Cancel Culture Comes for America's National Monuments

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🗓️ 3 September 2020

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

The nation's monuments are under fire from the progressive left. A new report commissioned by D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser recommends that the federal government "remove, relocate, or contextualize" the Washington Monument, the Jefferson Memorial, and six other statues and monuments.

Jarrett Stepman, a contributor to The Daily Signal and author of "The War on History: The Conspiracy to Rewrite America's Past," joins the podcast to discuss the report from the DCFACES Working Group and explain the intrinsic threat that cancel culture poses to American history.

To read the working group's report to the mayor, click here. And for more analysis of the report, read the commentary for The Daily Signal by Joseph Loconte, director of the B. Kenneth Simon Center for American Studies at The Heritage Foundation, headlined "The Mayor, the Monuments, and the Mayhem."

We also cover these stories:

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo imposes new restrictions on Chinese diplomats.
United Airlines announces plans to put 16,000 employees on involuntary furlough or cut their jobs entirely, beginning in October.
Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler plans to move because of the number of protests outside his condo building.

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0:00.0	This is the Daily Signal Podcast for Thursday, September 3rd. I'm Kate Trinko.
0:10.0	And I'm Virginia Allen.
0:12.0	Council Culture is at it again,
0:14.0	and this time it might affect our national monuments.
0:18.0	Jarrett Stetman, contributor to the Daily Signal
0:20.0	and author of the War on History, the conspiracy to rewrite America's past,
0:25.9	joins the show to explain how Washington, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser is seeking to
0:31.5	remove, rename, or contextualize statues, monuments, parks, and so on in the nation's capital.
0:39.0	And if you're enjoying this podcast, please be sure to leave a review or a five-star rating on Apple
0:45.1	podcast and please encourage others to subscribe.
0:48.8	Now, on to our top news. Pompeo said the U.S. is placing new restrictions on Chinese diplomats.
1:05.0	Speaking at a press conference, Pompeo said Chinese diplomats will now need approval
1:10.0	from the State Department before visiting American College campuses or meeting with local government officials.
1:17.0	Pompeo told the press that for years the Chinese Communist Party has imposed significant barriers on American diplomats
1:26.3	working inside the PRC. Specifically, the Chinese Communist Party's implemented a system of opaque approval processes designed
1:36.6	to prevent American diplomats from conducting regular business, attending events, securing meetings, and connecting with Chinese people, especially
1:47.2	on university campuses and via the press and social media.
1:51.5	Pompeo added, we're simply demanding reciprocity.
1:55.5	Access for our diplomats in China should be reflective of the access that Chinese diplomats
2:02.0	in the United States have and today's steps will move us
2:05.7	substantially in that direction. United Airlines announcing travel has been
2:10.7	affected by the pandemic is planning to put 16,000 employees on involuntary
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