Republican Group Says Trump Just Became The 'Confederacy's Second President'

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A group of President Donald Trump’s conservative critics says he’s just earned a terrible new title after he again defended the Confederacy and vowed to continue to honor its leaders and generals.

“For all intents and purposes, Donald Trump today became the Confederacy’s second president,” the Lincoln Project said in a statement:

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Confederate statues are coming down ― some by choice, some by force ― and the Confederate flag is being removed from public view amid anti-racism protests sparked by the police killing of George Floyd. Earlier this week, NASCAR announced the flag would no longer be allowed at its events.

The Pentagon also said it was open to a bipartisan discussion on renaming the numerous U.S. Army bases that honor Confederate figures.

But Trump intervened and said he “will not even consider” it. That’s when the Lincoln Project called him out.

https://www.yahoo.com/huffpost/lincoln-project-confederate-trump-092304691.html

[sellitman]

1. He is a self admitted white nationalist

I didn't expect him to change the Base names. Not for one second.

[Maeve]

2. Hmmm...wonder where that idea came from....

Trump might go down in history as the last president of the Confederacy

By
Eugene Robinson
Columnist
June 11, 2020 at 4:27 p.m. EDT

It should have happened 155 years ago, when Robert E. Lee surrendered to Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox, but maybe — just maybe — the Civil War is finally coming to an end. And perhaps Donald Trump, not Jefferson Davis, will go down in history as the last president of the Confederacy.

Symbols like flags and monuments matter, because what they symbolize is our vision of ourselves as a nation: the heroes, battles, movements, sacrifices and ideals we honor. So when I see multiracial crowds toppling the statues of Confederate soldiers and politicians, when I see respected military leaders arguing that Army posts should no longer bear the names of Confederate generals, when I see NASCAR banning displays of the Confederate battle flag at its races — witnessing all of this, I let hope triumph over experience and allow myself to imagine that this may indeed be a transformational moment.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/trump-might-go-down-in-history-as-the-last-president-of-the-confederacy/2020/06/11/590194e2-ac13-11ea-94d2-d7bc43b26bf9_story.html

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3. Mr. Robinson nailed it completely.

Years from now, in a post presidential, jail cell interview, I can hear Slim Donald say-

"You know, it was all an act! I secretly wanted to accelerate progressive sea change in this country by running my pResidency the way I did. That's why I am the greatest pResident of all time!""