BRIAN: PRESIDENT TRUMP HEADING
TO MOUNT RUSHMORE TODAY FOR
INDEPENDENCE DAY CELEBRATION.
ALREADY SPARKING BELIEVE IT OR
NOT BACKLASH, OUR NEXT GUEST IS
A U.S. ARMY COMBAT VETERAN SAYS
PRESIDENT TRUMP’S ATTENDANCE IS
A DEFEAT FOR CANCEL CULTURE.
HERE TO EXPLAIN ATTORNEY
GENERAL -- THANK YOU FOR JOINING
US, THANKS FOR YOUR SERVICE.
FIRST OFF, YOU WERE DISAPPOINTED
10 YEARS AGO WHEN PRESIDENT
OBAMA CANCELED HIS TRIP.
WHY ARE YOU HEARTENED NOW?
>> WELL, I THINK EVERYBODY IS
VERY EXCITED THAT WE ARE HAVING
FIREWORKS AGAIN.
I THINK, LIKE YOU SAID, WE
HAVEN’T HAD FIREWORKS IN 10
YEARS.
I THINK IT’S LOOKING LIKE A
GREAT DAY AND ANY TIME THE
PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES
COMES TO OUR STATE, I THINK WE
ARE HONORED.
I THINK THE PRESIDENT’S POLICIES
LINE UP VERY WELL OF SOUTH
DAKOTA LOW TAX, PRO-MILITARY AND
APPRECIATION FOR LAW
ENFORCEMENT.
>>
BRIAN: VOW FOUR GREAT AMERICAN
PRESIDENTS ON MOUNT RUSHMORE
SOME SAYING GOING TO PROTEST
BECAUSE IT’S A SYMBOL OF WHITE
SUPREMACY.
WHAT’S YOUR REACTION TO THAT?
>> WELL, I GUESS I COMPLETELY
DISAGREE.
EACH OF THE PRESIDENTS WERE
PICKED FOR A SPECIFIC
REASONABLE.
PRESIDENT WASHINGTON FOR
OBVIOUSLY THE BIRTH OF OUR
NATION.
PRESIDENT JEFFERSON FOR THE
GROWTH OF OUR NATION.
PRESIDENT LINCOLN FOR THE
DEVELOPMENT OF OUR NATION, AND
TEDDY ROOSEVELT FOR THE
PRESERVATION OF OUR NATION.
THIS IS A SYMBOL OF AMERICAN
EXCEPTIONALISM.
AND I BELIEVE THAT THERE IS NO
WAY OF WHITE SUPREMACY.
BRIAN: LAST PRESIDENT THERE BUSH
41 ALSO A COMBAT VETERAN LIKE
YOU.
AND YOU FEEL SOME PEOPLE ARE
LOOKING AT THESE PRESIDENTS AND
SAYING WELL AMERICA STOLE THIS
LAND FROM THE INDIANS AND PUT
THEIR PRESENCE IN THE MOUNTAIN,
HOW DARE THEY.
>> WELL, THAT OBVIOUSLY HAS BEEN
A DISPUTE OVER THE YEARS SINCE
THE TIME ABOUT 1876.
BUT THAT CASE HAS ACTUALLY BEEN
LITIGATED TO THE UNITED STATES
SUPREME COURT.
WE ARE SYMPATHETIC TO THEIR
FEELINGS ON THE ISSUE BUT I DO
BELIEVE IT WAS NOT MEANT TO
DESECRATE THE LAND BUT TO HONOR
AMERICA AND HONOR OUR STATE OF
SOUTH DAKOTA.
BRIAN: ARE YOU WORRIED ABOUT
DRYNESS IN THE AREA AND EMBERS
LIGHTING A FIRE.
>> WE ARE ALWAYS WORRIED ABOUT
IT BUT WE HAVE TAKEN PROPER
PRECAUTIONS TO MITIGATE THOSE
POTENTIAL DAMAGES AND I THINK WE
ARE GOING TO BE JUST FINE TODAY.
>> AND MR. ATTORNEY GENERAL.
SOME ARE -- YOU KNOW, YOU ARE
WITNESSING THEY ARE GOING AFTER
LINCOLN STATUE.
THEY ARE SPRAYING RED PAINT ON
WASHINGTON’S HANDS.
THEY EVEN RIPPED DOWN ULYSSES S.
GRANT AND DEBATING THE
CONFEDERATE STATUES OR JUST
TAKING DOWN FLAT OUT IN AN
EMERGENCY ACTION.
AS SOMEBODY WHO FOUGHT FOR THIS
COUNTRY AND HAS A SENSE OF
HISTORY OF THIS COUNTRY, GIVE US
A SENSE OF YOU WHO YOU FEEL
ABOUT IT.
>> WELL, I AM NOT FOR MOBS OR
TAKING DOWN STATUES OR MONUMENTS
OR DEFACING THEM IN ANY FASHION.
I BELIEVE WE SHOULD WORK
THROUGHOUT DEMOCRATIC PROCESS.
THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI HAD A
DEBATE ON THEIR FLAG HERE
RECENTLY.
AND I THINK THAT WAS THE PROPER
WAY TO GO.
WE ARE ULTIMATELY A NATION FULL
OF LAWS AND DUE PROCESS.
NOT MOB RULE.
BRIAN: FINALLY WHEN AIR FORCE
ONE TOUCHES DOWN AND THE
PRESIDENT GETS OUT AND THE
FIREWORKS BEGIN, WHAT ARE YOU
GOING TO BE THINKING?
>> IT’S GOING TO BE GREAT HONOR
OF DISPLAY OF AMERICAN
EXCEPTIONALISM FOR THE ENTIRE
NATION.
ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO COME OUT
AND, SEE MOUNT RUSHMORE FOR
THEMSELVES.
BRIAN: SOCIAL DISTANCING.
>> MASKS WILL BE AVAILABLE FIRST
OFF.
THEY ARE NOT REQUIRED BUT PEOPLE
WILL BE ABLE TO HAVE THEM IF
THEY DON’T HAVE ONE WITH THEM
WHEN THEY COME AND I THINK THAT
WE HAVE DONE A NUMBER OF THINGS
TO MITIGATE THE SPREAD OF THE
COVID AS YOU PROBABLY KNOW OUR
STATE HAS NOT MANDATED THESE
VARIOUS POLICIES THAT OTHER
STATES HAVE.
WE ARE VERY PROUD OF THAT AND
OUR NUMBERS HAVE HE RADIO MANSD
LOW.
BRIAN: LET ME JUST TELL YOU I
WAS THERE A YEAR AGO NOT ONLY
ARE THE STATUES MAGNIFICENT.
REPLICAS THEY WORKED OFF OF.
THE MUSEUM, THE MOVIES YOU GUYS
HAVE.
IT IS SO WORTH THE TRIP.
MANY PEOPLE HAVE NOT BEEN TO
SOUTH DAKOTA.
I HAVE NEWS FOR YOU.
IT IS PACKED.
AND IT WAS A TUESDAY WHEN I
WENT.
AND I THINK IT’S GOING TO BE A
REALLY SPECIAL DAY FOR THE
COUNTRY AS WE CELEBRATE OUR
BIRTHDAY.
JASON, THANKS SO MUCH.
I APPRECIATE YOUR INSIGHT AS YOU
PREPARE FOR THE PRESIDENT TODAY.
>> THANK YOU, BRIAN, I WOULD
ENCOURAGE YOU TO, YES, COME
VISIT US IN SOUTH DAKOTA.
WE HAVE ABOUT 2 MILLION VISITORS
TO MOUNT RUSHMORE AND A LOT OF