June, a day commemorating the end of American slavery. It’s a federal holiday In 2021, under then-President Joe Biden. Before that, the holidays were unofficial. Celebrated Around the country as a way to celebrate liberation from what is commonly referred to as “original sin” in America.
However, current White House residents have a track record of expressing sympathy and solidarity with the war-winning US Union forces. Instead, Donald Trump is in line with the Confederates who fought to maintain human bondage.
Biden Renamed Several military bases, named after Confederate leaders, are changes that have long been demanded by civil rights activists. Trump dismantled the work and reverted some of the foundation names to their pre-confederate positions.
for example, Trump has changed Fort Greg Adams was given honor to two black veterans who served as distinctions, but back to Fort Lee. That was Robert E. Lee Overall Commander In the Confederate army, they fought for the Southern states from 1861 to 1865 to maintain their right to own black people.
Trump and Secretary of Defense Pete Hegses have said the restored names do not respect the Confederate forces, and the new names coincidentally honor veterans with the same surname as Confederate “heroes.” Based on both men hostility Excuses cannot be trusted for a history of civil rights and racism.
Trump attacked President Abraham Lincoln, one of the most respected figures in American and global history, criticising his actions before the civil war.
“Look, to be honest with you, there was something I think might have been negotiated. I think you could have negotiated that.” Trump said Last January.
“Negotiating” with southern states would have meant they agreed that they could maintain slavery.
And Trump isn’t alone by whitewashing the Confederate forces.
In his recent appearance on Theo Von podcast, Vice President JD Vance complained about his recent campaign to ultimately confront the legacy of recent civil wars.
“I feel like something happened like ten years ago – it seems like you need to think that everyone who fought for the Confederate side is evil. I think it’s so stupid.” Vance said.
Remember, the overall point of the Confederate army was to defend slavery, particularly the right to own black people as property.
in 2015 Column For the National Constitutional Center, Paul Finkelman, a senior fellow at the University of Pennsylvania, looked into documents and speeches from Confederate leaders at the time the South left the United States.
“These speeches and documents show that the South has left to protect slavery and ensure white supremacy in the South,” he concluded.
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Trump spent his second term I’m trying to revoke civil rights It was acquired after the end of the Civil War and the abolition of slavery. He signed an executive order and promoted changes to federal regulations aimed at undermining the equal rights of millions of Americans. When he wasn’t doing that, his administration was Openly purge References to achievements by well-known Americans, especially members of the Black community.
Trump has become a political figure by pushing forward a racist plot about Barack Obama, the country’s first black president. He and his fellow Republicans I made that clear The history and traditions they want to preserve are those who are on the losers of pro-lexism, slavery and civil war.
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