MOYNIHAN: The outrage from the left, although, it feels extraordinarily ironic that these are the identical folks celebrating statues being torn down of George Washington, Alexander Hamilton, and now there’s concern about erasing historical past, it form of feels just like the outrage is throughout.
SELLERS: Well, I imply, let me simply say that I wasn’t an enormous statue taker downer. That wasn’t my ministry. I wasn’t an enormous —
PHILLIP: Speaking for himself.
SELLERS: I wasn’t an enormous —
PHILLIP: I imply, right here’s the factor about — right here’s the factor in regards to the ballroom and this —
SELLERS: The Robert E. Lee doesn’t belong —
PHILLIP: I ponder if there may be any affordable level to make that there needs to be any person who has some context for historical past and for structure that takes a glance at a plan for a ballroom that’s alleged to be greater than the precise White House itself, and what that may do to the construction, to the panorama of the White House compounds?
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IOFFE: And that if Donald Trump wished to offer $100 million when Barack Obama was in workplace, nice, however it’s not his. It belongs to all of us. And the truth that it was you unilaterally modified —
SELLERS: But additionally I feel that — go forward. I’m sorry.
IOFFE: The undeniable fact that it was unilaterally modified, the truth that it’s executed to 1 man’s style, additionally, Betsy, like is there one factor Donald Trump has executed that you just don’t like?
MCCAUGHEY: I’ve made it clear there are lots of issues sure.
IOFFE: Tell me one.
MCCAUGHEY: Support of a 3rd time period. And way more essential than my view, the American individuals are by no means going to vote for a 3rd time period for any president.
KASPARIAN: I imply, it may not even be —
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MOYNIHAN: We have a Supreme Court.
SELLERS: Barely.
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KASPARIAN: Sure, positive. And I need to be honest to the Supreme Court as a result of they’ve handed down some rulings that shock me. They don’t essentially associate with every little thing the Trump administration needs to do. So, I don’t need to discredit the Supreme Court. There have been occasions —
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IOFFE: They do it themselves simply nice.
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KASPARIAN: They did — effectively, honest. But look, the purpose that I need to make is in relation to the White House and when it — simply contemplate how younger our nation is, proper? And I’m going to take the White House out of it for a second and put it within the context of actual property in California. Whenever there’s like a historic home or one thing, I can’t stand the truth that oftentimes that home will get bought by some rich household after which they tear it down. And the explanation why that bothers me is since you need historical past to love
stay, proper? You need some historic buildings to remain the way in which they’re. And I’ve no downside with reworking the White House or bettering the White House. But the explanation why the Commission exists is so you’ll be able to preserve the historic relevance and structural intent.
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IOFFE: But I feel, I feel — what I feel is unbelievable is that we’d be, I feel, two of our company right here could be way more upset if the White House tore down not the — not the East Wing however a statue of Robert E. Lee, proper? Like you care about some historical past however not different historical past.
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IOFFE: It simply relies upon who — I feel it simply depends upon who’s tearing it down.