“Imagine you’re a Jewish person... and you had to go to Hitler High School.”
CNN’s Don Lemon weights in on Charlottesville and calls out Republicans.
CNN’s Don Lemon weights in on Charlottesville and calls out Republicans.
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00:00The history of this country is that it came out of racism, it came out of slavery, and
00:05those people who were there want to keep people like me enslaved.
00:10And that's why they were protesting.
00:11And to talk about the removal of monuments at Robert E. Lee High School, can you imagine
00:17having to go to a school that has the name of your oppressor on it, or walking into a
00:22building and seeing a Confederate flag or a Confederate flag hanging at a government
00:28building?
00:29Can you imagine if you're a Jewish person in Germany and you had to go to Hitler High
00:33School or Goebbels Elementary School or Middle School?
00:37That would be completely offensive to you on the deepest level.
00:40And that's how people of color feel in this country when we have to deal with figures
00:44like Robert E. Lee, like Confederate flags.
00:47It's no different than flying a swastika.
00:51It is insulting.
00:52The president is ignorant of history.
00:54He does not know context.
00:55He should be ashamed of himself.
00:57He should go back to school and get an elementary education on how this country started and
01:02about protest groups and how this country works and who he represents and who he should
01:07represent.
01:08So for Republicans, when is enough enough?
01:10What is the breaking point?
01:12What is the moral compass of your party?
01:14Who is the moral conscious and compass of this country right now?
01:18We are leaderless morally.