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July 7, 2020Fr. Benedict Kiely: A Little Oasis of Orthodoxy
July 7, 2020
In a speech that infuriated the liberal media, the president warned that there is a ‘merciless campaign to wipe out our history, defame our heroes, erase our values, and indoctrinate our children’ and decried the ‘new far-left fascism that demands absolute allegiance.’
By Doug Mainwaring, LifeSiteNews, July 6, 2020
ANALYSIS
July 6, 2020 (LifeSiteNews) – Standing at the foot of majestic Mount Rushmore on the eve of Independence Day and amid thunderous cheers and chants of “USA! USA! USA!” President Donald Trump delivered a reassuring message counteracting weeks of Anti-American protests, riots, and assaults not only on the country’s historic monuments, but on history itself.
President Trump identified the force driving recent eruptions of violence and desecration of cultural sites as “far-left fascism that demands absolute allegiance,” a “left-wing cultural revolution designed to overthrow the American Revolution.”
“I am here as your president to proclaim before the country and before the world,” began Trump, “This monument will never be desecrated, these heroes will never be defaced, their legacy will never, ever be destroyed, their achievements will never be forgotten, and Mount Rushmore will stand forever as an eternal tribute to our forefathers and to our freedom.” …
A video of President Trump’s July 3, 2020 remarks at Mount Rushmore can be found here.
A transcript of President Trump’s speech, provided by the White House, can be found here.