Washington, Jefferson not the real target of violent leftists
Andy Schlafly believes statue protests not about slavery
By Andy SchlaflyPublished June 23, 2020 at 7:24pm
Americans first watched in horror as mobs of anarchists seized the streets of our major cities, breaking windows, setting fires and looting stores. Then they began pulling down statues that had stood for decades, or, in many cases, more than a century.
The real targets of the violent leftists are not George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln and Teddy Roosevelt, whose faces are carved into Mount Rushmore. Rather, the goal is to discredit America itself by smearing those who gave us the freedom and prosperity we enjoy today.
Local police in Democratic-controlled cities have mostly stood and watched silently, neither stopping the destruction nor arresting and charging those responsible. At the White House, President Trump reacted on Twitter, promising to restore order if local officials fail.
The restraint by our president came to an end Monday night when a mob reached Lafayette Square in front of the White House. Cheered by onlookers who broke through a chain link fence, a small group of men tied ropes around the massive bronze figure of our seventh president, Andrew Jackson, mounted on a horse at the center of the park.
United States Park Police arrived at the scene to disperse the unruly crowd mere moments before the vandals would have toppled the 15-ton statue, though not before it was defaced with ugly words such as "Killer Scum" that will be costly to remove. It is unlikely that the vandals had any appreciation for what Jackson achieved and stood for.
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