Cameron McWhirter
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what that thing represents to them.
And we saw that in 2020.
And now we're seeing it again.
You know, these statues were quickly removed by a lot of communities who didn't want crisis or dissension or vandalism.
And they shuttled them off to warehouses, etc.
And now people want them back because they were angry that they were removed.
Strangely muted for now.
We don't have the crowds and the protesters that we had in 2020.
So it's moved to a legal and political battle.
And that is a very different fight.
And so far, the traditionalists have the upper hand.
And this is led in large part by the Trump White House.
thrown into Baltimore's inner harbor of Columbus, a replica of that is now in front of a federal building in Washington, D.C.
on display.
There is a statue of a founding father who was a slave owner that was taken down in Wilmington, Delaware, is now up in Washington, thanks to the White House.
Yeah, thanks for having me.
And for many, many decades, the church was really thriving down there in the heart of Nashville.
The church over time dwindled.
Ultimately, by the late 2010s, it had maybe 30 people going to it.
It had a lot of assets, but it didn't have a lot of people.