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Cancel Culture Comes for America's National Monuments

Cancel Culture Comes for America's National Monuments

FromThe Daily Signal Podcast


Cancel Culture Comes for America's National Monuments

FromThe Daily Signal Podcast

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Length:
28 minutes
Released:
Sep 3, 2020
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Podcast episode

Description

The nation's monuments are under fire from the progressive left. A new report commissioned by D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser recommends that the federal government "remove, relocate, or contextualize" the Washington Monument, the Jefferson Memorial, and six other statues and monuments.Jarrett Stepman, a contributor to The Daily Signal and author of "The War on History: The Conspiracy to Rewrite America's Past," joins the podcast to discuss the report from the DCFACES Working Group and explain the intrinsic threat that cancel culture poses to American history.To read the working group's report to the mayor, click here. And for more analysis of the report, read the commentary for The Daily Signal by Joseph Loconte, director of the B. Kenneth Simon Center for American Studies at The Heritage Foundation, headlined "The Mayor, the Monuments, and the Mayhem."We also cover these stories:Secretary of State Mike Pompeo imposes new restrictions on Chinese diplomats. United Airlines announces plans to put 16,000 employees on involuntary furlough or cut their jobs entirely, beginning in October.Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler plans to move because of the number of protests outside his condo building.Enjoy the show! Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.
Released:
Sep 3, 2020
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