Posted on 07/03/2020 8:56:03 PM PDT by yesthatjallen
President Trump on Friday during a Fourth of July event at Mount Rushmore lambasted protesters calling for the removal of Confederate statues, accusing them of wanting to “overthrow the American Revolution” and fundamentally change the country.
“There is a new far-left fascism that demands absolute allegiance. If you do not speak its language, perform its rituals, recite its mantras and follow its commandments, then you will be censored, banished, blacklisted, persecuted and punished. Not going to happen to us,” he told a packed crowd.
“Make no mistake, this left-wing cultural revolution is designed to overthrow the American Revolution. In so doing, they would destroy the very civilization that rescued billions from poverty, disease, violence and hunger and that lifted humanity to new heights of achievement, discovery and progress," he continued. "To make this possible, they are determined to tear down every statue, symbol and memory of our national heritage.”
He later said the protestors' goal is to "end America."
Trump went on to tout an executive order he signed last month that would punish protesters who tried to topple statues.
Activists have called for statues of Confederate figures to be removed amid widespread unrest over systemic racism and police brutality after George Floyd, an unarmed Black man, died in Minneapolis police custody in May. Some demonstrators have gone further, calling for the removal of any statue commemorating any slaveholder, including some of the country’s founders.
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They do.
Their goal is tear down and burn our history and bring their new history and self idolizing power...
“...Their goal is tear down and burn our history and bring their new history and self idolizing power...”
In other words: Destroy America.
And they were and still are motivated by the one who campaigned to “fundamentally transform America”.
YELLOW JOURNO ALERT
It’s not going to happen here and it’s up to every
American to stand up and stand strong or our way of
life will be stolen away!
Trump! 2020!
Notice how The Hill specifies “Confederate statues.” These people aren’t after just Confederate statues, and The Hill knows it.
The always hated Counter-revolutionaries.
Trump’s speech was exactly what it should have been—defiant. But the whole event was marred by the choice of music. Do we have to have rock music for everything even a patriotic event celebrating American history and its heroes? And the absolution desecration of the Battle Hymn of the Republic at the end with some minor talent Air Force Band singer screeching it in a jazzed up, blues version? It’s a HYMN, not a nightclub piece. Absolutely disgusting! And the line is, “As He died to make men holy, let us DIE to make men free.”
DIED, not LIVED. Why are all modern renditions of the hymn not true to Julia Ward Howe’s original lyric? Why say lived and not died as she wrote the lyric. Why is it always changed? What arrogance!
I listened to the speech. I do NOT remember Trump “lambasting” those that want to tear down “Confederate statues.” Did he lambast them specifically?
Christopher Columbus died long before there was a confederate state.
Trump never once referenced “ confederate” statues. he doid mention Washington,Jeffereson, Lincoln and a few abolitionists.
The 3-4 minutes I saw looked and sounded magnificent. Important. Game-changing. Inspiring.
...and -—needless to say-— delivered flawlessly....
Imagine Christopher Columbus surprise to learn he was, in fact, a Confederate general!
Yes, Invaders.
they take seriously 0bama saying “we are the ones we’ve been waiting for”.
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