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  1. ABM

    ABM Happily Married In Music City, USA!

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    Donna Brazile's spouse wants to “remove, relocate or contextualize” the Jefferson Memorial and the Washington Monument. Interesting as Donna has been somewhat of a Republican apologist these days and a regular contributor on Fox News.
     
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  3. ABM

    ABM Happily Married In Music City, USA!

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    Nah, there's always a charge in here.
     
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    This post has it all, blacks, lesbians, gay marriage, Seth Rich, conspiracy theories.

    Amazing!
     
  6. ABM

    ABM Happily Married In Music City, USA!

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    It pains me greatly to know that someone would even suggest moving or eliminating the Washington Monument.
     
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    And what does she being a lesbian, married, who her spouse is, Utah national guard, and Seth Rich have to do with that discussion?

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    The story about the monuments came out Sept. 1st and you introduce tweets from June 4th why exactly except to make her look icky or bad?
     
  8. ABM

    ABM Happily Married In Music City, USA!

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    Nah, the connection was made more about Brazile being a consistent contributor on Fox News, and in many cases presenting herself as a Conservative apologist.

    Sorry I didn't make that connection relevant enough for you or others.

    Meanwhile, Bowser is making attempts to unravel some of our great history. Now THAT's icky!
     
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    Who wants to take down the Washington Monument? Is this true or fake news?
     
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    I'm still not getting the relevance of who the DC mayor is married to or the place of employment of her spouse.
     
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    It's almost akin to George Conway (Lincoln Project) being married to Kellyanne Conway (former Trump staff)

    OK, not THAT akin. ;)
     
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    Here is a news story on it.

    White House slams DC committee's 'ludicrous' suggestion that the Washington Monument and Jefferson Memorial should be 'removed or relocated' because they are 'inconsistent with the city's values'
    • On Monday a Washington DC committee published the results a review into the capital's monuments and statues
    • The committee had been asked in July to evaluate 1,330 named places
    • Among the sites were schools, residential housing, streets, and monuments
    • Of those, 153 were named after 'persons of concern'
    • They included Washington Monument, Jefferson Memorial and Jackson statue
    • Nine such sites were listed with the category 'remove, relocate or contextualize'
    • The mayor has said she will look at the recommendations
    • White House press secretary said the suggestions were 'ludicrous'
    • Kayleigh McEnany said Mayor Bowser 'ought to be ashamed'
    The mayor of Washington DC has been slammed by the White House after a committee she founded to review the city's monuments and statues recommended the Washington Monument and Jefferson Memorial be 'removed, relocated or contextualized'.

    Mayor Muriel Bowser formed DCFACES in July, amid a nationwide discussion about how America's history should be represented, and who should be commemorated.

    She said their job was 'evaluating public spaces to ensure the namesake's legacy is consistent with DC values'

    On Monday the 34 members of the working group delivered their report, which will now be reviewed and potentially implemented by the mayor.

    They found nine statues and monuments that they listed for 'remove, relocate or contextualize'.

    Among them was the Washington Monument, Jefferson Memorial and statue of Andrew Jackson.

    The committee said it took into account five factors when making a decision whether something should be renamed or taken down: did the honoree participate in slavery, was the honoree involved in systematic racism, did the person support oppression, was the person involved in a supremacist agenda, and did the honoree violate the city's human rights law.

    Critics of the Democrat mayor leapt on the idea that the world-renowned landmarks could be removed or relocated.

    White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany immediately dismissed their 'ludicrous' findings.

    'By publishing a plan that recommends potentially removing the Washington Monument, Christopher Columbus Statue, Andrew Jackson Statue, and Jefferson Memorial - among many other ludicrous recommendations - the radically liberal mayor of Washington, D.C., is repeating the same left-wing narrative used to incite dangerous riots: demolishing our history and destroying our great heritage,' she said.

    'Our Nation's capital is rightly filled with countless markers, memorials, and statues to honor and respect the men and women who built this country.

