NY Republicans Defend Roosevelt Statue

I'm reporting in New York City right across the street from central park. What we're seeing is the aftermath of a group of young republicans protesting the removal of the Roosevelt statues. There's some controversy now, with one group over here saying they support the statue's history, while the other is saying it represents racial injustice.

Gavin Wax
President, New York Young Republican Club
"I'm all ears for the middle ground proposal. There's zero transparency."
" it's fueled by Marxist radicals"

The Young Republicans--who opposed the statue's removal--pointed to New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio's statement that he supports taking it down. He has said that the statue depicts a "racial hierarchy." Mayor de Blasio handed the responsibility to his wife, who heads the Racial Truth and Reconciliation Commission.

Protestors who seek to remove the statue say it reflects white supremacy and systematic racism in America. But some African Americans attending the rally said otherwise.

Christopher Wright
NY Resident
"my message to my black brothers and sisters is that you can do whatever you want to do.... Black in this country does not hold you back. You can do anything you want as long as you work hard."

Some people told us they feel destroying the statue would represent much more than a call for equality.

Anca Niculin
Romanian Refugee Immigrant
"this is cultural reveolution.. making people afraid to say no don't take this down... CUT destroying like the Taliban, isis, and mao, it scares me because I've seen it before."

Elisa Nahoum
State Senate Candidate, New York State
"they don't care about the statue, they care about culturally resetting the country."

Bevelyn Beatty
Evangelist, GA Resident
"if we deny God, righteousness, and truth, we are in trouble"

Destroying or covering statues has become a common approach in recent weeks. But some say there may be another way.

Gabriel Montalvo
New York Army National Guard, and NYS Vice Chairman of the Republican National Hispanic Assembly
"I'm all for voting on it... and if we do take it down, then we need to keep it in a museum so we remember our history. When you have people telling you what you need to believe, then that's when you lose your freedom of speech."

He pointed to Germany's handling of the holocaust- where concentration camps are left open not to idolize the holocaust, but to educate people about the horrors of that period of time.

Gabriel also noted the moral implications, and what this period of time means for future generations.

Gabriel Montalvo
New York Army National Guard, and NYS Vice Chairman of the Republican National Hispanic Assembly
"What I think is that in the future people will open their textbooks and ask what was 2020 about? And they will see all the looting and rioting and think that's what led to equality and no that not our country. "

Michael Zumbluskas
Political Advisor
"Our moral values are on the decline because we are not holding people accountable for their actions."

As of now, the Theodore Roosevelt statue is still standing outside the museum. Although both the Mayor and Governor say it should be removed, it's unclear if, when, or how that might happen.
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