the reality ░░░░░░░░ our history clip ends ░░░░░░░░ When you look at ░░░░░░░░ rally that happened in ░░░░░░░░ around Juneteenth you look ░░░░░░░░ this rally Andrea there ░░░░░░░░ a question here as ░░░░░░░░ whether the administration is ░░░░░░░░ to the history that ░░░░░░░░ country is now re ░░░░░░░░ at reexamining in this ░░░░░░░░ of social awakening or ░░░░░░░░ they simply don t ░░░░░░░░ Andrea MITCHELL Cal Perry ░░░░░░░░ iconic location and a ░░░░░░░░ one.”