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Robert E. Lee owned 200 slaves (which he famously tortured) then led a rebellion to extend slavery which killed 620,000 people.
Saying you're not a racist, you just love Robert E. Lee is like saying you're not an antisemite, you just love Hitler.
Saying you're not a racist, you just love Robert E. Lee is like saying you're not an antisemite, you just love Hitler.
Here's an account, from the American Civil War Museum, of Robert E. Lee enthusiastically demanding the torture of human beings he considered his property. 
Trump says he was, talking about "people there protesting the taking down of the monuments.”
THEY WERE MARCHING THROUGH THE STREETS SCREAMING, "JEWS WILL NOT REPLACE US!"
THEY WERE MARCHING THROUGH THE STREETS SCREAMING, "JEWS WILL NOT REPLACE US!"
I guess it makes sense that a President who committed treason would defend a general who committed treason.
Imagine not understanding that slavery was genocide.
The idea that the Nazis were only there to defend the statues is a LIE.
NONE of their flyers even MENTIONED the Robert E. Lee statue.
They are only saying this NOW, in court, to avoid prosecution.
NONE of their flyers even MENTIONED the Robert E. Lee statue.
They are only saying this NOW, in court, to avoid prosecution.
