All of those people who claimed President Donald Trump called neo-Nazis “very fine people” obviously didn’t listen to his comments, in which he was referring to those people opposed to removing a statue of Confederate General Robert E. Lee. Where does it stop, Trump asked.
Trump was right about Thomas Jefferson being next on the chopping block after the statues of Confederates had been toppled. A statue of Jefferson that has stood in New York’s City Hall is likely to be removed after more than 100 years.
A 7-foot-tall statue of Thomas Jefferson may be removed from NY City Hall.
The City Council’s Black, Latino and Asian Caucus said the statue “symbolizes the disgusting and racist basis on which America was founded.”
By @JeffCMays @ZacharyHSmall https://t.co/28gL5D2duc— Cliff Levy (@cliffordlevy) October 18, 2021
As that tweet states, the statue is likely to be removed at the request of the city’s council’s Black, Latino, and Asian Caucus. “How the hell can people see as a hero someone who had hundreds of enslaved Africans, someone who was a racist and who said we were inferior and someone who was a slaveholding pedophile?” said Assemblyman Charles Barron, the former councilman who tried to get the statue removed in 2001. “For him to be canonized in a statue is incredible — incredibly racist.”
The New York Post reports the statue will be given to the New York Historical Society on an “indefinite” loan.
CANCELED
— RDRQUEEN (@tondalao25) October 18, 2021
Can I have it? If they’re just gonna throw it out anyway….
— Ben Hussong (@BenHussong) October 18, 2021
Can you tell them I'll happily rehome it in my yard?
— Coast2Coast (@CoastTwoGhost) October 18, 2021
— David Miller (@dmill44) October 18, 2021
I’m Hispanic and this feels too woke.
— Ram (@Ramrod316) October 18, 2021
The best scapegoat is a dead one.
— Cuentacuentos Mezcal (@CCMezcal) October 18, 2021
Remember when they said it would just be the Confederate statues?
They’re coming after everything. 🙄— Some Call Me….Tim? (@TimothyRyans) October 18, 2021
Absolutely hilarious that people think they will ever be satisfied.
— Robot Insurance (@lifeoffmars) October 18, 2021
Is context still a thing?
— lebowski underachiever 🗿 (@MadCossackMC) October 18, 2021
No! Context is out. Only good or evil.
— Celeste. (@Miss_Orinda7) October 18, 2021
I wish someone would say "no it doesn't mean that and it's staying up period". Just once.
— CJ Cimarossa (@CJCimmy) October 18, 2021
I mean, if we want to remove statues of people who did f-up things in their lives, I don't think that George Floyd bust is going to enjoy any longevity
— SneekerFace 🏴🦕 (@FaceSneeker) October 18, 2021
As compared to literally any other country on Earth, and their foundings that involved unicorns, puppies, and cotton candy.
— Dave P Meloche (@meloche_p) October 18, 2021
No nation can survive when its elected officials despise it.
— Violated Norm (@BillySullivan7) October 18, 2021
Should really rename the country and capital. Better to stop pretending this is remotely the same country.
— Clyde Parker (@ColJSMosby) October 18, 2021
USSA
— (D)evilawakens (@hgiannos1) October 18, 2021
I wonder what they have in store for Mt. Rushmore?
— HiwayStar (@HiwayStar9) October 18, 2021
A tribal leader in 2020 suggested that Mount Rushmore shouldn’t be blown up … because of the environmental impact. There must be some other way to remove it.
Lincoln is next. Insanity reigns.
— RB (@RatherReadABook) October 18, 2021
Trump was right when he predicted this sort of thing.
— Drake Sadron (@DrakeSadron) October 18, 2021
The Public Design Commission is expected to vote Monday on relocating the statue.
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Update:
It was unanimous:
UPDATE: NYC officials just voted unanimously to remove the statue of Thomas Jefferson from the City Council chambers, but put off a decision on where to place it.
The unexpected delay angered some Black and Latino lawmakers.https://t.co/Z04yIZJyuB— Cliff Levy (@cliffordlevy) October 18, 2021
Related:
Working group put together by DC’s mayor recommends removing, relocating, or ‘contextualizing’ these statues and memorials https://t.co/3ZZavgYjA6
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) September 1, 2020
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