Former Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson on Sunday said that Confederate monuments are becoming “symbols and rallying points for white nationalism,” neo-Nazis and the KKK.
“What alarms so many of us from a security perspective is that so many of the statues, the Confederate monuments, are now modern day becoming symbols and rallying points for white nationalism, for neo-Nazis, for the KKK,” Johnson said on ABC News’ “This Week.”
He called it a “most alarming” development.
“We fought a world war against Nazism. The KKK rained terror on African Americans for generations,” Johnson said. “And so a number of Americans rightly, Republican and Democrat, are very concerned and very alarmed, and I salute those in cities and states who are taking down a lot of these monuments for reasons of public safety and security.”
Jeh Johnson says Confederate monuments becoming "rallying points for white nationalism," calls it alarming "from a security perspective." pic.twitter.com/ex9BqDPpdV
— This Week (@ThisWeekABC) August 20, 2017
Becoming?
Not surprised Martha didn’t balance her ‘is Charlottesville Obama’s fault’ question with an ‘is it Trump’s fault’ query as the point of her alleged question wasn’t to illuminate but to blur television’s responsibility for Trump.
The intent was always to intimidate and remind the “negro” of their place. To say otherwise perpetuates the awful lie of the southern gentlemen’s point of view that they were honoring “heritage”.
“And so a number of Americans rightly, Republican and Democrat, are very concerned and very alarmed.”
Republicans can say whatever they want, but I believe them to be lying through their teeth. I don’t think there is one Republican in this country who is truly concerned or alarmed over hate groups. It suits their agenda to a tee.
I hope I am proven wrong.
succinct.