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The Bill Bennett Show

Why the Left Is Wrong About Monuments, Trump and White Supremacists

The Bill Bennett Show

Bill Bennett

News, Government

4.61K Ratings

🗓️ 25 August 2017

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

Bill explains why the movement to rid the country of statues and monuments of anyone linked to slavery or the Confederacy is wrong. He also discusses why the effort to link President Trump and his supporters to white supremacists will backfire on liberals. Then Bill has a hilarious conversation with Steve Wynn about lessons learned from marriage and life.  To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Well, welcome back to the Bill Bennett Show, my new free podcast.

0:07.0

Hey, please continue to spread the word and tell your friends.

0:09.5

We're also excited to be part of the Ricochet Podcast family, so you can listen to us there too.

0:15.0

Well, Chris, I guess I picked the right time to go on vacation with Mrs. Bennett,

0:20.0

not much happening while I was gone.

0:22.0

Good Lord, plenty was going on while I was away.

0:24.0

Chris, what did you do?

0:25.0

Why weren't you watching things?

0:27.0

You should leave more often.

0:29.0

That's when things happen.

0:30.0

Oh my gosh, you know, I come back and I'm lucky to find any statues in America left standing where they were.

0:39.0

Yeah, D.C. looks a little bit different now, no, but't started in DC have they not yet okay well

0:46.6

you did miss the person defacing someone graffiti the Lincoln Memorial oh really

0:51.2

Lincoln Memorial yeah well you know the president asked the president said

0:55.8

you know how long before we go after Monticello home of Jefferson near Charlottesville

1:01.1

in Charlottesville actually and how long before going after Mount Vernon,

1:06.2

home of George Washington. There'll be no stopping this rage from these Antifa folks.

1:12.4

Just a few thoughts on the statues. First of

1:16.8

all I do not have a principled argument against removing statues.

1:22.9

If anybody out there listening has read in my book,

1:25.4

America The Last Best Hope, knows that in that book,

1:30.1

you may recall, I call for the removal of the of the statue of justice Roger B.

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