Posted on 10/17/2017 6:04:00 PM PDT by markomalley
President Trump on Tuesday criticized the removal of statues depicting historical figures as an attack on U.S. heritage, in a high-profile speech to conservative donors and policymakers at the Heritage Foundation.
Weeks after leaders in several U.S. cities ordered the removal of various Confederate memorials and monuments, Trump on Tuesday condemned renewed efforts to eliminate statues of famed Genoese explorer Christopher Columbus.
"We believe we should preserve our history, not tear it down," he said. "Now, they are trying to destroy statues of Christopher Columbus. What's next? It has to be stopped; it's heritage."
Vandals spilled fake blood over a statue commemorating Columbus in New York's Central Park on Oct. 14, just months after the city's mayor, Bill de Blasio, said he was considering removing a 100-year-old statue of the historical figure that sits in the center of the Manhattan's Columbus Circle.
"Our Italian American ancestors, facing bigotry and discrimination, identified Columbus as an Italian celebrated greatly across America for establishing a lasting bridge between the Old and New World," De Blasio said at the time.
It is also factual history.
The more the proglib comrats try to steal art, haul down flags and hide names, the more they demonstrate to the world how much they fear the facts of history.
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The President said,
We believe we should preserve our history, not tear it down,” he said. “Now, they are trying to destroy statues of Christopher Columbus. What’s next? It has to be stopped; it’s heritage
What George Orwell wrote in 1984...68 years ago...it seems to be pointed directly at lunatic democrats and other liberals..
“And if all others accepted the lie which the Party imposed – if all records told the same tale – then the lie passed into history and became truth. “Who controls the past,” ran the Party slogan, “controls the future: who controls the present controls the past.”
George Orwell 1984
Lol! The lefties will attack him and lose more middle-class votes. Trump is the world’s greatest troll of all time.
President Trump’s right on this issue...
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