It continues! Following this weekend’s writeup in the LA Times, Arcata’s ongoing McKinley statue struggle was the topic of impassioned discussion on Monday night’s edition of Tucker Carlson Tonight on Fox News.

Carlson began his segment by attacking “the left” for efforts to remove Confederate statues across the southern United States.

“Now they’ve picked a new target: any statue that offends anybody in power,” Carlson continued before briefly describing the fate of Arcata’s controversial centerpiece.

The first combatant to take up the other side of the issue in the television dojo — via Skype! — was none other than Arcata City Councilmember Paul Pitino. While Carlson generally exerted a condescending tone throughout the exchange there were moments when Pitino was able to charm his opponent. 

“Of all the people whose statue you could tear down, why McKinley?” Carlson wondered.

“It’s the only one we got,” Pitino replied drawing laughter from the the conservative host. Watch the full segment above.

PREVIOUSLY: 

• Arcata City Council to Hold Special Meeting on the Future of the McKinley Statue, Jacoby’s Storehouse Plaque
• OP-ED: I Mean, There’s Some Things to Think About Before That McKinley Statue Comes Down
• Arcata City Council Votes to Remove McKinley Statue From the Plaza
• (VIDEO) The Night They Tore Old McKinley Down
• Arcata City Council to Hold Mega-Meeting Next Week to Ask Itself Whether it Should Ask Voters Where They Would Most Like to See the McKinley Statue Moved To (Including Where it Is)
• The McKinley Statue is a Cheap Tchotchke, and We Shouldn’t Feel Bad About Tossing it in the Trash
• Eureka NAACP Scorns Arcata Councilmember’s Use of the Phrase ‘Lynch Mob’; Calls for Winkler’s Colleagues to Admonish Him
• (PHOTOS) These Historical Postcards Show Arcata’s McKinley Statue Through the Years
• 7 Things You Probably Didn’t Know About the Ol’ McKinley Statue in Arcata’s Plaza
• Don’t Hold Your Breath, Arcata: Removing the McKinley Statue Is Going to Take a Long, Long Time
• Arcata Would Be First U.S. City to Tear Down a Presidential Monument Based on His Misdeeds, the Los Angeles Times Reports