Rep. Chip Roy: Time to 'Unapologetically' Talk About America's 'Greatness'

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🗓️ 8 July 2020

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Summary

In the midst of protests, riots, and attempts to tear down our nation's monuments, Rep. Chip Roy, R-Texas, recently took time to visit monuments across the country, stopping at Independence Hall, Fort McHenry, the Jefferson Memorial, the Washington Monument, the Lincoln Memorial, Theodore Roosevelt Island, and the U.S. Capitol. He joins The Daily Signal Podcast to talk about why he chose to do this during one of the most turbulent times in recent American history.

Roy also discusses how he thinks America should think and respond to attacks against the country’s history and her Founding Fathers.

We also cover these stories:

Dr. Anthony Fauci isn’t confident in our nation's ability to handle the coronavirus.
New York, New Jersey and Connecticut added three more states to their mandatory quarantine list.
The president of Brazil has come down with coronavirus.

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0:00.0	This is the Daily Signal Podcast for Wednesday, July 8th. I'm Virginia Allen.
0:10.0	And I'm Rachel Del Judas.
0:12.0	In the midst of protests riots and attempts to tear down our nation's monuments,
0:17.0	Congressman Shiproy of Texas went to various monuments to visit them and deliver messages to the American people.
0:23.2	He joins me on the podcast today to discuss his tour of these American landmarks.
0:27.9	Don't forget, if you're enjoying this podcast, please be sure to leave a review or a five star rating on Apple Podcasts and encourage others to
0:35.2	subscribe.
0:36.2	Now, on to our top news. Dr. Anthony Fauchy, who directs the National Institute of Allergy and
0:48.3	effectsish diseases, isn't confident in the US's ability to handle
0:52.2	coronavirus.
0:53.8	During a Facebook live interview Monday with ABC World News tonight,
0:57.4	Fauchy said,
0:58.9	we are still need deep in the first wave of this.
1:02.2	And I would say this would not be considered a wave.
1:05.0	It was a surge or a resurgence of infections superimposed upon a baseline.
1:10.0	USA Today reports that new cases in the USA have reached record highs climbing to about 50,000 a day.
1:18.0	Nearly 3 million Americans have contracted the virus and more than 130,000 have died according to data
1:24.6	from John Hopkins University. New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut on Tuesday
1:30.1	added three more states to their mandatory quarantine list.
1:35.2	In June, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont, and New Jersey Governor
1:41.4	Phil Murphy announced during a joint press conference that individuals
1:45.4	traveling from states reporting more than 10 cases per 100,000 people would have to quarantine
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