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TRUMP RESURRECTS CONFEDERATE TRAITOR IN THE HEART OF D.C.
A Confederate general is making a comeback in Washington D.C.—and it’s not because anyone asked for it.

Donald Trump has authorized the reinstallation of a bronze statue of Confederate Brigadier General Albert Pike, a man tied to white supremacy, war crimes, and the early Ku Klux Klan. It was the only Confederate statue in the capital—until protesters tore it down and burned it during the 2020 Black Lives Matter uprising.

Now, under Trump’s executive order to "beautify" D.C., the National Park Service is restoring it. Crews are already removing corrosion and prepping the damaged base. The goal is to have it back up by October—despite decades of opposition.

Trump defended the statue in 2020, calling protesters “roving gangs” and accusing police of standing down while “great works of art” were destroyed. But critics say this isn't art—it’s glorified hate.

DC Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton condemned the move as “morally objectionable,” noting Pike “took up arms against the United States, misappropriated funds, committed a war crime, and resigned in disgrace.”

Pike led a Confederate regiment in Arkansas accused of scalping Union soldiers in 1862. Historians say he helped shape the rituals and white supremacist ideology of the early KKK, especially in Arkansas. His statue stood outside DC police HQ for over a century, until protesters brought it down.

Now Trump wants it back—in public, in bronze, in the capital.
Because Confederate rebels always get a pedestal in Trump's union.