On the eve of Independence Day, President Trump delivered a speech at Mount Rushmore National Memorial condemning protesters who want Confederate statues and monuments removed, as well as what he called a 'new far-left fascism.'
President Donald Trump speaks during an event at Mount Rushmore National Memorial in Keystone, South Dakota, U.S., on Friday, July 3, 2020.President Donald Trump speaks during an event at Mount Rushmore National Memorial in Keystone, South Dakota, U.S., on Friday, July 3, 2020.
Trump opened his speech by denouncing the protesters who have called for the removal of Confederate monuments and statues nationwide that have honored Americans who have supported or benefited from slavery. The movement has stemmed from protests for racial equality that have taken place nationwide following the police killings of Ahmaud Arbery, George Floyd and Breonna Taylor.
At Mount Rushmore, Trump announced he was signing another executive order to establish the National Garden of American Heroes, an outdoor park that would hold statues of the"greatest Americans to ever live" Trump also lamented"cancel culture," which he described as a"political weapon" used to intimidate dissenters and political opponents, calling it"the very definition of totalitarianism." He warned of a far-left agenda that was teaching children in schools to hate their country, but said Americans would not succumb to the"web of lies."
"They think the American people are weak and soft and submissive," he said."But no, the American people are strong and proud, and they will not allow our country and all of its values, history and culture to be taken from them."Protesters had blocked one of the major highways into the site hours before the event was set to take place.
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