Trump signs executive order to protect monuments

[groundloop]

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]

1. Meaningless grandstanding

This idiot has no idea how democracy works. It ain't by edict.

[louzke9]

11. Not MEANINGLESS.....

It means Trump cares more about protecting monuments than protecting people. Its so blatantly obvious its OUTRAGEOUS!

[louzke9]

12. Most Federal Monuments are....

monuments acknowledging events and people around wars we've been involved with. Like the "Wall" and the "Tomb of the Unknown Soldier"!

[pnwmom]

27. But Trump is focused on saving monuments to the Confederacy or to supporters of slavery.

Most of the monuments that have been attacked fall in that category.

[madaboutharry]

2. A real president, a real leader would have spoken to the nation

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]

8. EXACTLY !!!!!!!!

tRump only cares about two things - looking good for the camera and enriching himself.

[bucolic_frolic]

3. Hitleresque /nt

[greymattermom]

4. Protect monuments the same way we protect ourselves.

Put masks on them.

[soothsayer]

5. Hoods maybe

[forgotmylogin]

20. Because statues are the real victims. n/t

[raging moderate]

6. Does this order include the monuments he is destroying?

What about the Bear Ears monument? Surely Donald Trump wants to protect that monument, too, right?

[flying_wahini]

7. A real President would protect WE the People and our constitution, too.

[ProudMNDemocrat]

9. STRONG, POWERFUL, GREAT are the only adjectives Trump knows...

Notice the pattern? Trump thinks he is those words he uses.

[FM123]

10. He cares more about protecting American monuments than about protecting American lives.

[SamKnause]

13. Can you and your administration be prosecuted for all the monuments that you have destroyed ?

Fuck off and die.

[NYC Liberal]

14. What's the punishment for destroying the Constitution?

[paleotn]

16. I know what it should be.

[SamKnause]

17. Republicans seem to destroy everything and never face punishment.

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]

15. Unenforceable....

Typical Donnie Two Hands bullshit. He may believe it, but then again he's a fucking moron.

[usaf-vet]

18. YET he does nothing here!

Russia Secretly Offered Afghan Militants Bounties to Kill U.S. Troops, Intelligence Says... Potus did 0 nothing that is Treason
Russia Secretly Offered Afghan Militants Bounties to Kill U.S. Troops, Intelligence Says... Potus did 0 nothing that is Treason
Russia Secretly Offered Afghan Militants Bounties to Kill U.S. Troops, Intelligence Says... Potus did 0 nothing that is Treason
Russia Secretly Offered Afghan Militants Bounties to Kill U.S. Troops, Intelligence Says... Potus did 0 nothing that is Treason
Russia Secretly Offered Afghan Militants Bounties to Kill U.S. Troops, Intelligence Says... Potus did 0 nothing that is Treason
Russia Secretly Offered Afghan Militants Bounties to Kill U.S. Troops, Intelligence Says... Potus did 0 nothing that is Treason
Russia Secretly Offered Afghan Militants Bounties to Kill U.S. Troops, Intelligence Says... Potus did 0 nothing that is Treason
Russia Secretly Offered Afghan Militants Bounties to Kill U.S. Troops, Intelligence Says... Potus did 0 nothing that is Treason
Russia Secretly Offered Afghan Militants Bounties to Kill U.S. Troops, Intelligence Says... Potus did 0 nothing that is Treason
Russia Secretly Offered Afghan Militants Bounties to Kill U.S. Troops, Intelligence Says... Potus did 0 nothing that is Treason
Russia Secretly Offered Afghan Militants Bounties to Kill U.S. Troops, Intelligence Says... Potus did 0 nothing that is Treason
Russia Secretly Offered Afghan Militants Bounties to Kill U.S. Troops, Intelligence Says... Potus did 0 nothing that is Treason
Russia Secretly Offered Afghan Militants Bounties to Kill U.S. Troops, Intelligence Says... Potus did 0 nothing that is Treason
Russia Secretly Offered Afghan Militants Bounties to Kill U.S. Troops, Intelligence Says... Potus did 0 nothing that is Treason
Russia Secretly Offered Afghan Militants Bounties to Kill U.S. Troops, Intelligence Says... Potus did 0 nothing that is Treason

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]

19. Great, he protects confederate monuments but not our troops in Afghanistan!

Our pResident at work -

[cstanleytech]

21. Trying to punish states like this is sure to get that order thrown out.

[marie999]

22. There already federal laws that protect certain federal monuments.

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]

23. You'd think someone would explain to him how the 3 branches of government work by now

[jalan48]

24. He's hoping Law and Order can re-elect him like it did Nixon.

[keithbvadu2]

25. Repubs whined that Obama was legislating by EO. They've gotten over that.

Repubs whined that Obama was legislating by EO.

They've gotten over that.

[dalton99a]

26. Meanwhile

[tclambert]

28. Whenever he calls something "strong" or "powerful" that means it's weak.

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]

29. I want the GOP to erect a really tall statue of Fat Donnie

so we can pull it down.