"This week, it’s Robert E. Lee. I noticed that Stonewall Jackson is coming down. I wonder, is George Washington next week, and is it Thomas Jefferson the week after? ... You really do have to ask yourself, 'Where does it stop?'" Trump said at a press conference that year.
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