Posted on 08/16/2017 6:12:08 PM PDT by TigerClaws
"Hamilton" star Leslie Odom Jr. actually thinks President Trump could have a point -- but not in the way Trump thought -- because he thinks removing George Washington and Thomas Jefferson statues is worthy of discussion.
We got the actor -- who famously played Aaron Burr in the smash musical -- at LAX Wednesday and asked about Trump's argument that removing the statue of Robert E. Lee could open the door to 86'ing the famous presidents.
Washington and Jefferson owned slaves ... so, he says fair question.
By destroying the Founders it’s just one more step to discarding the Constitution. And that is the real goal
It is a crutch to explain away their own shortcomings/avoid taking responsibility for themselves. It is high time we stopped letting life’s losers dominate out news...
Please add me to your list-——thanks.
Was going to go to Hamilton until they verbally abused the Vice President. The more I hear, the more I realize they are nothing but propagandists with amateur music. I originally welcomed the interesting take on Hamilton’s life thinking it was cool to bring important figures to the mainstream. It’s not that at all. It’s a multi-cultural circle jerk.
I'll bite. On please.
I agree with your sentiments, but the news is presented by folks who wish to divide us and destroy our nation.
Let’s talk about it after we bulldoze all mosques in the US because Mohammed was a pedophile and had slaves.
Yeah! The Statue of Liberty needs to come down too since it obviously objectifies women. Also need to dynamite the Crazy Horse Monument now under construction as it objectifies native Americans as savages. Don’t forget to destroy Mount Rushmore while your at it.
Then let’s burn down every city run by the racist, neo-Nazi democrats.
Sure; they had incredible success with the two elections of the Kenyan Pirate, and apparently assumed the victory was complete. The scales have fallen from enough peoples’ eyes to elect Trump and greatly reduce the impact of the left’s propagandists.
The Redskins need to change their name, because the word Washington is racist. How about the Marionbarry Redskins?
I agree. Next time around I expect to see Trump win by a wide margin.
Now, if only we could get the Republican controlled Congress to join the effort.
Under this theory, both Washington, DC, and the State of Washington surely must be renamed. How about some ideas for each?
South British Columbia.
Whitehaven?
BTW - Hamilton himself was up to his eyeballs in slaves. Probably owned them. Grew up with them in his house, married into a slaveowner family, traded in them and, again, appears to have owned them. I will never see the musical (no time for going into NYC to watch a bunch of fairies sing show tunes) but in case that is not portrayed in the show, those are the facts.
I hope so; I’m concerned that the 24/7 barrage may be peeling off tiny segments here and there. They’ve even made a situation in VA where three white people died into an anti-black pogrom...
Which reminds me that the White House should be renamed as well. Maybe the Black People Heritage House or such.
It’s just full blown nut-job stuff now.
I think the middle class sees right through this.
Trump’s support is strong. Folks aren’t buying the spin.
The sad thing is, our own team is. Republican leadership has just melted down. They have no spine at all.
I hope enough average people can see that Trump’s election was a nightmare for the Republican half of the uniparty as well - that only helps him. Before he beat Hillary, he beat more than a dozen establishment Republicans who had lost the confidence of their base.
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