Protesters have been in DC tonight trying to rile people up to tear down a statue of Abraham Lincoln freeing the slaves. We saw this already in Boston where a duplicate of the statue stands.
🚨TEAR DOWN PRESIDENT LINCOLN STATUE IN WASHINGTON DC 🚨
Hundreds of (mostly white) protesters have shown up.
Why? Because this statue honoring the signing of the emancipation proclamation is “racist.”
Where did the statue come from? It was paid for and erected by freed slaves. pic.twitter.com/SL1OA8IaMY— Benny (@bennyjohnson) June 23, 2020
Exactly. As the sign says on the front of the statue, it was paid for by emancipated citizens of the United States:
Would you like to know the actual history of the statue?
Paid for in full by emancipated American citizens: pic.twitter.com/lzWkuRkVec
— Benny (@bennyjohnson) June 24, 2020
ORGANIZER OF THE TEAR DOWN LINCOLN STATUE: “Lincoln did not want to free the slaves. He freed the slaves for political advancement. Not because he wanted to. We freed ourselves…”
Lincoln was assassinated for freeing the slaves and securing total victory over the Confederates. pic.twitter.com/8jf8uT0sck
— Benny (@bennyjohnson) June 24, 2020
TEAR DOWN EMANCIPATION STATUE ORGANIZER: “No one here created this but you do have a choice and an opportunity to destroy it.”
Doesn’t this apply to literally anything in society? pic.twitter.com/XArJzaBSIb
— Benny (@bennyjohnson) June 24, 2020
Benny reports there was a black female pastor trying to talk some sense into these people:
Black female pastor is very upset at organizers of the tear down Lincoln movement.
Is very upset at the organizers for judging people by their skin color — says this statue tear down movement is not helping.
White libs in the audience hiss and sneer at her as she walks away. pic.twitter.com/5AfRf5hach
— Benny (@bennyjohnson) June 24, 2020
I imagine that Lincoln is rolling over in his grave about now, wondering what the heck happened that could make black and white young people hate him so much…
UPDATE: The date they are going to tear it down is 7PM on Thursday…
Protester at Emancipation Monument claims that they will be tearing down the monument Thursday at 7 PM.
Also calls for them to show up at Senator Mitch McConnell’s home. pic.twitter.com/LJ8e2f5KRG
— Richie🎥McG🍿 (@RichieMcGinniss) June 23, 2020