Fox & Friends debate about Confederate statues

"Bad history is still good history for this country." said Katrina Pierson, former spokesperson for Donald J. Trump, on Fox & Friends.

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00:00Slavery is good history?

00:13This is not a symbol of patriotism. This is a symbol of hatred and division.

00:17And while it is a piece of American history, it's not necessarily the good part of American history.

00:23It's actually nefarious. So it doesn't deserve a place on state grounds.

00:26It deserves a place in museums. And that's where they need to be.

00:29It absolutely deserves a place because bad history is still good history for this country.

00:34Slavery is good history?

00:36Where we are today. Where we are today. Absolutely.

00:38Slavery is good history? Absolutely.

00:43How special slavery is? Do you know how many people died?

00:46Absolutely.

00:47Do you know how many people died?

00:48Ladies, listen to me please. It's clearly a heated topic.

00:51For anyone to come on national TV and have the flawed rhetoric that these are symbols of America and what is good in America

00:58is absolutely statistically dubious.

01:02And that language right there is what causes inflammatory behavior and inflammatory actions on U.S. soil.