The Confrontation at the Lincoln Memorial

The Daily

The New York Times

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🗓️ 23 January 2019

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Summary

Over the course of three days, the narrative of an encounter between young men wearing “Make America Great Again” hats and a Native American veteran has become a pick-your-side story where who holds power and who’s at fault are all up for debate. What can actually be said about what happened on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial? Guest: Elizabeth Dias, who covers faith and politics for The New York Times. For more information on today’s episode, visit nytimes.com/thedaily.

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0:00.0	From The New York Times, I'm Michael Barbaro.
0:02.1	This is The Daily.
0:04.0	MUSIC
0:09.2	Today.
0:11.2	Over the course of three days,
0:13.6	the narrative has gone from a young man in a magat,
0:17.1	harassing an older Native American veteran,
0:20.1	to a pick your side story,
0:22.2	where who holds power,
0:24.3	and whose at fault are all up for debate.
0:28.5	What can actually be said
0:31.2	about what happened on the steps of a Lincoln Memorial?
0:34.8	MUSIC
0:44.0	It's Wednesday, January 23rd.
0:50.7	In Covington, Kentucky, everything was normal on Friday night.
0:55.0	MUSIC
1:04.0	The Covington Catholic High School boys had their big game against
1:08.3	the St. Xavier bombers in basketball.
1:11.1	Elizabeth Dias covers religion for the times.
1:14.0	And they lost the game,
1:15.6	and it was a big upset because
1:17.3	CoveCath ended up losing 55 to 45.
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