John Dowd, one of President Donald Trump’s personal lawyers, on Wednesday forwarded an email to several journalists and government officials that argues there is “no difference” between George Washington and Robert E. Lee, according to the New York Times.
Dowd received the email with the subject line “The Information that Validates President Trump on Charlottesville” on Tuesday night and forwarded it to several people on Wednesday in an apparent attempt to defend Trump’s comments about the attack, the New York Times reported.
“You cannot be against General Lee and be for General Washington, there literally is no difference between the two men,” the email forwarded by Dowd reads, per the Times.”
The email also notes that both Washington and Lee owned slaves and argues that both “rebelled against the ruling government.” The email was penned by Jerome Almon, who pushes government conspiracy theories and claims that Islamic terrorists have infiltrated the FBI, according to the Times.
Asked about the email he allegedly forwarded, Down told the Times that he often forwards along emails he receives.
“You’re sticking your nose in my personal email?” he told the Times. “People send me things. I forward them.”
Read the New York Times’ full report here.
“There is literally no difference between the two men.”
Right. Other than their names. Oh, and one fought to establish this nation; the other rebelled against it in the bloodiest continental war in our country’s history. Just semantics though.
Here is an AOL hint from the 1990’s. Don’t forward sh!t you don’t believe, Grandpa.
Oh wait, you do approve the message.
This guy’s supposed to the “Smart” one?
Look at this face:
Kate Jackson was the “Smart One”
on Charlie’s Angels
Edit:The face is one of the cartoon dogs–with a long face.
Droopy? Somebody will improve on it.
Lee was an impressive man, but certainly not a Washington.
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Also, the American revolution was colonies with no representation or say in their overseeing country’s government demanding to have a say.
The Confederate secession was states that had ratified the constitution of their government and participated in it for decades. Those states even had over-representation in the government given the two senators for every state, the Electoral College, and counting slaves as 3/5 of a person for apportionment. And despite all those advantages and having 9 of the 15 Presidents leading to the Civil War, when they didn’t get what they want decided to rebel and take up arms against their own country.
Mr Dowd, we have some information that is part of the really-stupid-people’s coalition to help your boss.
Dowd: if it’s what you say it is, I love it.