The initiative represents yet another White House response to the removal, renaming, or demolition of symbols, sites, and statues associated with historical figures whose controversial legacies have come under renewed scrutiny amid national protests against racial injustice and brutality. Police.
Trump in recent days has attempted to amplify those cultural divisions ahead of the November general election, demanding the preservation of US military bases named by Confederate generals, calling the Black Lives Matter movement a “symbol of hatred” and denouncing the Saturday “angry mafia” seeking to “erase our history”.
Scalia sought Sunday to defend the White House message line. “We need heroes. We need to admire our ancestors and recognize what is great and good in our past. And that is what the president is emphasizing at the moment, “he said.
Antonin Scalia was the only former Supreme Court judge on Trump’s list, which included a range of political and military leaders, along with other figures such as Jackie Robinson, Christa McAuliffe, and the Wright brothers.
