Trump Asks for Toppled DC Confederate Statue to Be Put Back Up
Source: NBC Channel 4 Washington
Trump Asks for Toppled DC Confederate Statue to Be Put Back Up
A statue of Albert Pike, who was a Confederate general and leader of the Freemasons, was torn down and set on fire the night of Juneteenth
By NBC Washington Staff and Associated Press Published 2 hours ago Updated 1 hour ago
President Donald Trump personally requested that a statue of a Confederate general be put back up, less than a week after cheering protesters toppled it and set it on fire in a Washington, D.C., park, NBC News reports.
Trump called Interior Sec. David Bernhardt and asked the Park Service to restore a statue of Brigadier General Albert Pike, two sources told NBC News.
The White House did not provide a comment, NBC News reported.
But an Interior Department spokesman reiterated Bernhardt's call for law and order.
"The Secretary has made his position quite clear when it comes to lawlessness, violence against police, and destruction of public property," the spokesman said.
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Read more: https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/trump-requests-toppled-confederate-statue-put-back-up-in-dc/2343633/
Hat tip, WTOP, but I don't see it on their website. I had the radio on while I was "working."
https://wtop.com/
rickford66
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(1,858 posts)The Magistrate
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IronLionZion
(45,528 posts)not_the_one
(2,227 posts)Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
(108,192 posts)He can by the fucking thing. No public money should go to monuments to traitors.
Bleacher Creature
(11,257 posts)Clearly this came from one of his white nationalist advisors, like Bannon or Miller.
ucrdem
(15,512 posts)He got rid of all the guys who got him elected and it shows. Welp, better for us in November.
Bleacher Creature
(11,257 posts)Bannon as a government employee was always kind of odd, but this isn't a case where the two had a falling out.
ancianita
(36,133 posts)The falling out was for public consumption, and now there's no doubt about their mutual goals.
packman
(16,296 posts)IronLionZion
(45,528 posts)Douchebag wants to refight the civil war since his family wasn't here for the first one.