Duckworth Rips Mount Rushmore, Wants ‘National Dialogue’ About Removing Washington Statues. Here’s What She Said Running For Senate Five Years Ago.

On Sunday, Sen. Tammy Duckworth (D-IL), one of the women being discussed as a potential running mate for presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden, signaled that she was open to the idea of taking down monuments to the Founding Fathers.

“[T]here are leaders like George Washington and Thomas Jefferson who were slave owners, and some people are demanding that their monuments come down, too,” CNN’s Dana Bash said to the senator. “So, in your view, where does it end? Should statues, for example, of George Washington come down?”