This morning US President Donald Trump announced via Twitter that he had instructed his team of goons in the federal government to aggressively prosecute anyone who is caught defacing, destroying, or toppling the racist-a$$ monuments that stand around the country.
I have authorized the Federal Government to arrest anyone who vandalizes or destroys any monument, statue or other such Federal property in the U.S. with up to 10 years in prison, per the Veteran’s Memorial Preservation Act, or such other laws that may be pertinent…..
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 23, 2020
…..This action is taken effective immediately, but may also be used retroactively for destruction or vandalism already caused. There will be no exceptions!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 23, 2020
Moreover, it doesn’t look like anyone is scared of Donnie’s Lil’ executive order nor do we believe for a second that a single person will be convicted of this “crime” and sentenced to ten years in prison. At the moment, the majority is seeing the president as only to posture and pose like he’s a superhuman when in truth, he is a weakling.
Meanwhile, it will be a good bet that at least three more statues will come down this week following the drag down of Teddy Roosevelt’s statue at NYC Museum and not a single person will become the newest cast member on OITNB. People aren’t holding back anymore as they are now realizing that the country loves spending money to honor losers, bigots, slavemasters, and all sorts of unscrupulous people.
Besides, if Trump thinks he can intimidate people with faux threats of prison sentences, then he may have his luck, but more statues are likely to come down sooner than later. And we don’t think there is anything he or the police can do to prevent it.
Well, we encourage all those pulling down these statues to keep pushing or pulling as it were, to destroy every symbol that was erected to celebrate hate, intimidation, and slavery!
