By now, you’ve probably seen the plethora of memes making their way across social media in recent days mocking the media and other Democrats for melting down about President Trump’s White House renovations. These jokes — which often include a photo of a real-world (or fictional) site alongside the caption, “I can’t believe Trump did this” — are as creative as they are funny.
But as humorous and well-deserved as such mockery is, the entire episode underscores a much more sinister aspect of modern leftists — one that many of their fellow conservative Americans recognized long ago.
One of the noticeable themes trotted out by Democrats in their condemnation of Trump’s East Wing makeover is the claim that it is an attack on American history itself. Former Obama lackey David Axelrod all but made this point when throwing a temper tantrum on X last week, writing in part, “For anyone who has worked at the WH, or cares about its rich history,” Trump’s renovations are “a gut punch.”
This sudden bid to wrap themselves in the stars and stripes has also been a recurring feature of Democrat activists’ “No Kings” demonstrations against Trump. The message from these grumpy, elderly protestors, as it seems, is that Trump is a dangerous dictator who represents an existential threat to the American republic and its heritage.
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For anyone who’s paid considerable attention to the modern left and its relationship with U.S. history over the past several decades, however, the left’s supposed concern for the sanctity of the “American Way” and its history is pretty laughable. The Democrat Party and much of its base have made it clear time and again that they not only disdain the country’s past and heritage but are also perfectly fine with destroying any monument commemorating them.
Take, for instance, the left’s overwhelming silence regarding (or approval of) the recent Marxist “reimagining” of a statue recognizing former Confederate General Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson. Displayed in Charlottesville, Virginia, until its removal in 2021, the now-desecrated monument is a “mangled junkyard of a statue, with horse and human limbs glommed together like some kind of zombie Ichabod Crane,” as The Federalist’s Elle Purnell recently reported.
“The display is a statement of not just provocation but subjugation. Ancient armies once put the corpses of their conquered enemies on display to reinforce their defeat; the same is happening here,” Purnell observed.
But it’s not only monuments dedicated to Confederate figures like Jackson and Robert E. Lee whose destruction at the hands of history-hating Marxists has garnered zero outrage from the modern Democrat Party.
When Black Lives Matter and Antifa were busy tearing down and desecrating statues and monuments during the “summer of love” riots that succeeded George Floyd’s 2020 death, the left was not indifferent to these horrific acts — they supported them. (And keep in mind, these weren’t just statues of former Confederate officials, but important American figures like George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, Teddy Roosevelt, and others.)
Figures like Axelrod weaponizing patriotic sentiments to attack Trump over something as menial as a White House renovation is to be expected, however.
For decades, the left has used America’s freedoms to advance a worldview completely antithetical to the one upon which the country was founded. In essence, they’ve been using liberty to destroy liberty.
Democrats’ East Wing remodeling meltdown and their accompanying “No Kings” protests are simply another version of this long-embraced tactic. By fomenting outrage about Trump’s “attack” on the nation’s “rich history” and constitutional system, they hope to deceive their fellow countrymen into believing it is they who are the real protectors of America’s past and tradition.
As with so many other issues, however, the problem for Democrats is that they’ve already shown their hand. The blatant anti-Americanism rife within their party has reared its ugly head one too many times, leaving no room for hacks like Axelrod to try and play the patriotism card in their opposition to Trump.
If Democrats had any interest in being taken seriously on matters pertaining to America’s history and heritage, perhaps they should consider confronting the anti-patriotic fervor metastasizing within their ranks. Doing so, however, would require the party to engage in a bit of introspection — something they’ve never done and likely never will.
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