Joe Biden, other Democrats and media have lied constantly about President Donald Trump’s comments regarding the statue debate in Charlottesville, the “very fine people” comment.
But one of the things often overlooked is how prescient the president was about the left’s desire to destroy history. He was basically saying if a mob can pull down Confederate statues without the rule of law, then what would be next on the list? That would people want to pull down Thomas Jefferson and George Washington because they too were slave owners?
Now we see how prophetic that was, because that’s exactly what they then went on to do, pulling down Washington, even pulling down the statues of abolitionists in the process and trying to pull down Abraham Lincoln.
Now, it sounds like the officials in D.C. want to assist this destruction of history, Stalin-esque mania.
Mayor Muriel Bowser has put together a “working committee” which has made recommendations for name changes to better reflect “contemporary D.C. values.”
A D.C. working group put together by @MayorBowser is recommending that a large number of schools, parks, buildings, and other sites be renamed to better reflect "contemporary D.C. values": pic.twitter.com/ml9abJoM2O
— Martin Austermuhle (@maustermuhle) September 1, 2020
They’re even making recommendations as to Federal property, such as the Washington Monument and the Jefferson Memorial, which they have no power over, so, oh hell, no.
Also, these: pic.twitter.com/z8ob3wMCxr
— Martin Austermuhle (@maustermuhle) September 1, 2020
Here are the factors the group considered in deciding whether a site, building or facility in D.C. should be renamed: pic.twitter.com/H3AQW3aBPi
— Martin Austermuhle (@maustermuhle) September 1, 2020
Bad enough that they want to go after D.C. history, but don’t you dare try to remove the Washington Monument or the Jefferson Memorial. “Contextualize?” I generally think more history generally the better, but if one acceded to that, one wonders what “history” would come out on the other side of a “contextualization.” And then when you start down that road where does that leaves us? Shall we add a little #MeToo context to Bill Clinton that we didn’t hear at the Democratic National Convention? Again, to echo President Trump, where does it stop? At what point does the Stalinesque mania end?
How about no? What actually is needed is to have more instruction on the importance of our Founders, why what they did was exceptional and why it should be honored.
It perhaps goes without saying that the committee report was met by a volley of outrage in response.
This is not parody…
The Washington, DC government wants to remove the Washington monument. https://t.co/Uuyp3H9Ezs pic.twitter.com/SGhFwPkHYf
— Nathan Brand (@NathanBrandWA) September 1, 2020
Uhhhhh this committee wants to "remove, relocate, or contextualize" the WASHINGTON MONUMENT https://t.co/4fvHjkNZDc
— Lachlan Markay (@lachlan) September 1, 2020
DC Mayor Muriel Bowser is embracing a report that called on her to "remove, relocate, or contextualize" the Washington Monument and Jefferson Memorial.
"The recommendations in this report will guide us as we move forward," Bowser said Tuesday.https://t.co/r3hBNS6wR9
— Andrew Kerr (@AndrewKerrNC) September 1, 2020
Just when you thought it couldn’t get crazier….it did.
The idea of DC renaming monuments to our Founding Fathers — who created the greatest country on Earth — is beyond offensive.
Yet another reason DC should never be a state!
https://t.co/6ZE50f41kn— Lindsey Graham (@LindseyGrahamSC) September 1, 2020
From the “can’t make this up file,” @washingtondc @MayorBowser’s commission is recommending the Jefferson Memorial and Washington Monument be torn down.
The assault on our history continues. https://t.co/VeVtzlDnb5
— Sen. Marsha Blackburn (@MarshaBlackburn) September 1, 2020
HT: Twitchy
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