'Hamilton' Star Maybe Washington, Jefferson Statues Should Come Down

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[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.

[RedMonqey]

Does this actor know that HAMILTON OWNED SLAVES TOO?

Probably not!

Shut down this RACIST PLAY!!!

[eyeamok]

When can we start demanding that All Mosques be Torn down because Muslims and Islam still practice Slavery TODAY!!!

[ebshumidors]

Because he invented America. He must have watched a lot of “The West Wing.”

[snarkytart]

There are no statues of Jefferson or Washington in Kenya or Canada or Mexico, He can go take the hint.

[shanover]

The ultimate goal of everything leftist is “Utopia” (The ultimate enigma and farce),the erasing of the past and the date of zero. Hitler,Stalin,Mao and Pol Pot did a fine job with this. They had their Megalomania Utopia while half a billion went to Killing Fields.

[Secret Agent Man]

this is all groundwork for destroying the constitution.

[Secret Agent Man]

2017.

liberals erect sodomite monuments, want to destroy george washington monuments.

up the butt gerbil killing homofreaks are superior to one of the, if not the, greatest person this country ever had fighting and guiding it, according to socialists cloaking themselves in false american patriotism.

[Verginius Rufus]

Since the Washington Monument resembles the shape of an Egyptian obelisk, they can rename it the African Heritage Monument. The Jefferson Memorial can be renamed to honor either Nat Turner or Sally Hemings. Washington, D.C., can be understood to be in honor of Booker T. Washington.

I hope they don't find out about the Jefferson Davis Monument at his birthplace in Kentucky (a smaller version of the Washington Monument). Until recently the director of the Jefferson Davis Monument state park was a black man who is a retired Marine, a Berkeley graduate, a descendant of a Confederate officer, and a big admirer of Jefferson Davis.

[montag813]

Oh it exists alright...in the Muslim world. But don’t expect the Alt-Left-Media to mention that

[LeoTDB69]

Let’s not forget the White House, as it housed as these ‘racists’.

And perhaps anyone named Washington, Jefferson, Jackson, etc should be required to changed their name.

[Old Yeller]

Maybe MLK should come down from the National Mall.

[Old Yeller]

How about we get rid of Martin Luther King Jr Blvd..pretty much EVERYWHERE..show me an MLK Blvd that isn’t full of gang bangers

Bad idea. That's how civilized folks know what part of a city to avoid if they aren't familiar with the city.

[Deplorable American1776]

Thanks for your opinion, now shut up and let the adults clean up the mess liberals and elites left after 8 years...

[Behind the Blue Wall]

They’ll deny it, just like they denied a few years ago that gay marriage would not mean repression against those who had religious objections. But Trump is absolutely right, Washington and Jefferson are next.

[Travis McGee]

[MarDav]

Some of his followers still do.

[GailA]

Then don’t cash your pay checks, the money you get back all have slave owners on them.

[ColdOne]

Done!

[ColdOne]

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