    'President Donald J. Trump believes these places should be preserved, not torn down; respected, not hated; and passed on for generations to come.'

    She said that Trump would ensure 'the mayor's irresponsible recommendations will go absolutely nowhere'.

    'She ought to be ashamed for even suggesting them for consideration,' McEnany said.

    'Not on my watch. Never going to happen,' tweeted David Bernhardt, Secretary of the Interior.

    Alyssa Farah, White House communications director, tweeted: 'I'm not even sure what relocating the Washington Monument would entail.'

    And DC political hopeful Will Mascaro, in the running to be an Advisory Neighborhood Commissioner, said he celebrated the idea of commemorating a wider variety of people, but was strongly against the removal of the existing nine statues and memorials.

    'Also, where does the Working Group recommend we RELOCATE 81,000 ton Washington Monument to, exactly???' he said.

    'I can't believe my tax dollars have been spent commissioning this report.'

    In making their decisions, the committee was asked to evaluate 1,330 named places - schools, residential housing, streets, neighborhoods, parks, recreation centers, libraries and monuments.

    Of those, 153 were named after 'persons of concern'.

    Some of the group´s recommendations were widely expected; for example, Woodrow Wilson High School has been a prime candidate for a name change for years due to Wilson´s open public support for segregation.

    The report doesn't go into detail about how 're-contextualizing' would work, but there have been recent recommendations that plaques be added to the monuments to Jefferson and Washington, explaining that their namesakes were longtime slave-owners.

    Bowser, in a Tuesday tweet, said she looked forward to reviewing the recommendations from the task force, which she had tasked with 'evaluating public spaces to ensure the namesake´s legacy is consistent with #DCValues.'

    Bowser has very little power to control what happens on federal land. She and the D.C. Council fought for years to have a statue of former Confederate general Albert Pike removed; they were unsuccessful because the statue sits on federal land.

    In June, hundreds of protesters toppled the Pike statue while officers from the Metropolitan Police Department looked on and kept their distance.

    Demands for a reassessment of DC's monuments and statues have been growing, and have sharply divided people.

    https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/ar...onument-removed-relocated-contextualized.html
     
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    DC monuments listed for 'remove, relocate or contextualize'
    The DCFACES committee listed nine federal monuments in Washington DC that needed to be looked at:

    • Christopher Columbus Fountain
    • Benjamin Franklin Statue
    • Andrew Jackson Statue
    • Thomas Jefferson Memorial
    • George Mason Memorial
    • Francis Griffith Newlands Memorial Fountain
    • Albert Pike Statue
    • Washington Monument
    • George Washington Statue
     
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    This whole thing is getting carried away. Ive been a democrat more years years than any other party. I left the dem party for a while and registered as a republican for a few years than left them and have an independent for a number of years. If there was a party that I thought I would rejoin it may have been the democratic party, but if they continue to go to radically left,I dont think so. Ill stay independent, but will still vote for Joe unless I hear pander to those that want t tear down the Washington/Jefferson/Franklin monuments. I then know he has sold his soul! In all the years he's been in Washington Ive never heard him talk about such an act and dont expect him to now.
     
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    I'm not sure that helps since both Conway's operate independent of each other. George's activities with the Lincoln Project clearly haven't influenced KellyAnne's service to the president.
     
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    It's okay to have these discussions. Adding some context, which is one of the recommendations by a committee, isn't a bad thing. While I'm not in favor of tearing down or moving these monuments I have no problem presenting or acknowledging the complex history of these men.
     
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    That's cool, sure reviewing all historical stuff is fine, but to do it politically with the bottom line intent wipe it out I don't agree with.
     
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    I don't either but if this gets steam and the radical left promote this heavily it could hurt Joe in November. Why even include the Washington, Jefferson, Franklin monuments unless its to be provocatively stirring the pot. At least wait till election is over.
     
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    I never considered starting threads about things I don't know.....I could fill this place up before breakfast with questions about car repair...computer tech...the Russian Alphabet...the names of every variety of fruit fly...wow...I'll get started soon
     
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