Frederick Douglass Statue-Toppling Is About 'Creating Chaos'
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🗓️ 7 July 2020
⏱️ 25 minutes
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Summary
A Frederick Douglass statue is one of the latest victims in a long string of monument defacement over the past several weeks.
On the 168th anniversary of Douglass’ famous speech, "What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July?,” his statue was torn from its base in Rochester, New York and significantly damaged.
The Rev. Dean Nelson, chairman of The Frederick Douglass Foundation, joins the show to discuss the statue's defacement, the significance of Douglass’ 1852 speech and what the abolitionist might say to us today were he still with us.
We also cover these stories:
- The Supreme Court ruled unanimously that states can’t keep their representatives in the electoral college from ignoring voters’ wishes when they elect a president.
- The Dakota Access pipeline is being shut down.
- President Trump weighed in on NASCAR'S decision to ban the confederate flag.
Be sure to check out The Frederick Douglass Foundation website!
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| 0:00.0 | This is the Daily Signal Podcast for Tuesday, July 7th. I'm Rachel Del Judas. |
| 0:09.6 | And I'm Virginia Allen. On the 168th anniversary of Frederick Douglas's famous speech, |
| 0:16.7 | what to the slave is the 4th of July delivered in Rochester, New York, |
| 0:21.1 | a monument of Douglas was torn down from its base. |
| 0:25.2 | Reverend Dean Nelson, Chairman of the Frederick Douglas Foundation, joins the show to discuss |
| 0:30.2 | the significance of that speech and the defacement of the Douglas statue. |
| 0:34.7 | Don't forget if you're enjoying this podcast please be sure to leave a review or a |
| 0:40.2 | five-star rating on Apple Podcasts and encourage others to subscribe. |
| 0:44.0 | Now, on to our top news. |
| 0:46.0 | The Electoral College was the center of attention at the Supreme Court in a Monday ruling. |
| 0:57.0 | In a unanimous decision, the Supreme Court ruled that states can't keep their representatives in the Electoral College from ignoring |
| 1:04.2 | voters wishes when they elect a president. In the majority opinion, Justice |
| 1:08.2 | Alana Kagan wrote that the Constitution's texts and the nation's history |
| 1:12.2 | will support allowing a state to enforce an electors pledge to support his party's nominee in the state voters choice for president. |
| 1:20.0 | The case originated out of Washington State, where three Democratic electors in Washington State voted for former Secretary of State Colin Powell instead of Hillary Clinton, hoping that Republican electors would follow suit. |
| 1:32.5 | The state fined them $1,000 each, |
| 1:35.3 | prompting a legal challenge from three officials |
| 1:38.1 | who argued that the state law restricting their electoral college vote |
| 1:41.6 | was unconstitutional, the Hill reported. |
| 1:44.6 | The Dakota Access Pipeline is being shut down. |
| 1:48.4 | On Monday, U.S. District Judge James Boseburg ordered that the pipeline be put on hold until the Army Corps of Engineers |
| 1:56.2 | can conduct an environmental review, a process that will likely take over a year to complete. The $3.8 billion pipeline project has been |
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