Donald Trump Jr. issued one of the more terrifying threats to come out of the family, though certainly not the most terrifying, by saying that Confederate monuments and other statues of slave owners and other awful people should be replaced with statues of the current president. In doing so, however, he seemed to admit that his dad is so fiercely despised by so much of the U.S. population that it would be highly effective.
Want to save our monuments?
Let’s get a movement going to replace any statue torn down during these riots with a new and more sturdy statue of @realDonaldTrump.
The nonsense would stop instantly.
— Donald Trump Jr. (@DonaldJTrumpJr) June 23, 2020
This doesn’t bode well for Trump’s reelection chances.
Protesters against police brutality and systemic racism in the U.S. have continued for weeks across the country, with many of them targeting monuments to racist figures from history, including the statue of Andrew Jackson in Washington D.C. Protesters who attempted to topple the statue were attacked by police in riot gear, egged on by the senior Trump.
The president has threatened to punish protesters who participate in the removal of racist monuments with 10 years in prison, although this was already the standard sentence for this act of cleaning up America. Don Jr. went a step further, saying states who refuse to prosecute these helpful individuals should lose federal funding.
Couldn't agree with @GOPLeader more.
Criminals who vandalize & destroy public property, including monuments, should be immediately arrested & prosecuted.
And cities/states that refuse to do so, should lose their federal funding. The rule of law matters!https://t.co/NpliUpYH83
— Donald Trump Jr. (@DonaldJTrumpJr) June 23, 2020
The statue of Jackson, the man responsible for the Trail of Tears, unfortunately still stands.
Meanwhile, Twitter users are horrified by the thought but not at all deterred by Don Jr.’s threat, explaining to him that such a thing would not stop the protests. In fact, that would just give them more statues to pull down, and doing so to statues of Trump would be particularly satisfying.
https://twitter.com/DeadBunnyFrank/status/1275437090424012800?s=20
https://twitter.com/RDangler/status/1275506246947237888?s=20
Why would we replace racist symbols with racist symbols?#MAGA https://t.co/saBzvAlLH4
— Sam Ronan (@Ronan4Progress) June 24, 2020
He's too clueless to understand WHY that would make it stop INSTANTLY.😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣 https://t.co/iYx3gE7yX1 pic.twitter.com/mn2bridrti
— Buzzard🍑 *STAY THE FUCK HOME* #BLM (@NobodyInCO) June 24, 2020
It's kind of great that Dipshit Junior understands that his dad is even worse than any racist, murderous Confederate general. https://t.co/nBO3mlZUu7
— A Blog of Their Own (@BlogOfTheirOwn) June 24, 2020
WAIT. So he wants to replace confederate statues being torn down with……
MORE STATUES THAT WE WILL IMMEDIATELY TEAR DOWN AND DEMOLISH?
Life father like son…….. https://t.co/0NH3qXcytn
— T(urk)EE (@IAM_TEEBOT) June 24, 2020
DUDE 🤣 lost his ever-loving mind 😂 https://t.co/p0ntR9ufrm
— Mojozilla aka Mojo – #Equality ⚖♎⚖♎#BLM (@Mojozilla_mojo) June 23, 2020
These kids of his really are clueless, aren’t they?
— Who, me? (@KDLo2017) June 23, 2020
Your family can fund it. 😂🤣 pic.twitter.com/S3oxOiJRO3
— WaterBluSky (@MsMariaT) June 23, 2020
Not sure he understands what he's saying here
A permanent statue of my father is such a horrible thing that the threat of Trump replacement statues will deter ppl from tearing down Confederate-type statues
"Hey guys, a confederate statue is the lesser of two evils, amirite?"
— Purity For Thee But Not For Me🗳️📩🐝 (@TheePurity) June 23, 2020
Keep trying, Don. Or don’t.
