Americans came together in disgust following the recent violent white supremacist rally in Charlottesville.
Everyone except for race-baiters like Al Sharpton, who is using the public outrage to further divide Americans.
In his latest attempt to divide Americans, Sharpton recently announced a plan to destroy the Jefferson Memorial, and it’s sure to anger you to your core.
While speaking to CBS host Charlie Rose, Sharpton called for ending federal funding for maintenance and security for the Jefferson Memorial.
He cited Jefferson’s slave ownership as the reason.
As reported by The Daily Caller:
“MSNBC host Al Sharpton is calling for ending federal funding for maintenance and security for the Jefferson Memorial because the third U.S. president owned slaves.
“When you look at the fact that public monuments are supported by public funds you’re asking me to subsidize the insult of my family. I would repeat that the public should not be paying to uphold somebody who has had that kind of background,” Sharpton told CBS host Charlie Rose.
“You have private museums, you have other things that you may want to do there,” he added.
The Jefferson Memorial is a large structure on the banks of the Potomac river, sitting on federal grounds.
Jefferson “had slaves and children with his slaves. And it does matter,” Sharpton continued.
“I think that people need to understand when people that were enslaved and robbed of even the right to marry, and had forced sex with their slave masters, this is personal to us.”
“This is personal,” Sharpton exclaimed. “This is not some kind of removed discussion from us, our families were victims of this. Certainly they ought to be removed.””
It is obvious his call for defunding security at the monument is designed to allow radical leftists to destroy the statue without security guards to stand in the way.
As seen throughout the country, liberals are looking, and actively working to destroy any monuments they can link to slavery in any way.
In just recent days an “activist” in Baltimore, MD, took a sledgehammer to the oldest Christopher Columbus monument in the United States.
And in Houston, TX, another man was arrested and charged after trying to plant a bomb on a statue honoring Confederate soldiers.
They downright ignore any other accomplishments and overlook the historical significance of the statues.
While many on the left have repeated the only statues they want to destroy are those from the Confederacy, Sharpton’s comment proves that is a lie.
And it proves President Trump right, who just days ago sent out the following tweets:
Sad to see the history and culture of our great country being ripped apart with the removal of our beautiful statues and monuments. You…..
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 17, 2017
…can't change history, but you can learn from it. Robert E Lee, Stonewall Jackson – who's next, Washington, Jefferson? So foolish! Also…
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 17, 2017
…the beauty that is being taken out of our cities, towns and parks will be greatly missed and never able to be comparably replaced!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 17, 2017
What do you think?
Is President Trump right in his tweets?
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