Democrats Propose Abraham Lincoln Statue Removal
Democrat and Confederate President Jefferson may have been unable to expel President Abraham Lincoln from the capitol, but Democrat delegate Eleanor Norton (D-D.C.) might.
https://www.zerohedge.com/political/democrats-propose-abraham-lincoln-statue-removal
Norton, Washington D.C.’s non-voting Congressional representative, reintroduced legislation to remove a statue of Lincoln with a kneeling freed slave.
The statue has stood in Lincoln Park near the Capitol since 1876. It depicts a slave, shirtless and shackles broken, about to stand up. Lincoln stretches out his hand over the man.
Freed slaves paid for its creation. But according to Norton’s press release, that’s not enough.
“The paternalistic statue depicting a Black man on his knees in front of President Lincoln fails to recognize African Americans’ agency in pressing for their own emancipation,” the delegate’s press release reads.
Norton’s bill would have the statue removed from Lincoln Park and placed in a museum “with an explanation of its origin and meaning.”
She also noted that the freed slaves who paid for the statue didn’t get input in its design.
Somebody tell this slimey lowlife Democrat to go take a hike.
Democrat and Confederate President Jefferson may have been unable to expel President Abraham Lincoln from the capitol, but Democrat delegate Eleanor Norton (D-D.C.) might.
https://www.zerohedge.com/political/democrats-propose-abraham-lincoln-statue-removal
Norton, Washington D.C.’s non-voting Congressional representative, reintroduced legislation to remove a statue of Lincoln with a kneeling freed slave.
The statue has stood in Lincoln Park near the Capitol since 1876. It depicts a slave, shirtless and shackles broken, about to stand up. Lincoln stretches out his hand over the man.
Freed slaves paid for its creation. But according to Norton’s press release, that’s not enough.
“The paternalistic statue depicting a Black man on his knees in front of President Lincoln fails to recognize African Americans’ agency in pressing for their own emancipation,” the delegate’s press release reads.
Norton’s bill would have the statue removed from Lincoln Park and placed in a museum “with an explanation of its origin and meaning.”
She also noted that the freed slaves who paid for the statue didn’t get input in its design.
Somebody tell this slimey lowlife Democrat to go take a hike.