The move, seen by many as a racial justice measure, faces solid opposition in the Senate, but backers hail the vote as a major milestone.
Protesters on Monday night attempted to drag the Jackson statue down with ropes and chains. Police repelled the protesters and sealed off Lafayette Park, which had been reopened to the public for more than a week after protests against the police killing of George Floyd in Minnesota. On Tuesday, police cleared out the entire area around the corner of 16th and H streets — and pushed demonstrators away from the intersection, which the city had recently renamed Black Lives Matter Plaza.
Demonstrators have grown increasingly emboldened about targeting statues deemed offensive or inappropriate. On June 19, or Juneteenth, the day marking the end of slavery in the United States, cheering crowds. The statue stood on federal land and had withstood previous attempts by the Washington, D.C., government to remove it. According to participants, police officers were on the scene but did not attempt to interfere.
The targeting of the statues has become a rallying cry for Trump and other conservatives. Immediately after the Pike statue was toppled and set ablaze, Trump called the incident a “disgrace to our Country!” on Twitter. On Tuesday he tweeted, “I have authorized the Federal Government to arrest anyone who vandalizes or destroys any monument, statue or other such Federal property in the U.S. with up to 10 years in prison, per the Veteran’s Memorial Preservation Act, or such other laws that may be pertinent.”
People of color on changing history is sad...just like how they became slaves in the first place..there own people captured the weak an sold into slavery...America under British rule bought slaves cant change nor rewrite history....accept the truth
Trump didn’t protect living people during the pandemic, but he intends to protect stone racist statues. Is he an idiot? Sorry, this is not a question.
Versus what? A “weak” order?
American citizens destroying America - how patriotic.
Good. Enough with these loser vandals
Yeah, but he hasn't signed a damn thing to protect PEOPLE, US citizens, from killer cops, which is the decent and right thing to do.
Oh .. was it written on concrete?
It’s time for America to build statues of true American heroes — let’s start with Eva Mozes Kor. Please sign and share!
Sure Dotard, protect the statues of Confederate slave owners who fought the Union to uphold reigns of enslavement. 600K Americans died for the inhumane cause of South. Many of these statues were erected long after they lost to the North as a lingering shadow of intolerance.
What about the living ?
Who taught this clown the english language?
Statues american lives
His priorities scream out what sick, twisted, hateful man he is.
Replace toppled confederate statues with ones of my father, says Trump Jr.
Monuments are the soul and identity of a nation, if you erase history we are doomed to repeat it, we must learn from it and move foward
Until they find oil in them.
But nothing to protect the people!?
So these statues and monuments will vote for him.
Was it very strong or very, very strong?
Oh. Whoopie.
Fighting for those Boogie Boys, “okie doke!”
A strong order lol. His lack of vocabulary never fails.
If you believe in signs. . . Only one letter distinguishes the words Glory and Gory.
ARE WE REALLY TALKING ABOUT STATUES 🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯
He doesn't protect the people of the United States, but statues of them are good.
How much strength does a weak man have?
Donald Trump used the word STRONG ? Well THAT's a first.
America has a problem with priorities.
Protecting statues that represent oppression, what a great order. Now, when’s that idiot going to protect the living? There’s still a virus, children in cages, cops killing POC, etc. etc. etc.
Awesome. Could he protect our troops as well as he protects statues 😡
we need to take them all down! especially the pyramids. Them bastards started all of this
Strong order, lol. I think they mean he has a strong odour.
However, he allows our military to be ransomed to terrorists because he prefers inanimate objects to human beings.
Who gives a fuck
Good!!!!
Trump can't even build a wall.
Bigly strong
Tremendous. You’ve never seen an order like this. A lot of people are talking about it.
The strongest most beautiful order.
OK Donnie boy, how do you differentiate “orders” from weak to STRONG!
He just be saying stuff. We gon silly string dat confederate booty
Someone needs to. They are art pieces and they only way they come down is through a peaceful process like anything else. Why they defaced the monument in Boston Commons for the first all-black Union regiment is beyond me. Education sucks in this country.
Finally!
Better strengthen that fence.
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