President Donald Trump actually packed a lot into the final year of his term. He did what he could to root out critical race theory-based training from federal agencies (something President Joe Biden immediately reversed) and announced the “1776 Project,” a direct challenge to the “1619 Project” that had worked its way from the New York Times into the history curriculum of a lot of school districts. Trump wanted children to be proud of their country and proposed an alternative curriculum to do just that.
Bulwark columnist Amanda Carpenter spotted conservative columnist Ken Blackwell wearing a “1776” hat next to Brooke Rollins, and Carpenter broke out the red flags:
Brooke Rollins is a Leader for America!
I have enjoyed working with her for
over 20 years! #AFPI pic.twitter.com/QgLxwChc6U— Ken Blackwell (@kenblackwell) August 19, 2022
AFPI is the America First Policy Institute. You know, America First … the line Trump borrowed from Hitler?
Wearing 1776 hats for no other reason than love of US history, I’m sure. pic.twitter.com/HBzNQ383oM
— Amanda Carpenter (@amandacarpenter) August 19, 2022
Sure, sure. The AMERICA FIRST POLICY INSTITUTE, established in 2021, post-Jan. 6th, has absolutely no idea what they are doing with the 1776 messaging. A coinky-dink. They are in it for the history https://t.co/cdhbkiUG9q
— Amanda Carpenter (@amandacarpenter) August 20, 2022
A nonprofit promoting America First ideology — sounds like a group of insurrectionists to us.
For a "35-person nonprofit group with a first-year budget of $20 million" you sure can buy a lotta hats!
— Amanda Carpenter (@amandacarpenter) August 20, 2022
Tell ya what. I’ll take it all back as soon as the 1776 hat people condemn all the January 6 folks who used and continue to use 1776 as a battle cry. But seems to me like they’d rather play that crowd. America First and all.
— Amanda Carpenter (@amandacarpenter) August 20, 2022
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Damn right America First.
Do you know what year the US was founded? People celebrate their founding in every country in the world, it’s not unique to the US.
— Zaid Jilani (@ZaidJilani) August 20, 2022
1619 is our true founding now. Apparently normal people missed the memo
— multiracial whiteness advocate (@__spicywhite) August 20, 2022
The founding of America was bad actually
— Kyle Beckley (@Kyle_Beckley) August 20, 2022
I think she’s trying to say that the real founding of America was 1619, as the “1619 Project” claims. The “conservative” case for CRT?
— Christina Pushaw 🐊 🇺🇸 (@ChristinaPushaw) August 20, 2022
What am I missing. This is bad now?
— Steve (@CarefreeSteveTX) August 20, 2022
Dunno if you know, but that's the year our country was born.
— Alex (@Alex_Z_01) August 20, 2022
Why else? Is there some numerology you're implying?
Don't you find overturning an unelected, entitled aristocracy inspiring?
— AmishDude (@TheAmishDude) August 20, 2022
I saw a tshirt at Old Navy with 1994 on it, obviously a reference to the Rwandan genocide. Despicable.
— westwold (@westwoldtw) August 20, 2022
If you've got an accusation to make, let's hear it. Don't be shy. Speak truth to power.
— Andrew "AT" host of Aspiring Thinkers (@ThinkerAspiring) August 20, 2022
Lol it must be a secret message to other extremists, right Amanda. I mean, there's something seriously wrong here. Scary stuff
— JEFF2975 (@JEFFWH75) August 20, 2022
Good lord, you're such a fraud. Do what you gotta do to feel good about cashing those checks.
— Don Schaum (@don11cs) August 20, 2022
Remember when you weren’t a two bit hack?
— Matt DeLuca (@MattDeLuca) August 20, 2022
you hit the bottomless mimosas a little too hard at brunch
— Jeff Billman (@imjustabillman) August 20, 2022
Now leftists can be triggered by both MAGA hats and 1776 hats.
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'New quill WHO DIS'? If #1776Twitter doesn't make you laugh and FIST-PUMP for America NOTHING will https://t.co/vecsPKWmp8
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) July 5, 2018
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