06-24-2020, 11:54 AM
S.D. Governor Weighs in on
Idea of Blowing Up
Mount Rushmore
BY TYLER O'NEIL JUN 23, 2020 3:46 PM EST
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Mount Rushmore. George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt, and Abraham Lincoln. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)
As protests over the horrific police killing of George Floyd devolved
into the looting, vandalism, and arson across America that destroyed
black lives, black livelihoods, and black monuments, Cancel Culture
iconoclasts have vandalized and toppled statues of Confederate generals
and Union generals, Christopher Columbus, George Washington,
and Thomas Jefferson. They even vandalized statues of Mahatma Gandhi
and the first black Union volunteers. This raises the question of whether
or not the rioters will target one of America’s most iconic
monuments — Mount Rushmore.
“So, when is our woke historical revisionist priesthood going to insist on
blowing up Mount Rushmore?” best-selling author Ben Shapiro
mused on Twitter.
Gov. Kristi Noem (R-S.D.) powerfully shot down the idea.
“Not on my watch,” she tweeted.
Mount Rushmore boasts the faces of Presidents George Washington,
Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt, and Abraham Lincoln.
Each of these men embodied American heroism and self-sacrifice
in various ways, although each of them also had their faults.
Rioters and their allies have vandalized memorials to each of these
presidents, scrawling “Y’all not tired yet” on the plinth at the
Lincoln Memorial, removing a statue of Theodore Roosevelt from
a New York City museum, and rioters in Portland, Ore.,
toppled statues of Washington and Jefferson.
When the rioters toppled the Washington statue, they
spray-painted “1619” on it, echoing The New York Times‘s
“1619 Project,” which aims to redefine American history by making
the arrival of the first slaves in 1619 the focal point, rather than
the Declaration of Independence in 1776. The 1619 Project
justifies scrapping the entire American project — which has
bolstered freedom and prosperity across the globe — in the
name of racial justice.
As the vandalism of the 54th Massachusetts Regiment of black slaves
demonstrates, however, this anti-American mob will not only target
white people or white monuments.
President Donald Trump has announced he would lay down the law
to stop the vandals and statue-topplers, and it appears Kristi Noem
has a similar fortitude on this issue. As Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.)
warned, “We cannot tolerate mob rule and we cannot allow it
to go unpunished.”
The iconic busts of Mount Rushmore are not going anywhere anytime
soon, and Trump announced that the federal government will prosecute
those who have crossed state lines to topple statues or those who
have vandalized monuments owned and operated by the
federal government.
Mount Rushmore is a national treasure, and Kristi Noem deserves
credit for standing up for this iconic monument.
Idea of Blowing Up
Mount Rushmore
BY TYLER O'NEIL JUN 23, 2020 3:46 PM EST
Mount Rushmore. George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt, and Abraham Lincoln. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)
As protests over the horrific police killing of George Floyd devolved
into the looting, vandalism, and arson across America that destroyed
black lives, black livelihoods, and black monuments, Cancel Culture
iconoclasts have vandalized and toppled statues of Confederate generals
and Union generals, Christopher Columbus, George Washington,
and Thomas Jefferson. They even vandalized statues of Mahatma Gandhi
and the first black Union volunteers. This raises the question of whether
or not the rioters will target one of America’s most iconic
monuments — Mount Rushmore.
“So, when is our woke historical revisionist priesthood going to insist on
blowing up Mount Rushmore?” best-selling author Ben Shapiro
mused on Twitter.
Gov. Kristi Noem (R-S.D.) powerfully shot down the idea.
“Not on my watch,” she tweeted.
Mount Rushmore boasts the faces of Presidents George Washington,
Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt, and Abraham Lincoln.
Each of these men embodied American heroism and self-sacrifice
in various ways, although each of them also had their faults.
Rioters and their allies have vandalized memorials to each of these
presidents, scrawling “Y’all not tired yet” on the plinth at the
Lincoln Memorial, removing a statue of Theodore Roosevelt from
a New York City museum, and rioters in Portland, Ore.,
toppled statues of Washington and Jefferson.
When the rioters toppled the Washington statue, they
spray-painted “1619” on it, echoing The New York Times‘s
“1619 Project,” which aims to redefine American history by making
the arrival of the first slaves in 1619 the focal point, rather than
the Declaration of Independence in 1776. The 1619 Project
justifies scrapping the entire American project — which has
bolstered freedom and prosperity across the globe — in the
name of racial justice.
As the vandalism of the 54th Massachusetts Regiment of black slaves
demonstrates, however, this anti-American mob will not only target
white people or white monuments.
President Donald Trump has announced he would lay down the law
to stop the vandals and statue-topplers, and it appears Kristi Noem
has a similar fortitude on this issue. As Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.)
warned, “We cannot tolerate mob rule and we cannot allow it
to go unpunished.”
The iconic busts of Mount Rushmore are not going anywhere anytime
soon, and Trump announced that the federal government will prosecute
those who have crossed state lines to topple statues or those who
have vandalized monuments owned and operated by the
federal government.
Mount Rushmore is a national treasure, and Kristi Noem deserves
credit for standing up for this iconic monument.
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