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Media mischaracterization of Trump's Mount Rushmore speech
Column argues major outlets misread Trump Mount Rushmore address. It contends he praised civil rights figures, defended the founding, warned against cancel culture, and urged unity. Critics allegedly distort his remarks to frame him as opposing racial justice and peaceful protest.
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New York Times
Associated Press
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Harriet Tubman
Jesse Owens
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Ella Fitzgerald
Muhammad Ali
America
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Lincoln
Washington and
Jefferson
Martin Luther King
Righteous Movement For Civil Rights
Times
Robert E Lee
George Washington
Megan McArdle
Washington Post
Ulysses S. Grant
Confederacy
Union
Japan
Jamestown
Donald
Congress
Minneapolis
U.S
Social Justice
Nascar
Robert Costa
Philip Rucker
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Republican senators respond with crickets to Trump racism
The piece notes Republican lawmakers privately fret over Trump’s racist remarks yet publicly stay silent. It cites responses from Collins, Tillis, Graham, Loeffler, Perdue, Cornyn, Ernst, McConnell, Gardner, McSally, and Davies, many deflecting or offering guarded defenses. The author argues this silence enables white supremacy and threatens the GOP's identity.
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Fox News
Brian Kilmeade
Nascar
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Gardner
McSally
Davies
Letters to the Editor from New Bern readers on COVID era topics
A sequence of local letters discusses stimulus aid, President Trump and hydroxychloroquine, CDC excess death figures, and public health measures. Citizens critique masks, politics, and public figures, praising Brookdale residents for helping a family and urging accountability from local officials amid the pandemic.
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Steve Auten
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Fred Simmons
CDC
Craig Rosindale
March For Unity
Union Park
Chip Hughes
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