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Is George Washington next?
We have been taking down confederate leaders, will George be next?
He was a slave owner who was the driving force for the loopholes in the law that exempts presidents from conflict of interest charges. George used federal troops to suppress his competition in the liquor business among other things. He was the largest distiller of spirits at the time of the Whiskey Rebellion and he built this empire on the backs of slaves. Compared to George, Robert E Lee was a saint. Lee's only contact with slavery was through his wife, Martha Washington's great grand daughter, Mary Custis. Her slaves were probably descendants of George's slaves. There is even correspondence between Lee and his wife where he tells her he thinks slavery is "evil". Maybe we should move the Washington Monument to Mount Vernon and take George off the money. Of course the names of the nations capital, the state and all of those counties will have to change. Then we can start on Thomas Jefferson. |
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