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Trump: 'Country being ripped apart' by monument removals
foxnews.com ^ | 8/17/2017 | Cody Derespina

Posted on 08/17/2017 8:14:34 AM PDT by rktman

President Trump on Thursday refused to back down from critics who've ripped him for failing to condemn protests surrounding the removal of Confederate monuments, doubling down on his belief the statues should stay and questioning if the progressive movement would turn on America's Founding Fathers next.

In the aftermath of a deadly car attack Saturday -- following clashes at a largely white nationalist rally protesting the University of Virginia's plan to remove a statue of Confederate general Robert E. Lee -- Trump bemoaned the accelerated effort by many on the left to take down other symbols of the Confederacy.

"Sad to see the history and culture of our great country being ripped apart with the removal of our beautiful statues and monuments. You can't change history, but you can learn from it. Robert E. Lee, Stonewall Jackson - who's next, Washington, Jefferson? So foolish!" Trump wrote in several tweets.

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Philosophy
KEYWORDS: antihistory; charlottesville; confederatestatues; isis; purge; terrorists; third100days; trump45; trumptweet
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IOW-----He supports a racist state and according to mikee more (a LOT more) and other brilliant lefties like jimmie kimmel (ryhmes with himmel-r) anyone who agrees with President Trump is also a nazi confedrate racist bigotted POS. Thanks guys. I really don't care for these assclowns. Yeah, faux news strikes again. Buh bye!
1 posted on 08/17/2017 8:14:35 AM PDT by rktman
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AND AGAIN AND STILL TRUMP IS ABSOLUTELY CORRECT.


2 posted on 08/17/2017 8:15:33 AM PDT by Sequoyah101 (It feels like we have exchanged our dreams for survival. We just have a few days that don't suck.)
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And you can thank Obama for promoting this.


3 posted on 08/17/2017 8:17:25 AM PDT by Sacajaweau
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To: rktman; Army Air Corps

4 posted on 08/17/2017 8:18:33 AM PDT by KC_Lion (If you want on First Lady Melania's, Ivanka Trump's or Sarah Palin's Ping Lists, just let me know.)
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I’m afraid this is just the tip of a gigantic iceburg...

It’s going to get a lot worse....


5 posted on 08/17/2017 8:18:51 AM PDT by JBW1949 (I'm really PC....PATRIOTICALLY CORRECT!!!!)
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To: Sequoyah101

Adding to my own post. We are living the ridiculous accusations and claims of the Red Scare or Animal Farm.


6 posted on 08/17/2017 8:19:17 AM PDT by Sequoyah101 (It feels like we have exchanged our dreams for survival. We just have a few days that don't suck.)
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Yup. To agree with this wanton destruction of public property is akin to agreeing with isis/isil/is/daeah in destroying historical monuments because they don’t represtent YOUR ideology. My truth may not be your truth any more than your truth may not be my truth.


7 posted on 08/17/2017 8:20:09 AM PDT by rktman (Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?!)
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8 posted on 08/17/2017 8:20:54 AM PDT by Vendome (I've Gotta Be Me - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wH-pk2vZG2M)
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only one of many processes of division all geared to drive us to civil war


9 posted on 08/17/2017 8:21:15 AM PDT by WorkerbeeCitizen
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Trump: ‘Country being ripped apart’ by monument removals

Just wait until the book burning starts. That with out a doubt will be the next attack on America by the Taliban of the left.


10 posted on 08/17/2017 8:23:03 AM PDT by JayAr36 (No honest person gets rich in politics.)
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If you look you’ll find Obama is doing this from his Garage Command Post and you’ll also see Obama will be out of the country when the worst happens so he can come back and save the country ,LOL


11 posted on 08/17/2017 8:23:10 AM PDT by butlerweave (it's the children are)
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The ‘left’ has figured out that they cannot get rid of Trump (and keep everyone from figuring out who the real criminals are) unless they tear the country apart.


12 posted on 08/17/2017 8:24:12 AM PDT by UCANSEE2 (Lost my tagline on Flight MH370. Sorry for the inconvenience.)
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Just last week, POTUS was being praised for getting China to put that North Korean dictator on a leash. Thus, toning down the tension that had been on the rise in that area.

The Left (and some on the Right) cannot have Trump be successful in ANY endeavor. He must have a failed presidency. So, a media driven "scandal" in which he will never be able to say the right thing or apologize enough for his perceived sins. They will never let this man alone until he is either removed from office; or, as is happening now, everything he wants to do will be slowed down or stopped completely.

This is the plan, folks. The Deep State rules.

13 posted on 08/17/2017 8:26:03 AM PDT by LibertarianLiz
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Just wait until the book burning starts.

That ship sailed long ago.

14 posted on 08/17/2017 8:26:14 AM PDT by UCANSEE2 (Lost my tagline on Flight MH370. Sorry for the inconvenience.)
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Who knew a Yankee Like Trump would get 'it'. For the most part it seems those not born in the South can really get 'it'. Trump is one of the rare exceptions. The South is your power base Mr. Trump. It counter balances California.

I am with the South in life or death, in victory or defeat. I believe the North is about to wage a brutal and unholy war on a people who have done them no wrong, in violation of the Constitution and the fundamental principles of government. They no longer acknowledge that all government derives its validity from the consent of the governed. They are about to invade our peaceful homes, destroy our property, and murder our men and dishonor our women. We propose no invasion of the North, no attack on them, and only ask to be left alone.

-- Maj. Gen. Patrick Clebourne

15 posted on 08/17/2017 8:26:41 AM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
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The liberals are destroying our heritage by getting these monuments taken down. Next up will be monuments and memorials to our fallen military because the monuments to them glorify war.

I was silent when they went after Confederate monuments.

16 posted on 08/17/2017 8:26:48 AM PDT by SkyDancer (There Are Three Great Ways To Perfect Landings - Unfortunately We Pilots Don't Know Them.)
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And this is why the politicians on the left always try to decimate the DOJ when a Republican is in office. This should be Wray’s first act as FBI director.


17 posted on 08/17/2017 8:27:47 AM PDT by EQAndyBuzz (“The fundamental question of our time is whether the West has the will to surviive.w yin)
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To: Sequoyah101

Yep. Yet another one he gets right.


18 posted on 08/17/2017 8:29:53 AM PDT by robroys woman
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To: UCANSEE2

Yup. History (where it’s even taught anymore) has been altered in texts to instill guilt for being successful.


19 posted on 08/17/2017 8:31:41 AM PDT by rktman (Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?!)
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When has a nation ( or a civilzation for that matter) ever been made greater by destroying reminders of its own history swiftly, silently, in the night - to appease an angry mob?
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20 posted on 08/17/2017 8:33:01 AM PDT by silverleaf (We voted for change, not leftover change)
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