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The Michael Knowles Show

Ep. 564 - Thomas Jefferson Gets Canceled

The Michael Knowles Show

The Michael Knowles Show

News Commentary, News

4.828.7K Ratings

🗓️ 17 June 2020

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Rioters tear down a statue of Thomas Jefferson, a Democratic senator blames America for inventing slavery, and Michael sits down with the WH Chief of Staff. If you like The Michael Knowles Show, become a member TODAY with promo code: KNOWLES and enjoy the exclusive benefits for 10% off at https://www.dailywire.com/knowles Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Slack.com slash DHQ. Thomas Jefferson is canceled. He's canceled. It was only a matter

0:33.8

of time, but the man who wrote the Declaration of Independence, one of the fathers of our

0:37.7

country, he's canceled. A statue of Thomas Jefferson that was erected outside of Thomas

0:43.2

Jefferson High School was toppled in North Portland, Oregon. It was then spray painted.

0:49.8

One of the bits of spray paints that slave owner, there are lots of signs and insulting things

0:55.4

written all around it. Rioters knock down two more statues on the very same night, and

1:00.9

I'm trying to remember, I'm thinking back to way, way back, like maybe two years ago,

1:07.2

if somebody could have predicted this. George Washington was a slave owner. Was

1:12.1

George Washington a slave owner? So will George Washington now lose his status? Are we

1:17.3

going to take down, excuse me, are we going to take down statues to George? How about

1:24.3

Thomas Jefferson? What do you think of Thomas Jefferson? You like him? Okay, good. Are

1:29.1

we going to take down the statue? Because he was a major slave owner. Now we're going

1:32.7

to take down his statue. So you know what? It's fine. You're changing history. You're changing

1:38.2

culture. He's right. You're changing history. You're changing culture. And no one, including

1:43.9

many, many conservatives, is willing to do a damn thing about it. And I have a hunch

1:48.9

why I'm Michael Knowles. This is the Michael Knowles show. Welcome back. Not just Thomas

2:00.7

Jefferson who got knocked down, basically anybody who was involved in any way in the creation

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