When President Trump said there were very fine people on both sides, he was talking about the controversy over Confederate statues, such as that of Robert E. Lee. There were good people who wanted to preserve history, and there were good people who wanted monuments to the Confederacy taken down. And then he asked a very good question: Where does it stop? Thomas Jefferson? George Washington?
You might have seen this in another Twitchy post today, but here’s the statue of Washington in New York City:
Washington Square Park, NYC. pic.twitter.com/PEidU4Njw8
— BILL HEMMER (@BillHemmer) June 29, 2020
As Twitchy also reported, Joe Biden left his basement and took questions from the press for the first time in 89 days, and maybe he should have waited a bit longer. As plenty noticed, Biden wasn’t pressed on the George Floyd riots or Black Lives Matters protests, but he did suggest that statues of Washington and Christopher Columbus were safe under his presidency.
Biden wants the government to protect statues of people like Columbus and Washington.
— Annie Linskey (@AnnieLinskey) June 30, 2020
Weird, you mean as Trump did with the Lincoln Memorial? https://t.co/lD4zk6vcvh
— Stephen L. Miller (@redsteeze) June 30, 2020
Biden: There's a difference between monuments to treasonous pro-slavery Confederates, celebrating that role, and monuments to slaveowners like Washington, Jefferson; Confederate monuments should go in museums, not public places, while Jefferson Memorial etc. should be protected.
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) June 30, 2020
Why does Biden want to memorialize white colonizers and slave owners? As the New York Times’ Charles M. Blow writes, yes, even Washington has to go.
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You don’t say… pic.twitter.com/RSMLDECqvr
— Stephen L. Miller (@redsteeze) June 30, 2020
This stance will probably cost Biden approximately zero votes and maybe even make him more palatable to moderates. The DNC slammed Trump for hosting an Independence Day fireworks display at Mount Rushmore, but we don’t see anyone on that mountain to whom Biden would object.
How would he do that since Dem mayors won’t? Would he call in the national guard? Military? Does he have any message for the protestors currently destroying these monuments?
— datkidspags (@datkidspags) June 30, 2020
Does Biden even remember who Columbus and Washington were, respectively?
— Dmitri Gusev (@Dmitri_Gusev) June 30, 2020
No. It’s sad really. They used to be so tight.
— Socially Distant Before It Was Cool (@MrsBodington) June 30, 2020
Because those were his friends
— John D (@johnmagic2112) June 30, 2020
Cancel him!
— Phil (@philllosoraptor) June 30, 2020
Radical
— Loren (@lorenrbrooks) June 30, 2020
SCANDALOUS!
— BetoGirlLuvsJoe46 ?? ? (@Girl46Fan) June 30, 2020
A little late for #Biden to emerge from basement with that bit of wisdom
— Sandy Williams MD (@sandytntn) June 30, 2020
He might have missed it when he was in his basement but a whole lot of statues were toppled or vandalized in some way, including Washington, Jefferson, Columbus, Gandhi, and Stevie Ray Vaughn.
Did he actually say that, or is it just your wishful thinking?
— Jim Gaither (@Gemgee64) June 30, 2020
So same opinion as Trump. Got it.
— Mike James (@mookie_james) June 30, 2020
Because that’s what Trump is already doing? Oh big old news
— SusanI56 (@suzn1956) June 30, 2020
#DementiaJoe finally crawls out of his cave to tell the country that he wants to do something that Trump has already signed an EO for. #SenileJoe is out of touch with reality.
— China Must Pay (@FeistyMonk) June 30, 2020
— Corner Stoe’ Mo (@StoeMo) June 30, 2020
Just here for the outrage ?
— DG (@7pints) June 30, 2020
Libs heads exploding now ?
— Joseph (@joe32890080) June 30, 2020
So you're saying he's an evil racist, then?
(I'm just trying to keep up with the morality du jour.)
— American AF (@afa1776) June 30, 2020
He’ll do nothing to protect them
— Fredo Cuomo (@FredoCuomo5) June 30, 2020
The fact that people will believe this could be a sign that he would be a good president speaks to how absolutely awful they know he would actually be.
— Mike_Honcho1127 (@MikeHoncho1127) June 30, 2020
Based Biden
— dimdnim (@dimdnim) June 30, 2020
Sounds like a racist
— Rose (@Rose_srn) June 30, 2020
Will people like the Times’ Blow drag Biden across the coals now?
Related:
DNC’s tweet slamming Trump for upcoming 4th of July celebration ‘glorifying white supremacy at Mount Rushmore’ got deleted FAST (but here it is) https://t.co/Rr2ftsM4Wj
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) June 30, 2020
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