Let's Focus on Taking Down President Trump Instead of Presidential Statues

We are now 20 weeks away from the 2020 presidential election.

In recent days, we have seen the forcible removal of statues of two Presidents - Thomas Jefferson and Ulysses S. Grant in Portland, Oregon and San Francisco, respectively.

On Monday, we saw violent protesters in Washington, D.C. attempt to remove a statue of Andrew Jackson.

There was also vandalism of a statue of George Washington in Baltimore.

Of course, there is the decision of American Museum of Natural History to seek the removal of a statue with Teddy Roosevelt which I discussed earlier. While this is being done by lawful means it is part of the pattern. Ditto for similar efforts to remove statues of Abraham Lincoln in both Boston and Washington, D.C.

It seems to me that our collective efforts are better spent taking down President Trump instead of taking down presidential statues.

The removal of these presidential statues, whether by force or not, won't do anything to address systemic racism or poverty in minority communities. It will only promote social disorder which is what these hooligans want. They see no difference between Donald Trump and Joe Biden and want to burn everything down.

The majority of Americans might not like our current state of affairs, but they are not hooligans and do not want our public spaces burned to the ground. They are the true silent majority. But this silent majority must speak out and reject violence and focus its energies on removing President Trump at the ballot box instead of lighting the tinder box of hate against long dead Presidents.

The only issue this November should be President Trump. But if violent protesters insist on making it about other Presidents then voters might decide to keep President Trump.