The Democratic National Committee in a since-deleted tweet accused President Trump of “glorifying white supremacy” with his upcoming visit to Mount Rushmore to kick off Independence Day weekend.
“Trump has disrespected Native communities time and again,” The DNC’s official Twitter account tweeted Monday night before deleting it Tuesday morning. “He’s attempted to limit their voting rights and blocked critical pandemic relief. Now he’s holding a rally glorifying white supremacy at Mount Rushmore — a region once sacred to tribal communities.”
The DNC added a link to an article published by The Guardian last week that quotes Native American activists interviewed about the history of Mount Rushmore and called for the massive carving of the four presidents to be removed.
“Mount Rushmore is a symbol of white supremacy, of structural racism that’s still alive and well in society today,” Nick Tilsen, a member of the Oglala Lakota tribe and president of a local activist organization called NDN Collective told the Guardian. “It’s an injustice to actively steal Indigenous people’s land, then carve the white faces of the colonizers who committed genocide.”
Trump on Friday plans to hold an Independence Day rally that will include a display of fireworks at the iconic landmark national memorial that honors former Presidents George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt, and Abraham Lincoln. The four former Presidents faces are known as the “shrine to democracy” and were chose by the creators for their leadership during four phases of American development — Washington led the birth of the nation; Jefferson sparked its westward expansion; Lincoln preserved the union and emancipated slaves; Roosevelt championed industrial innovation.
The Trump campaign immediately seized on the DNC since-deleted tweet, tweeting that “Joe Biden’s Democrat Party says Mount Rushmore and 4th of July celebrations ‘glorify white supremacy.’”
“To stop this insanity, you have to vote on November 3rd,” the campaign tweeted.
South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem(R) said the July 3rd will be a “large event” where Trump will deliver remarks to a crowd capped at 7,500 people. It also will be the first fireworks display at the National monument since 2009 and will include fighter jets.
Many Native American activists and protesters are planning to protest the president’s visit.
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kotoc
July 1, 2020There isn’t anything Trump will EVER be able to do to please the Democrats. They will find fault, and dream up any kind of nastiness they can to degrade him, simply because he’s not a Democrat and he can’t be bought. Get this… quite a few years ago, someone asked Hillary what she thought about Donald Trump running for president, and her reply was that she would vote for him because he “couldn’t be bought.” Oh, how the tables turned on THAT one when SHE was running for the presidency.
As for Mt. Rushmore, it isn’t a symbol of White Supremacy. It was fashioned to honor the presidents who had the “testicular fortitude” to govern the American people with honor. Now, if BHO were to have visited the site, nobody would have thought anything was wrong… now, that’s hypocrisy.
Jacqueline
June 30, 2020this is just another step in their evil stunts to sway votes in their direction … they don’t care who they hurt in their race to win the presidency they are extremely evil in their endeavors….
Gidget
June 30, 2020This weekend is mine and my sons Birthday and Newsom is taking away both of our Milestone Birthdays, My son will be 25 yrs and I will be 60 yrs young and we had Big Plans that included the Family and now were probably going to have to Celebrate in the Future when Our Freedom is returned to Us. I Pray everyday that President Trump is Re-Elected in Nov 2020!
butch t
June 30, 2020What am I missing here, now Trump can’t even have fire works at Mt Rushmore because it’s considered white supermacy.Give me a break.