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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsTrump tries to drag America backward on a very different July 4th
CNNOn a very different Fourth of July holiday, 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 Donald Trump used the backdrop of Mount Rushmore Friday night 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."
On Saturday in the nation's capital, the Trump administration has planned July 4 celebrations that ignore Washington, DC, Muriel Bowser's concerns about public health guidelines, although at least there'll be some of the social distancing measures at the White House that were ignored in South Dakota, where 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.
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Trump tries to drag America backward on a very different July 4th (Original Post)
brooklynite
Jul 2020
OP
Wellstone ruled
(34,661 posts)1. Full on Racist Campaign now in full swing.
Tomorrow's so called Talk Shows will be the kick off. Noticed yesterday,it was Navarro who Filibustered Ali Velsehi for the best part of fifteen minutes.
Everything around Trump is staged,rehearsed,or scripted with all the players doing their stand up parts. High School Drama Class.
crickets
(25,962 posts)2. I had to double check to see that this is from CNN. Well, good for them.
Finally pulling no punches at all--it's amazing how the clarity of the message changes when all of the both-siderism and wishy-washy language is dispensed with. It was worth it to click over and read the whole thing. 👍
Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
(107,920 posts)3. That's all he knows