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    POLITICO‏Verified account @politico Apr 26

    Trump defended his response to the violence in Charlottesville in 2017 when he said there were “very fine people on both sides.” He said the was talking about people who “felt very strongly about the monument to Robert E. Lee. A great general, whether you like it or not.”pic.twitter.com/fulPWpY4zC

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      1. POLITICO‏Verified account @politico Apr 26

        “If you look at what I said you will see that that question was answered perfectly,” Trump said of his Charlottesville responsehttps://politi.co/2ZBv5OI 

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      2. Gerald Weaver‏ @Gerald_Weaver_ Apr 26
        Replying to @politico

        Yeah! They felt so "strongly" about Robert E. Lee, that they chanted anti-Semitic and racist hate speech. You are so wrong @realDonaldTrump because . . . Go fuck yourself, #DerangedDonald.pic.twitter.com/R2WOs8QIEQ

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        33 replies . 67 retweets 357 likes
      3. Tim Morris‏ @DodgerCentral Apr 26
        Replying to @Gerald_Weaver_ @politico @realDonaldTrump

        Actually...he's 100% correct just not in the context he's using it

        3 replies . 0 retweets 8 likes
      4. Gerald Weaver‏ @Gerald_Weaver_ Apr 26
        Replying to @DodgerCentral @politico @realDonaldTrump

        A soldier in Lee's army was more likely to die than one in Grant's. Lee fought from strong defensive positions on territory he knew well. His one offensive thrust, into Pennsylvania, was an utter failure. Grant outsmarted him at Richmond/Petersburg. Lee's sheen is a racist myth.

        6 replies . 5 retweets 85 likes
      5. Jeffrey A Henning  📖 ☕ 🏒 🇺🇸‏ @jeffreyhenning Apr 26
        Replying to @Gerald_Weaver_ @DodgerCentral and

        Lee was a great taction against all except attrition. Lee made one blunder... Gettysburg. Him being a traitor and racist doesn't change his military prowess. With less men and equipment he carried the first 2 1/2 years of the war. Lincoln did asked him to lead the Union army.

        4 replies . 0 retweets 8 likes
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      2. Cheryl Szpaichler‏ @roadrunner4952 Apr 26
        Replying to @politico

        Robert E Lee was a traitor not a hero and it’s high time we correct that perception.

        44 replies . 48 retweets 615 likes
      3. Alexandrea62102‏ @alexandrea62103 Apr 26
        Replying to @roadrunner4952

        pic.twitter.com/tWZrpcGtez

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      2. Brandon No-Giveaways Goodell‏ @BGGoodell Apr 26
        Replying to @politico

        A general who got thousands of his own troops killed in a treasonous and unwinnable insurrection, which he lost... to signal his virtues that subjugating people based on skin color is okey dokey. Right.

        9 replies . 28 retweets 385 likes
      3. David Streever‏ @StreeverWrites Apr 26
        Replying to @BGGoodell @politico

        And I can never forget-a general who personally beat people fleeing slavery after volunteering to hunt them down

        1 reply . 5 retweets 11 likes
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      2. Catt Fighting Fascism‏ @tabitha_catt Apr 26
        Replying to @politico

        I’m pretty sure Trump has ZERO actual knowledge about Robert E Lee. In fact, it’s likely he thinks Robert E Lee is a Republican currently campaigning for the next mayoral election.

        14 replies . 7 retweets 159 likes
      3. Ben‏ @benhockey Apr 26
        Replying to @tabitha_catt @politico

        I think he thinks Robert E Lee is the founder of Lee's Chicken!pic.twitter.com/ahnuVRrSAZ

        3 replies . 0 retweets 34 likes
      4. Evan Buliung‏ @EvanBuliung Apr 26
        Replying to @benhockey @tabitha_catt @politico

        I think he’s thinking of the duke boyspic.twitter.com/hWPi8TFTaQ

        0 replies . 0 retweets 12 likes
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      2. Sophie Jane JRT‏ @JTRhuntress Apr 26
        Replying to @politico

        U. S. Army Colonel Robert E. Lee was never a general. Though Colonel IS quite an impressive rank and should still be commended, maybe history books should be written to clarify his highest official rank in the Army of the UNTIED STATES.

        3 replies . 7 retweets 74 likes
      3. Chris Teeter‏ @chris_teeter Apr 26
        Replying to @JTRhuntress @politico

        Silly...He meant this General Lee.pic.twitter.com/GVaFS7GwcK

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      2. Brig. Gen. Raisin‏ @JBeezee73 Apr 26
        Replying to @politico

        Rommel, Guderian, and Yamamoto were also great military leaders. Like Lee, they were also enemies of the United States. Difference is, Rommel, Guderian and Yamamoto were fighting for their countries. Lee was a traitor to his.

        33 replies . 43 retweets 495 likes
      3. Anne Frank‏ @ann_7rank Apr 26
        Replying to @JBeezee73 @politico

        Rommel was fighting for Nazism?

        2 replies . 0 retweets 16 likes
      4. #Impeach45 🍑 Vulcan 🖖Writer ✒Mom 💁‏ @EvaChanda Apr 26
        Replying to @ann_7rank @JBeezee73 @politico

        True. He admired Hitler for making Germany strong again, used Jewish slave labor in North Africa, yet never joined the Nazi Party, disobeyed direct orders from Hitler & eventually turned against him. He was forced to commit suicide due to role in plot to kill Hitler.pic.twitter.com/yIj0MajLFG

        3 replies . 0 retweets 23 likes
      5. jason Leathers‏ @eye4msu Apr 26
        Replying to @EvaChanda @ann_7rank and

        yup. i read somewhere where he was quoted as hoping hitler got killed, and that he ONLY fought to protect germany..not that it makes him any better, but it was true for a lot of ppl we fought against,and for. always context to these things

        1 reply . 0 retweets 6 likes
      6. Anne Frank‏ @ann_7rank Apr 26
        Replying to @eye4msu @EvaChanda and

        Yes apologies, it was my mistake. Thank you for correcting mepic.twitter.com/VzsvIQvU0n

        1 reply . 0 retweets 7 likes
      7. DistractinglyGeeky‏ @DistractingGeek Apr 26
        Replying to @ann_7rank @eye4msu and

        Historians now agree that Rommel didn't have a role in the plot. His widow provided 1,950 notes from Rommel: Rommel sympath. with resist., but didn't take an active role. Hist. Reuth concl. plot group didn't win Rommel's supp., Fraser+Reuth concl. that he didn't know plot plans.

        1 reply . 0 retweets 1 like
      8. DistractinglyGeeky‏ @DistractingGeek Apr 26
        Replying to @DistractingGeek @ann_7rank and

        In 2010, Germ. historian Neitzel supported Maurice Remy's theory, that von Hofacker, the officer in charge of the sub-plot in Paris (to arrest all SS, NSDAP + Gestapo pers. in Paris), who visited Rommel b4 the plot was carried out, may have informed Rommel. Still, no active role.

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      9. #Impeach45 🍑 Vulcan 🖖Writer ✒Mom 💁‏ @EvaChanda 21h21 hours ago
        Replying to @DistractingGeek @ann_7rank and

        He probably knew about it, but was too sick (& injured when his car was hit by shell). Apparently he still insisted he loved Hitler even as he "chose" suicide, mainly to spare his family & reputation from a messy trial. So yeah, not a Resistance hero.

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