When it came time to vote on removing statues of
Confederates in the U.S. Capitol this week, U.S. Rep. Dan Crenshaw was
one of 72 Republicans to side with every Democrat in the House of
Representatives in approving the measure.
While
the Houston Republican has taken criticism for the vote from some
conservatives on social media who say he is helping to erase the
nation’s history, Crenshaw defended himself by pointing out that many of
the statues Democrats are pulling down were of Confederates who also
happened to be members of the Democratic Party. (Idiot, evidently doesn't realize that the parties have switched positions. Either that or he thinks that it will be better for him politically which is worst than the former.)
More @ Houston Chronicle
He has said he was in favor of red flag laws also. I haven't trusted this man since.
ReplyDeleteDisappointing as he seemed good originally.
DeleteOh, I left out, fuk this asshole rino POS.
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DeleteHe is nothing like his campaign. I Don't care if he was a seal and had war experience, he is a traitor to his Texas district.
ReplyDeleteAgreed.
DeleteCrenshaw is in the same Washington D.C. Beltway Politician's Club as are Pelosi, Schumer, Graham, Chief Justice Roberts and the rest of the elite. The only rule all the Rinos are mandated to follow that many Democrats appear to be exempt from is: "Hypocrisy". Ya hear that Senator Tillis?
ReplyDeleteThanks.
DeleteI get so sick & tired of hearing that the Democrats were the only slave owners or that they made up the majority of the South. It's pure rubbish....
ReplyDeleteThe Democrats were however responsible for the second reemergence of the KKK & oppression of civil rights for many Blacks.
The War of Aggression (civil War) were Brothers against Brothers, Republicans, Whigs, Democrats fighting on both sides. Lincoln even had many in his party going against him for his planned invasion into the South and was why he not only shut down many Northern presses but also jailed anyone he thought was a threat to him.
It was not ever a Democrat -vs- Republican war and the ignorance of so many still claiming that is inexcusable. I'm a hard core Paleoconservative and when I hear Conservatives throwing this nonsense around I want to gag them.
Many aren't aware either that Jefferson Davis who agreed to end slavery at the end of the war with the English & French who made that one of their conditions for financial & military aid.
It was around this time Lincoln made the war about the moral issues of slavery which forced England & France to back out, even though they still funneled aid through Florida. Up to that point the South was winning every major skirmish & battle, but when Lincoln made slavery a part of the reasons for invading the South, it went all down hill after that. The South just could not sustain a war that was on so many different fronts.
But the fact is. It was not a Democrat vs Republican war, that's just silly and ignorant thinking. But the Democrats were later responsible for the lynchings & all out suppression of voting and other rights of Black Americans.
There is no proof the parties switch, only that ideas became more modern over time due to the healing this nation was going through after the 50s.
We have to remember too that slaves were being shipped from Northern docks to the South under the protection of Old Glory. The only reason the Yankees didn't use large numbers of slaves is because of their harsh and extended winters which made owning slaves impractical. Slaves were costly $3000-$5000 or $150,000 in today inflation.
There is no excuse whatsoever for tearing down these monuments and anyone butt-hurt over them or offended by them should simply be told to shut the hell up and get over it.
There is no proof the parties switch
DeleteMaybe not but Democrats from the fifties were Republicans in the seventies,eighties and on. My father was a delegate to the Democratic convention for Kennedy but he changed later. Kennedy wouldn't be allowed in today's Democratic party.
I see what you mean by switch and agree. There were many in the mid to early 50s and again in the 60s who like today walked away when they saw their party becoming more agressive.
DeleteAnd you're absolutely correct about JFK, he would have been crucified today. But in the same breath, I'm pretty sure his party had him assassinated because of his wanting to end the federal reserves. He was what I would call a Blue Dog Democrat, the very ones Obama purged the Democrat party of when he was elected who are now mostly Independents today.
But if that is what you mean by switch or walk away, I absolutely agree.
Both Daddy's & Momma's people are Republicans, but I am told they all voted for JFK at the time and I can understand why. Dad a retired Marine Vietnam vet speaks well of him, but not the Democrats and blames them for his death?
not the Democrats and blames them for his death?
DeleteI have no doubt. Thanks.
So agree...Like many other neocons, he's throwing his finger in the wind and siding with what appears to be the most popular solution, and I can bet if there were votes on this issue, the monuments would remain standing.
ReplyDeleteAbsolutely, as usual.
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