Posted on 07/04/2020 3:25:22 PM PDT by MarvinStinson
On a very different Fourth of July, when many Americans are wrestling with the racist misdeeds of the country's heroes and confronting an unrelenting pandemic with surging cases, their commander-in-chief is attempting to drag America backward -- stirring fear of cultural change while flouting the most basic scientific evidence about disease transmission.
In a jaw-dropping speech that amounted to a culture war bonfire, President Trump used the backdrop of Mount Rushmore to frame protesters as a nefarious left-wing mob that intends to "end America." Those opponents, he argued, are engaged in a "merciless campaign to wipe out our history, defame our heroes, erase our values, and indoctrinate our children."
The President largely acted as if the coronavirus didn't exist.
Instead, when Trump spoke on Friday night of a "growing danger," he was talking about an entirely different threat than rising coronavirus cases. He referred to a threat to America's "heritage" -- rhetoric intended to rev up his base at a time when many Americans are attempting to relearn the nation's history with greater attention to the wrongs inflicted on Black and Native American people.
Repeatedly using vague pronouns like "they" and "them," Trump sought to play on the fears of a minority who view the rise of Black Lives Matter as a threat to the historical dominance of White people.
One of "their political weapons," he said, is "cancel culture," which would drive people from their jobs and "demand total submission" from anyone who disagrees.
He mysteriously described those who would tear down statues of racist leaders from the past as "a new far left fascism that demands absolute allegiance."
"If you do not speak its language, perform its rituals, recite its mantras and follow its commandments, then you will be censored, banished, blacklisted, persecuted and punished," Trump said.
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Didn’t read. CNN sucks. Sun rises in the East. Death and taxes.
Or any of the rest of The Fake News Media for that matter.
Notorious racist and black supremecist. The south knew how to handle these low life pieces of human garbage. Makes me reconsider my view of whipping and dragging.
Truth sounds like hate to those who hate truth.
Typical liberal reaction: invade someone’s home and then complain that the homeowner is being divisive and confrontational when he tries to stop you.
CNN is the garbage scowl of news networks. The only thing that comes out of there is slop.
Chilling thought: If we do not get out the vote and stop the vote fraud and just get Trump to win this November, then the President and First Lady may have been leading the last celebration for July 4th.
One city already said it was going to “Juneteenth” to replace it. I’m sure the Dems, the Leftist News Media dummies, and the Soros & Antifa crowd will not want to keep July 4th going. Maybe “overthrow of racist capitalism day” with beret wearing young people marching in DC.
Go Trump.
The mediapukes ARE THE ENEMY of the American people AND MUST BE DESTROYED!! We are at the point of SURVIVAL!!! What part don’t we understand!?! WE MUST CUT OFF THE HEAD OF THE SNAKE!!! WE MUST take it to them!!
CNN = Communist News Network.
Like so many of us, I hope these America-haters get out of the country when Trump is re-elected.
I will give free rides to the airport and carry their baggage to the baggage check-in.
Take your hatred toward America somewhere else. We are not giving America over to Leftist trash like you so you can load us in cattle cars and send us to the concentration camps.
When you are running towards a cliff, being dragged back saves your life - whether you want it saved or not.
Exactly. How dare you fight back against our craziness and violence and how dare you speak out about our totalitarianis and our cancel culture..how dare you!
Also don’t you love how she assumes that only a small percentage of people are against black lives matter? What are they going by their own lying poll? Lol
These people are in a cult. They don’t accept facts or reason they don’t understand perspective they have no concept of anything outside their own cult/bubble.
We're supposed to be Fascists in their eyes.
Actually, it’s Obama, Black Lives (don’t) Matter (after
watching what they have perpetrated), and ANTIFA that are
trying to drag this nation backwards.
CNN and the usual Tokyo Rose press in the U. S., are helping
them as much as they can.
If this doesn’t confirm they are on the wrong side and are truly the enemy..
Exactly!
And they cannot even see the sign taped to their backs.
And CNN (Communist News Network) tries to destroy the USA.
That’s because being “progressive” is the path to destruction and ruin. Being progressive today means desiring a dark age.
“He mysteriously described those who would tear down statues of racist leaders from the past as “a new far left fascism that demands absolute allegiance.”
“Racist leaders” like Lincoln, Grant and other abolitionists.
The truth mystifies the lying Commie from CNN.
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