Power Line Blog<\/a> today about some recent actions by the rioters that simply betray what they claim is their cause.<\/p>\nThe article reports:<\/p>\n
So much for the idea that \u201cConfederate monuments\u201d are under attack. Last night in San Francisco, left-wingers pulled down a statue of Ulysses Grant, the man who did more than anyone except Lincoln to preserve the Union and abolish slavery. Grant also, as President, did all he could to enforce Reconstruction and protect blacks in the South. He sent the military after the Ku Klux Klan in South Carolina, worked to ensure passage of the 15th Amendment, and signed the Civil Rights Act of 1875.<\/strong><\/p>\nOf course, the Left knows little and cares less about any of this. Leftists hate the Union and hate men like Lincoln, Grant, Sherman and Sheridan for preserving it. Slavery is only a pretext. The United States and our constitutional democracy are the targets.<\/strong><\/p>\nThe article notes that Grant at one point was given a slave and was so against the idea of slavery that he freed the slave within a year. It seems as if Grant would be someone they would approve of. The fact that they tore his statue down gives weight to the fact that the riots have a deeper purpose than protesting racism.<\/p>\n
The article concludes:<\/p>\n
Every four years it is said that the current election is the most important one in our lifetimes. This time, it is actually true. Not a single Democratic Party official, to my knowledge, has condemned the anti-American madness that is sweeping across the nation. Chuck Schumer and Nancy Pelosi are fully on board with the extremist elements in their party\u2013I am starting to wonder whether there is<\/i> any Democratic Party apart from the extremist elements\u2013and the Democrats\u2019 presidential nominee is a senile nonentity who, in office, would be controlled by the radicals. It is absolutely essential to our country\u2019s future that Donald Trump be re-elected.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n