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By John Wojcik and C.J. Atkins
WASHINGTON—Donald Trump said yesterday he would “not even consider” renaming Army installations that honor Confederate traitors who fought to protect an autocratic slave regime in the South that was based on white supremacy. Over 600,000 Americans perished in the Civil War, fighting to stop that dictatorship’s attempt to keep Black people in chains and destroy the United States.
Meanwhile, in the wake of Trump’s racist declarations on Twitter yesterday, Confederate monuments were falling all over the country—some at the hands of people demonstrating against racism in the wake of the murder of George Floyd and others at the instruction of local government officials.
The statue of Confederate President Jefferson Davis was hauled down by protesters in Richmond, Va., the old capital of the slave South, within hours of Trump embracing the symbols of the Confederacy.
“Our history as the Greatest Nation in the World will not be tampered with. Respect our Military!” Trump declared, calling the bases named after notorious traitors, “part of a Great American Heritage.”
The president tweeted while Philonese Floyd, George Floyd’s brother, was ending his powerful testimony before Congress yesterday. He called upon lawmakers to...
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