Sen. Duckworth Refuses to Say Whether Monuments with Washington’s Name Should Come Down

RUSH TRANSCRIPT BASH Senator ░░░░░░░░ know that you support ░░░░░░░░ in the name of ░░░░░░░░ bases named after confederate ░░░░░░░░ but there are leaders ░░░░░░░░ George Washington and Thomas ░░░░░░░░ who were slave owners ░░░░░░░░ are demanding their monuments ░░░░░░░░ down too For you ░░░░░░░░ does it end Should ░░░░░░░░ of George Washington come ░░░░░░░░ DUCKWORTH I ll say ░░░░░░░░ should start off with ░░░░░░░░ a national dialogue on ░░░░░░░░ Right now we re ░░░░░░░░ the middle of a ░░░░░░░░ pandemic And one of ░░░░░░░░ countries that are opposed ░░░░░░░░ us Russia has put ░░░░░░░░ bounty on American troops ░░░░░░░░ What struck me at ░░░░░░░░ speech at Mount Rushmore ░░░░░░░░ spent more time honoring ░░░░░░░░ confederates than he did ░░░░░░░░ lives of our 130 ░░░░░░░░ Americans who lost their ░░░░░░░░ to Covid 19 or ░░░░░░░░ wanting Russia off putting ░░░░░░░░ off American s heads ░░░░░░░░ priorities are wrong What ░░░░░░░░ we going to do ░░░░░░░░ push Russia back Instead ░░░░░░░░ had no time for ░░░░░░░░ He spent all his ░░░░░░░░ talking about dead traitors ░░░░░░░░ may be true but ░░░░░░░░ Washington I don t ░░░░░░░░ anybody would call him ░░░░░░░░ traitor and there are ░░░░░░░░ by some to remove ░░░░░░░░ of him Is that ░░░░░░░░ good idea I think ░░░░░░░░ should listen to everybody ░░░░░░░░ think we should listen ░░░░░░░░ the argument there but ░░░░░░░░ that the president at ░░░░░░░░ Rushmore was standing on ░░░░░░░░ that was stolen from ░░░░░░░░ Americans who had actually ░░░░░░░░ given that land during ░░░░░░░░ treaty And again let ░░░░░░░░ talk about the greater ░░░░░░░░ of where we are ░░░░░░░░ our country right now ░░░░░░░░ should be talking about ░░░░░░░░ fact that Covid 19 ░░░░░░░░ experiencing a resurgence and ░░░░░░░░ this president and the ░░░░░░░░ he put in charge ░░░░░░░░ the pandemic response team ░░░░░░░░ vice president have both ░░░░░░░░ miserably at their Jobs ░░░░░░░░ m more worried about ░░░░░░░░ 1230 000 who have ░░░░░░░░ their lives recently and ░░░░░░░░ thousands and thousands of ░░░░░░░░ Americans who are sick ░░░░░░░░ I am our historical ░░░░░░░░ We need to talk ░░░░░░░░ what we re doing ░░░░░░░░ bring this country off ░░░░░░░░ brink of chaos that ░░░░░░░░ s in.