Even Abraham Lincoln isn’t safe from the Black Lives Matter mob’s statue-toppling rampage.
According to a series of videos tweeted by Turning Point USA exec Benny Johnson, a crowd gathered around Washington, D.C.’s Emancipation Memorial statue in Lincoln Park on Tuesday night, vowing to return on Thursday night to tear the “motherf***er” down.
Not everyone in attendance, however, was there to support the destruction of the monument, including a brave, unidentified woman who scolded the mob for its extremist, counterproductive tactics.
According to WUSA-TV, a group called “The Freedom Neighborhood” organized the event.
“To achieve true justice, we are not working with the police, nor will we seek any relationship with them,” the group wrote in an Instagram post. “In order to create change, we will do so by any means necessary. If you want a revolution, it won’t happen by being peaceful.”
ORGANIZER OF THE TEAR DOWN LINCOLN STATUE: “Lincoln did not want to free the slaves. He freed the slaves for political advancement. Not because he wanted to. We freed ourselves…”
Lincoln was assassinated for freeing the slaves and securing total victory over the Confederates. pic.twitter.com/8jf8uT0sck
— Benny (@bennyjohnson) June 24, 2020
Unsurprisingly, the mob was unwilling to hear a white woman who explained that the statue still held tremendous educational value regarding the Emancipation Proclamation.
This woman was speaking about the educational events held at memorial for Emancipation Day.
She is now being chanted down and told to stop speaking. @wusa9 pic.twitter.com/af9u5umZW1
— Tom Dempsey (@KCTomDempsey) June 23, 2020
A woman Johnson identifies only as a “Black female pastor,” however, was able to have her voice heard, and she wasn’t pleased with the movement to tear down monuments and divide America by race.
Black female pastor is very upset at organizers of the tear down Lincoln movement.
Is very upset at the organizers for judging people by their skin color — says this statue tear down movement is not helping.
White libs in the audience hiss and sneer at her as she walks away. pic.twitter.com/5AfRf5hach
— Benny (@bennyjohnson) June 24, 2020
According to WUSA 9, the statue was erected in 1876 to honor Abraham Lincoln for the Emancipation Proclamation. It was put up exactly 11 years after his assassination.
Critics of the statue note that it is well-meaning, but was obviously created without the input from the free black Americans who paid for it.
“Although formerly enslaved Americans paid for this statue to be built in 1876, the design and sculpting process was done without their input, and it shows. The statue fails to note in any way how enslaved African Americans pushed for their own emancipation,” said D.C. Congresswoman Eleanor Norton. “Understandably, they were only recently liberated from slavery and were grateful for any recognition of their freedom. However, in his keynote address at the unveiling of this statue, Frederick Douglass also expressed his displeasure with the statue.”
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