 George Washington was a slave slave owner. Was George Washington a slave owner? So will George Washington now lose his status? Are we going to take down are we going to take down statues of George Washington? How about Thomas Jefferson? What do you think of Thomas Jefferson? You like him? OK, good. Are we going to take down the statue because he was a major slave owner? And then he went on to say, I'm not talking about the neo-Nazis and the white nationalists because they should be condemned totally.