Trump signs executive order to protect monuments
Source: CBS News
President Donald Trump signed an executive order to protect federal monuments and statues. The order instructs federal law enforcement to prosecute people who damage federal monuments, and threatens to withhold federal funding from state and local governments that fail to protect their own public monuments and statues.
"I just had the privilege of signing a very strong Executive Order protecting American Monuments, Memorials, and Statues - and combatting recent Criminal Violence. Long prison terms for these lawless acts against our Great Country!" Mr. Trump tweeted Friday evening.
The order comes after weeks of protests against police violence and racial injustice across the country, and after statues and monuments have been toppled nationwide. Monuments and statues of Confederate officials and other controversial historical figures have been targeted and vandalized.
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It says "anarchists and left-wing extremists have sought to advance a fringe ideology that paints the United States of America as fundamentally unjust and have sought to impose that ideology on Americans through violence and mob intimidation."
Read more: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-executive-order-protect-monuments/
C_U_L8R
(45,003 posts)This idiot has no idea how democracy works. It ain't by edict.
louzke9
(296 posts)It means Trump cares more about protecting monuments than protecting people. Its so blatantly obvious its OUTRAGEOUS!
louzke9
(296 posts)monuments acknowledging events and people around wars we've been involved with. Like the "Wall" and the "Tomb of the Unknown Soldier"!
pnwmom
(108,980 posts)Most of the monuments that have been attacked fall in that category.
madaboutharry
(40,212 posts)in a tone of reconciliation. A real president would have agreed that honoring Confederate traitors should be put in the past. A real president would have found words to persuade those taking down monuments to seek redress through community resources rather than taking them down themselves. A real president would remind people that some thought and historical context was important to employ before removing monuments.
But we don't a real president. We have a jackass who only knows anger and bitterness.
groundloop
(11,519 posts)tRump only cares about two things - looking good for the camera and enriching himself.
bucolic_frolic
(43,182 posts)greymattermom
(5,754 posts)Put masks on them.
soothsayer
(38,601 posts)forgotmylogin
(7,530 posts)raging moderate
(4,305 posts)What about the Bear Ears monument? Surely Donald Trump wants to protect that monument, too, right?
flying_wahini
(6,606 posts)ProudMNDemocrat
(16,786 posts)Notice the pattern? Trump thinks he is those words he uses.
FM123
(10,053 posts)SamKnause
(13,108 posts)Fuck off and die.
NYC Liberal
(20,136 posts)paleotn
(17,931 posts)SamKnause
(13,108 posts)They are not punished when they cause the death of soldiers with
their illegal invasions.
They are not punished when they crash the global economy.
They are not punished when they drown our country in debt.
Their actions prove time and time again they hate this country.
paleotn
(17,931 posts)Typical Donnie Two Hands bullshit. He may believe it, but then again he's a fucking moron.
usaf-vet
(6,189 posts)Russia Secretly Offered Afghan Militants Bounties to Kill U.S. Troops, Intelligence Says... Potus did 0 nothing that is Treason
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This should make every Democrat vote in November. This should make every republican hang their head in shame.
Update June 27, 2020: https://www.democraticunderground.com/10142524800
pazzyanne
(6,556 posts)Our pResident at work -
cstanleytech
(26,294 posts)marie999
(3,334 posts)There are no federal laws that protect state monuments. He may try, but he can not withhold funds just because he doesn't like what the states do.
Major Nikon
(36,827 posts)jalan48
(13,870 posts)keithbvadu2
(36,829 posts)Repubs whined that Obama was legislating by EO.
They've gotten over that.
dalton99a
(81,516 posts)tclambert
(11,087 posts)He's so insecure he has to overcompensate all the time. He has to call it strong when he knows it's weak because he doesn't want people to think HE is weak. But we all think he's weak anyway so it doesn't do him any good.
LastLiberal in PalmSprings
(12,586 posts)so we can pull it down.