Showing posts with label Statues of American historical figures. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Statues of American historical figures. Show all posts

Saturday, June 27, 2020

Trump Denounces Wave of Statue Toppling

 People stand around and take pictures with the statue of Confederate general Albert Pike after it was toppled by protesters at Judiciary square in Washington on late June 19, 2020. (ERIC BARADAT/AFP via Getty Images)
 People stand around and take pictures with the statue of Confederate general Albert Pike after it was toppled by protesters at Judiciary square in Washington on late June 19, 2020. (ERIC BARADAT/AFP via Getty Images)
Trump Denounces Wave of Statue Toppling
 Statues of American historical figures including two of its Founding Fathers, George Washington, and Thomas Jefferson, are being forcefully toppled across the country—a recent escalation President Donald Trump has explicitly denounced. 
Though it’s unclear who exactly is behind each monument’s desecration, Attorney General William Barr said recently that the Department of Justice has evidence that Antifa and other similar groups have “hijacked” initially peaceful protests triggered recently by the death of George Floyd.