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Charlie Kirk: “Chicago really started as a military base in 1803, Fort…”

Featuring: Charlie Kirk, Conservative, Right-wing Populist | Conservative Political Activist and Media Personality | National

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The Argument For Trump To Take Over Chicago

Published | Video Starts at 14:16

The Potawatomi Indians did not build Chicago. The Illinois tribes did not build Chicago. They occupied Chicago. They didn't build anything. Okay? Very sweet, nice people. They didn't build anything. Chicago really started as a military base in 1803, Fort Dearborn. It was built largely by the way, by the Irish and the Poles and the Czechs and the Bohemians and the Italians. And it was not built by slaves. (14:16–14:20)

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Asserts that Chicago's origins trace back to a military base established in 1803.

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