But Trump is only doing what George Washington did? Do Progressives hate the Father of our country? - Granite Grok

But Trump is only doing what George Washington did? Do Progressives hate the Father of our country?

George Washington on arms and own govtBut of COURSE they do – down with the Patriarchy!  Besides, George “I can never tell a lie” Washington was nothing but an old white guy who owned slaves – we should wipe his name from every building, burn any book that holds him up as a shining example, and eliminate him because of his oppressive ways!

Naw, only kidding, but that’s what the Progressive Precious Snowflakes (and no small number of their Marxist agitating Professors want them to internalize – send your kid to Hillsdale College).  But for George, something I did not know:

George Washington was the first president to stay in the real estate business. “By the 1790s, Washington was wealthy primarily because of real estate — renting and selling his vast holdings. As with Mr. Trump’s hotels, Washington’s renters or purchasers could include foreigners. The president received constant reports from his nephew and subsequent managers and wrote to them at least monthly… This belies the notion that the Constitution limits a president’s management of, or benefit from, his existing business ventures.”

The childish reaction to Trump’s election by Democrats — and some Republicans — goes a long way all by itself toward demonstrating that our political class isn’t fit to rule, or even to talk about those who do in any sort of intelligent fashion.

Given that George was there when the Constitution was written, if the Founders (who wrote the Emoluments Clause, thought that George should had “divested” himself of his business, don’t you think we would have read it in our history books?

Nope, the hope and aim of the Progressives in demanding Trump divest himself was to punish

  • Someone that flaunted their Marxist theology
  • A billionaire they hated
  • Who really does represent an existential threat to the Administrative State

UPDATE: Forgot that I had bookmarked this: Activist Naomi Klein Urges Left to Destroy Trump’s Brand

Another liberal says the way to take down President Donald Trump is to hit him where it hurts — in the wallet.

The Intercept published a video from liberal activist and award-winning journalist Naomi Klein giving instructions on ways “to jam the Trump brand,” on April 12. Arguing Trump “has turned the presidency into an extension of his corporate brand,” she laid out a plan to tarnish that brand and cost him money.

Progressives just hate anyone that doesn’t think like them and will do anything they can to either hurt their opposition, silence them, or kick them to the curb and make them destitute.  Like this guy:

Democratic Politician Wants To Punch Republican Woman Over School Choice Bill

Things that are really not okay: Being a man who wants to punch a woman in the throat.

Democratic Rep. Jesus Rubalcava, angered over passage of the controversial school-voucher style legislation last week, wrote on social media he wanted to throat-punch its sponsor, Republican Sen. Debbie Lesko.

So, no civility.  In fact, Rubalcava just threatened violence to a woman.  Where are all the Feminists screaming for the head of DEMOCRAT Jesus Rubalcava?  This from the Party that hates misogynists (in fact calls pretty much everyone else that, right Zandra Rice-Hawkins?)?  Why are we not seeing calls from his own Party to resign?

Late Thursday, as the Senate Bill 1431 was being sent to Gov. Doug Ducey for his signature, the Gila Bend lawmaker took to Facebook to express his outrage.

I wanted to punch her in the throat,” he wrote of Lesko, in response to a Facebook friend who had written that Lesko’s victory lap around the state Capitol “was slightly enraging.”

Screencaps over at the RedState link.  And from Instapundit, violence again towards Republicans simply because of a political different (yeah, beheading someone is violence – just like ISIS does.  Nice tactic, Lefties!):

Vandal Calls for Beheading, Lynching of Berkeley College Republicans.

The University of California at Berkeley’s College Republicans have received several death threats in recent weeks, with unidentified vandals posting stickers across campus calling for members of the group to be beheaded or lynched.

But the most recent round of sticker threats comes less than two months after students, protesting the College Republican’s speaking event for Milo Yiannopoulos, caused $100,000 in damage on campus.

A spokesman for the group told the student newspaper that the College Republicans have long received threats, dating back even before the November election.

A College Republicans spokeswoman also said that members had been “pepper sprayed, sucker-punched and verbally and physically assaulted for voicing their opinions and beliefs” on campus. And in March, members caught another student destroying one of the College Republicans’ signs, posting video of the vandalism to their Facebook page.

So, Democrats are emulating the Religion of Peace?

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