Statues.
They're how society honors people from history
and where teenagers meet at the park to buy drugs.
Since the Black Lives Matter protests began
in the wake of George Floyd's murder,
protesters have been tearing down Confederate memorials
around the country.
And now, so many of those statues have been pulled down
that people are turning their sights
on other historical figures.
REPORTER: In Portland, protesters lighting on fire
the monument of George Washington
before pulling it down.
The nation's first president face-down and covered
in graffiti because activists say he was a slave owner.
Demonstrators targeting Ulysses S. Grant,
who led the Union army against the Confederacy
but was said to have owned a slave,
and Francis Scott Key, who wrote the lyrics
to "The Star Spangled Banner" but was also a slave owner.
The American Museum of Natural History in New York City
announced that it will remove a statue
of president Theodore Roosevelt
from its front steps. It... The features him on a horse
with a Native American man and an African-American man
standing on either side of him.
Ooh-we!
This is not a good time to be a statue.
Because, at first, it felt like only the Confederate statues
were coming down. But now it seems like
they're just tearing down anything that doesn't move.
I'm so afraid that now, when I'm waiting
to cross the street, I keep moving
just so that no one comes in and tries to rip off my head.
I will be honest, though-- the museum saying they're gonna
take down the Teddy Roosevelt statue--
it actually makes sense to me.
Because, as someone who lives in New York,
I've walked past that statue so many times,
and every time I've looked at it I've thought,
"Wow, that's an amazing statue
that is also very problematic."
Although I bet in the 1930s
that was considered a super woke statue.
The sculptor was probably like,
"Look at that-- I put an Indian and a Negro
"being led by our white savior.
I'm the most liberal guy in New York City."
Now, look, that statue was originally supposed to symbolize
Roosevelt's friendship with other races.
But, I mean, the imagery's not good.
Like, if you're such good friends,
why don't you let them up on your horse?
Or, at the very least,
give them something to ride.
Now, one reason that these protests are still going strong
is because racism is also going strong.
I mean, just look at what happened
after NASCAR banned the Confederate flag.
REPORTER: A disturbing discovery: a noose
found in the garage stall of Bubba Wallace
at the Talladega Superspeedway in Lincoln, Alabama on Sunday.
Less than two weeks after Wallace,
who's NASCAR's only full-time black driver,
successfully convinced the stock car racing series
to ban the Confederate flag at its tracks and facilities.
Wallace, responding overnight, writing...
NASCAR releasing a statement reading, in part:
Man, this is such bullshit.
Bubba Wallace spoke out against racism.
And, clearly, someone wanted to send a reminder
of what can happen to black people
who "don't know their place."
And, you know, because NASCAR has so many
Confederate flag fans,
this is something that might not stop for Bubba.
Like, I can tell you fans are gonna be saying horrible things,
people are gonna be putting up signs.
Like, I wouldn't be shocked if Bubba starts getting pulled over
during the race.
Sir, we've been getting some calls that you've been
circling this neighborhood for a couple of hours.
Can I see your license and registration?
I will say this, though.
As much as this story is infuriating,
it also is wonderful
how these racists expose themselves.
Because all these Confederate flag-loving people
always say the same thing:
"This has nothing to do with race.
"The flag is about heritage.
It has nothing to do with racism."
But as soon as a black man stands up
against the Confederate flag, the first thing they do
is respond with racism.
Like, they say the flag is just about Southern heritage,
but nobody showed up to that garage
with a Georgia peach cobbler.
No one didn't show up there, like,
(Southern accent): "I'm gonna teach you a lesson
"about disrespecting Southern heritage.
You want one slice or two?"
(normal accent): But let's move on to John Bolton,
former Trump national security advisor
and photo negative of Steve Harvey.
His new tell-all memoir is officially out,
and yesterday he sat down with ABC News to talk about it.
REPORTER: Overnight, John Bolton with a stinging rebuke
of his former boss, President Trump.
I don't think he's fit for office.
I-I don't think he has the confidence to carry out the job.
It's not clear to me that he read much of anything.
Lot of people have complained
that he has a short attention span.
Decisions are made in a very scattershot fashion.
How do you think history will remember Donald Trump?
I hope, uh, it will remember him as a one-term president
who didn't plunge the country irretrievably
into a downward spiral we can't recall from.
We can get over one term.
Two terms, I'm more troubled about.
I'm not gonna vote for him in November.
I'm certainly not gonna vote for Joe Biden either.
I'm gonna figure out a conservative Republican
to write in.
Okay, hold on.
Donald Trump is a danger to the survival of the country,
but you're gonna vote third party?
We must do everything we can to defeat Donald Trump,
except the one thing we can do
to defeat Donald Trump.
Get the (bleep) out of here, man.
Sometimes in life, you only have two choices, okay?
Pepsi or Coke.
Boxes or briefs.
Mario or Luigi. And I know it's not fair,
but you can only pick one to have sex with.
Personally, I'm going with Mario, Yeah, he's shorter,
but, in my mind, that means he's got something to prove.
So, Bolton spent the entire interview talking about
how unprepared, incompetent
and corrupt the president is.
But the weird thing is
Bolton joined the Trump administration
over a year into Trump's term.
So, I mean, he probably
should have already known all of this, right?
Why does it feel like everyone goes confidently
into the Trump White House, like,
"I'll be the one to tame Donald Trump,"
and then they walk out six months later, like,
"He made fun of me
"and he said all my ideas were dumb
"and you can read all about it
in my book that's coming out next week."
Also, Bolton could have said all of this stuff
during the impeachment hearings.
But, no, he wanted to put it into
his tell-all book so that he could make some money.
There's very little that I respect about John Bolton.
In fact, the only thing I thought was cool
about this interview was that he wore a mask during it.
What's that?
It's not a mask? That's... What i...
Oh, that's his... Oh.
All right, never mind.
There's nothing I respect about him.