Capitol Hill
displays 100 luminaries in Statuary Hall: two donated from every
state in the nation. Per The Washington Times, more than 25 of these
silent sentinels—Confederate politicians and/or soldiers; others
merely slaveholders or segregationists—from a bygone era have come
under public assault by polarizing progressives. Notably, House
Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) recently said:
“There
is no room for celebrating the violent bigotry of the men of the
Confederacy in the hallowed halls of the United States Capitol or in
places of honor across the country.”
Recall, Ms. Pelosi is a 30-year veteran
of the House of Representatives. Has she forgotten she was in charge
of that institution not so long ago? As the 52nd Speaker of the
House, why didn't she have the “offensive” Confederate figures
populating her workplace removed? Wasn't four years—from January
4, 2007 to January 3, 2011—enough time to purge the chamber of her
“undesirables”?
Correspondingly, Democrats had total
control of the U.S. Senate for four months. A 60-member filibuster
proof majority from September 24, 2009 until February 4, 2010. For
context, in that small window there was ample time for them to pass
Obamacare. Yet, on this matter, why were Democrats as mute and
inactive then as the statues they now so vehemently object to?
A shame unmentioned by anyone—but
known by everyone—is an open historical secret. Ms. Pelosi's
violent bigots were her own political forebearers: antebellum
Democrats. If those disreputable Southerners were not pro-slavery,
why did they start the Civil War? Did they not also create the Ku
Klux Klan to resist liberating Republicans, and intimidate their
supporters? Furthermore, weren't chastened Democrats still managing
things on the ground after the Reconstruction in 1877? Did they not
establish segregationist Jim Crow laws (as antithetical to
Republicans as slavery) that finally went out of favor at the
beginning of the civil rights movement of 1950?
Certainly a cruel record they would
like the informed to forget. Fortunately, conservatives—aptly
represented by the GOP's symbol of the elephant—have long memories.
What's understood is that liberals, regardless of the passage of
time, have always been rabble-rousing troublemakers. Specifically,
as they evaluate every circumstance through the superficial prism of
race—aren't they as identity obsessed, and polarizing, as their
political ancestors?
Each generation presents a clear and
unmistakable threat to traditional American values. Therefore, in
function, obstructionist Democrats (read: anti-Trump proponents) are
simply the latest version of anti-Union Confederates. As an example,
wasn't West Virginia Sen. Robert C. Byrd—known as the “Exalted
Cyclops” of the KKK—also a lifelong Democrat? In that regard,
it's interesting to note that Ms. Pelosi worked side by side with
this former Klansman for 23 years. Thus, for decades, she was
apparently untroubled by Mr. Byrd's outspoken embodiment of racial
prejudice. Why then should inanimate Confederate statues now provoke
discomfort for her?
What hasn't bothered her in more than a
quarter of a century suddenly does so on August 17, 2017 when she
proclaimed:
“The Confederate statues in the halls
of Congress have always been reprehensible. If Republicans are
serious about rejecting white supremacy, I call upon Speaker Ryan to
join Democrats to remove the Confederate statues from the Capitol
immediately.”
So, solely on her say-so—via
Democratic voodoo (one imagines some magical form of osmosis she has
been immune to during her lengthy Congressional career)—Republicans
have secretly been infected by pro-KKK attitudes? Specifically,
Republicans should be condemned for not doing what she never has—and
brought up for the first time last week? This Democratic leader has
certainly mastered the art of hypocrisy!
In truth, her ridiculous assertion
contradicts the GOP's founding principle of abolitionism! From its
inception in 1854, Republicans have repeatedly championed equal
rights for all. Thus, only dupes would heed this Johnny-come-lately
to anti-Confederacy sentiment. Likewise, Ms. Pelosi's hollow claim
to value honor is yet another polarizing stunt. It's neither
Republicans nor Confederate statues that's contemptible here!
In light of all their dreadful history,
it's easy to see why progressives will never acknowledge these facts.
As with their antecedents forming the KKK, today's Democrats
encourage their lawless followers to riot and terrorize. Once again,
Pelosi's fiery rhetoric—based upon utter falsehoods—foments
insurgency:
“I am deeply alarmed by the hateful
and dangerous nature of the event, its timing so soon after the
horrors in Charlottesville, and the serious questions over whether
the National Park Service is at all equipped to ensure public safety
during a white supremacist rally.”
Pelosi's “dangerous” assembly is a
multicultural free speech rally by Patriot Prayer next Saturday at
San Francisco's Crissy Field. Since when is a gathering to express
mainstream American tolerance something “hateful”?
In any case, what Democrats care about
here is cleansing the American landscape of physical mementos of
their vile political past. Hence, their Confederate counterparts
must go. In practice, when that occurs, progressives ensure the
innocent right wing is blamed for it; as well as any associated
street violence (perpetrated by their fascist thugs).
With the abetting MSM media in tow,
Democrats' propaganda is constantly reinforced. Their message is
wrongly perceived by the low-information citizen as gospel. To
subsist, responsibility-phobic Democrats habitually scapegoat others
(read: “Trump Derangement Syndrome”). Thus, liberals' latest
fixation on imaginary Confederate ghosts is yet another
subject-changing distraction from their own leftist tyranny.
In the final analysis, how devious is
Nancy Pelosi's strategy: demonizing the defenseless dead while
simultaneously defaming the reputations of Republicans as de facto
21st century collaborators! Yet, her wickedly revisionist
narrative fails to hide the timeless cultural sins of her corrupt
political party.
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