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CNN Commentator: George Washington And Thomas Jefferson Statues ‘Need To Come Down’
The Daily Caller ^ | 08/17/2017 | PETER HASSON

Posted on 08/17/2017 1:07:48 PM PDT by Mr. Mojo

Two days after President Trump questioned whether tearing down Confederate statues would lead leftists to targeting statues and monuments to George Washington, Thomas Jefferson and other Founding Fathers, CNN commentator Angela Rye did exactly that.

“We have to get to the heart of the problem here and the heart is the way many of us were taught American history. American history is not all glorious,” Rye said in a heated segment on Thursday.

“George Washington was a slave owner. We need to call them out for what they are, whether we think they were protecting American freedom or not. He wasn’t protecting my freedoms. My ancestors weren’t deemed human beings to him. And so to me, I don’t care if it’s a George Washington statue or a Thomas Jefferson statue, they all need to come down,” she added.

Rye’s comments, which were first pointed out by the Washington Free Beacon on Thursday, come amidst heated national debate on whether to tear down Confederate monuments and statues around the country.

President Trump weighed in on the debate on Thursday.

“Sad to see the history and culture of our great country being ripped apart with the removal of our beautiful statues and monuments,” Trump tweeted. “You can’t change history, but you can learn from it. Robert E Lee, Stonewall Jackson – who’s next, Washington, Jefferson? So foolish!”


TOPICS: Breaking News; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: blackcommies; bookburners; brownshirts; founders; insurrection; marxistfascists; purge; radicalleft; sedition; trumpwasright
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I think everyone needs to tear down their AT&T subscriptions.


41 posted on 08/17/2017 1:20:46 PM PDT by Gene Eric (Don't be a statist!)
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To: Vince Ferrer

The Japanese were paid.


42 posted on 08/17/2017 1:21:17 PM PDT by windcliff
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To: Mr. Mojo

Was slavery illegal back in those days?


43 posted on 08/17/2017 1:21:58 PM PDT by nikos1121 (Rudy Guiuliani for Head of FBI)
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To: Mr. Mojo

If they take down Washington, I’m in for whatever follows.

There has to be some line in the sand.

I feel the same way about Jefferson.

Screw these assholes!


44 posted on 08/17/2017 1:22:51 PM PDT by DoughtyOne (Fourth estate? Ha! Our media has become the KCOTUS, the Kangaroo Court of the United States.)
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To: Mr. Mojo

Then all mosques need to be torn down and Islam outlawed and all muzzies deported. I mean if we’re going to purify let’s do it properly.

(I think I’d actually trade all of the statutes for the deportation of all of the muzzies.)


45 posted on 08/17/2017 1:23:04 PM PDT by x1stcav (White. Male. Unreconstructed. Never owned a slave.)
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To: Mr. Mojo

And once again Trump was 100% right.


46 posted on 08/17/2017 1:23:55 PM PDT by ArcadeQuarters ("Immigration Reform" is ballot stuffing)
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To: Sasparilla

I say they are overreaching with the hope it will backfire. Unfortunately, all too often, the overreaching that initially seems crazy becomes normalized. It really is very depressing.


47 posted on 08/17/2017 1:24:42 PM PDT by rbg81 (Truth is stranger than fiction)
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To: Mr. Mojo

Good God! This country has gone absolutely mad. Political correctness to the point where we can’t even have a history. These idiots live in a world where they think that tearing down statues is going to rewrite history, good and bad. Idiots...absolute idiots. Go ahead, stick your head in the sand, ignore the lessons that history teaches us so we can repeat them all over again. Unbelievable that these lunatics are even getting air time.


48 posted on 08/17/2017 1:24:59 PM PDT by econjack
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To: Williams
They have to destroy that new FDR monument as well.

FDR made up for it by interning honkies (Germans and Italians).
49 posted on 08/17/2017 1:25:50 PM PDT by Army Air Corps (Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
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To: freepertoo
Do they really think it’s wise to start bad mouthing our Founders? Really? Are they this stupid?

No, they are not stupid. This is a well orchestrated plan where she tosses it out in public then others run with the ball. Don't play their games.

50 posted on 08/17/2017 1:28:00 PM PDT by WeWaWes (When I look in the mirror I see an elephant—a bad ass elephant)
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To: Mr. Mojo
And so to me, I don’t care if it’s a George Washington statue or a Thomas Jefferson statue, they all need to come down,” she added.

Try it sweetheart. Please....

51 posted on 08/17/2017 1:28:14 PM PDT by Envisioning (Carry safe, always carry, everyday, everywhere.)
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To: freepertoo

“Do they really think it’s wise to start bad mouthing our Founders? Really? Are they this stupid?”


1. Yes. Yes.

2. Never interrupt your enemy when he’s making a mistake.

LET THEM KEEP THIS $HIT UP - it’ll utterly kill them.


52 posted on 08/17/2017 1:28:18 PM PDT by Ancesthntr ("The right to buy weapons is the right to be free." A. E. van Vogt)
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To: DHerion

THERE you go....you DHerion have hit the nail on the head. You get $50, a coupon to go to THE VIEW and sit with Whoppi and give her this wonderful idea. If Washington comes down for slavery, for sure Mohammed needs to fall as well, he too owned slaves. Great logic you have.


53 posted on 08/17/2017 1:28:30 PM PDT by rovenstinez
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To: rbg81
Correct, it's turning into white noise (pun kind of intended here!) and people will tire of it in no time flat.
54 posted on 08/17/2017 1:28:31 PM PDT by RayChuang88 (FairTax: America's Economic Cure)
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To: Mr. Mojo

With a little help from their friends!

55 posted on 08/17/2017 1:28:44 PM PDT by Brandonmark (Made America Great Again! 11.08.2016 - A DAY OF RENEWAL)
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To: freepertoo

I think that is part of their plan actually. They hate what this country stands for.


56 posted on 08/17/2017 1:28:50 PM PDT by Blue Highway
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To: Mr. Mojo

It’s not about statues. They talk “statues” but mean the foundation of this country. They mean that we should tear up the Constitution and destroy the country, and then build it up again as a totalitarian marxist collectivity.

F*ck them. Ask me what I think.


57 posted on 08/17/2017 1:29:31 PM PDT by I want the USA back (Lying Media: willing and eager allies of the hate-America left.)
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To: econjack

To a liberal, history began at breakfast this morning........Ann Coulter.............


58 posted on 08/17/2017 1:29:32 PM PDT by Red Badger (Road Rage lasts 5 minutes. Road Rash lasts 5 months!.....................)
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To: Mr. Mojo

After all the “offensive” statues and memorials are taken down, books with “offensive” material in them will be burned and replaced by approved propaganda. And ONLY the liberals will get to decide what is offensive.


59 posted on 08/17/2017 1:30:35 PM PDT by Blood of Tyrants (Conservatives love America for what it is. Liberals hate America for the same reason.)
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To: Architect of Paradise

They think they already own us.

What’s next? “All white people must turn in their guns NOW!!!”


60 posted on 08/17/2017 1:30:51 PM PDT by elcid1970 ("The Second Amendment is more important than Islam. Buy ammo.")
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