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!”
"If you want a picture of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human face — for ever…
…‘And remember that it is for ever. The face will always be there to be stamped upon. The heretic, the enemy of society, will always be there, so that he can be defeated and humiliated over again.
To quote our former First Lady, "All this for a d**n flag?"
I read “RAPIST” at the top of the post, saw only the statue’s face, and immediately thought - uh huh - Ted Kennedy. Scrolled down, to see the rest and ..... whadya know - Bill Clinton. Lol, yup, him too. Both Dem-tards.
These people just make a mockery of America.
I have a better idea - take down CNN!
Just hang tight. As long as there are non-believers like you and me, their attempt to rewrite history won’t work. But, then they’ll begin executing anyone who refuses to buy into their New and Improved United States History. I think Hitler tried something like that.
Washington D.C. will simply be called The Swamp from now on.
OMG! The sculptor was far too flattering.
Who wants to see HRC naked? No one. Except maybe Huma.
These people have zero allegiance to a Constitutional America wrought by the Founding Fathers.
They never had any such allegiance.
They never will have any such allegiance.
Not only has CNN been a leftist nest of crazies and commies, it is now home to black racists posing as self-righteous “history cleansing” fools.
Joseph Stalin would be proud of Angela Rye. She is he perfect dupe and a disgrace to decent black Americans.
Some things are worth offending a minority over. They sure believed there were things worth offending the majority over.
They field hands blacks of of America want to take over. Rev. Al Sharpton is attempting to prevail in race mongering of the first order, ethic and racial nationalism.Patriotic Americans of all races must mobilize and stop them.
This is liberal fascism as was predicted.
Yes Obama’s Rev. Ralph Wright “ God Damn America” is raising its ugly head.
Good read here on the history of liberal fascism in America:
http://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2009/05/barack_obama_the_quintessentia_1.html
Roll the ba$tards up if they pull down another statue without a court order, or patriot America will start shooting them.
When Trump said that, I immediately thought he was trying to bait the Left and the media idiots into overreaching and of course they went for it hook, line, and sinker. While some might look the other way as certain Confederate heroes are erased, once the Left reveals the truth that they really just want to eliminate all "white" American history I don't think they will encounter the same level of acquiescence.
The Left is getting overconfident and turning the temperature of the water up too quickly, and I think that's making the frog just a bit jumpy.
Ain’t affirmative action wonderful?
"Washington's 1799 will and testament freed the slaves that he owned. Washington became the only slave holding founding father to free his slaves."
Do you really think they'll stop with replacing Andrew Jackson with Harriet Tubman on the $20? Next on the agenda: replacing George Washington on the $1 with Nat Turner or Malcolm X.
Purchasing a few certain useful tools with cash and out of sight of prying cameras.
There’s a picture of the Statue of Liberty on Facebook today. Her caption says “I hope I’m not next”. Lol!
It’s not stupidity. It’s a lot more sinister than that.
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