Elephants in Rooms
Hi, I’m Ken LaCorte. I spent 20 years behind-the-scenes at Fox News and now host “Elephants in Rooms”.
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Elephants in Rooms
Why the Founding Fathers chose slavery
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"Why did the Founding Fathers accept slavery in the new country? Basic politics, or something more?" --Ken
► SCRIPT CORRECTION/FEEDBACK: Also, regarding Thomas Jefferson fathering children with Sally Hemming, some here are giving me pushback on that, claiming it's not settled. There's still a bit of dissension on that, so yes, I should've added a "likely" qualifier. There's a decent amount of evidence, between DNA showing "a" Jefferson was the dad of one. Combined with other facts, that was enough for the Thomas Jefferson Foundation — which operates Monticello — to declare it a "settled historical matter". Still, the minority dissent raises enough questions that a "likely fathered" would have been the best way for me to say it.
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