NBC Danville (VA), “Danville group calling for removal of Confederate flags from private property in city”
“Will we let the thugs and radicals and anarchists of Charlottesville come down to Danville in the next few weeks and wreak havoc on Danville, Virginia? I pray not, but I say be aware,” Soyars said. Continue Reading
ABC 11 (NC), “Durham deputy blasts comments about Confederate statue arrests”
“Anarchists are using the volatile issue of race to accomplish destruction and spread hatred. Is this what our political leadership desires? Is this leadership?” Continue Reading
San Francisco Chronicle, “As Confederate monuments fall, group calls for restoration”
Hemingway spoke during Tuesday’s news conference and said that the opposition groups — Black Lives Matter, Antifa, and “anarchists” — are out-of-towners trying to “bully” the community. Continue Reading
The Herald Sun (NC), “Durham sheriff’s major says county creating ‘absolute anarchy’ in Confederate statue case”
“Anarchists are using the volatile issue of race to accomplish destruction and spread hatred. Is this what our political leadership desires? Is this leadership?” he wrote. Continue Reading
The News & Observer (NC), “Don’t give in to ‘communist agitators,’ NC lieutenant governor says”
“Communist agitators” and “anarchists” shouldn’t dictate what North Carolina does with its Confederate statues, Lt. Gov. Dan Forest says. Continue Reading
Boston Herald, “Rachelle Cohen: Robert E. joins Emma in history’s hall of shame”
But the pedestal we were looking at, my friend assured me, once held a statue of Emma Goldman. Ok, so what had this American anarchist done to deserve being thrown off her perch with the rest of them? Well, yes, she was Russian-born and after getting arrested in the U.S. several times for her rabble […]
NBC Austin, TX, “Ag. Comm. Sid Miller criticizes Six Flags’ removal of Confederate flag”
Texas Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller — the cowboy-hat wearing Republican known for wading deep into partisan and cultural divides — is furious with the Six Flags amusement park chain, calling its decision to take down the Confederate flag and four others that had flown over the park part of a “militant, anarchist movement sweeping our […]
Metro, “Slavery is good and special history, former Trump spokeswoman says”
Pierson told Fox News on Monday that “anarchists” want to topple Confederate statues, but Americans need reminders of their history, “both good and bad.” Continue Reading
Fox & Friends, “Katrina Pierson Calls Slavery ‘Good’ in Hilariously Awful Attempt to Defend Trump”
On one side was Pierson, a former spokesperson for the Trump campaign, who accused the Democratic leader of trying to “actually help these anarchists and these violent protesters tear down pieces of America, American culture, and American history.” Continue Reading
Lincoln Times-New, ” Reflecting on Charlottesville, Durham and North Carolina Monuments”
One thing that struck me about these recent events is, 75 years after hundreds of thousands of young Americans of all backgrounds selflessly gave their lives fighting against the most frightening illustrations of Nazism and Authoritarianism this world has ever seen, how many young Americans are now standing among the white nationalists, communists and anarchists. […]