Trump claimed that changing the names to instead honor military heroes who didn't fight to uphold slavery would dishonor America’s “heritage” and “history of winning”
in 2017 that the removal of Confederate statues—then in response to the Charlottesville “Unite the Right” rally—was “sad” and “so foolish.” “Sad to see the history and culture of our great country being ripped apart with the removal of our beautiful statues and monuments,” Trump tweeted at the time.
A study by Civiqs found that a majority of Americans now support Black Lives Matter for the first time, and a recent Monmouth Universityreported 76% of Americans now consider racial and ethnic discrimination to be a major problem, a 26-point increase from 2015. “In every survey, you see intensity, determination and unity among African-Americans that the time for statements is done and the time for meaningful, measurable action is now,” Republican pollster and messaging consultant.
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