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Veteran status should not be a shield from criticism

August 05, 2020 - 05:00
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President Trump’s July 4 Mount Rushmore speech focused on U.S. legacies and history. Trump also addressed “cancel culture” advocates trying to shatter American history by pulling down monuments and statues, but he never mentioned the Confederacy except in the context of Lincoln winning the Civil War. Sen. Tammy Duckworth, D-Illinois, said of Trump’s speech, “What are we going to do to push Russia back? And, instead, he had no time for that. He spent all his time talking about dead traitors.” Conservatives immediately pushed back, reminding her many wouldn’t consider George Washington a “traitor.” The senator refused to say if statues of ...

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