The President did everything he could today to defend and deflect criticism from the Alt-right white supremacist movement. It's a disgrace.
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He drew a parallel between Lee and George Washington, suggesting that removing the former's statues could lead to the same for the latter.
The Founders were imperfect in their fight for equality, but they advanced its cause tremendously and set our nation on course for more.
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When Trump equates Robert E. Lee to the Founders, his purpose is to confuse our historic and ongoing advancement of liberty and equality.
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The Founding Fathers aren't paragons of racial equality. EVERYONE needs to stop conflating unrelated issues and speaking in hyperbole.
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He chose the only Founder that actually freed his slaves. Back to the history books speechwriters.
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There were no speechwriters there. That was all delusional, demented Trump right there.
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The founding fathers UNITED us, the Confederates divided us. Big difference.
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I like that take. They advanced the cause (many many giant steps, but not to the top... Closer now, but still not there).
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Evan is spot on here. The preamble to the U.S. Constitution is clear: They were moving us TOWARDS "a more perfect Union."pic.twitter.com/L9s9ANEJTY
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Washington was the father of our nation. Robert E Lee tried to destroy it. A POTUS should know the difference between a hero and a traitor.
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He just replace the dog-whistle with a bullhorn.
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