Less than a week after Donald Trump doubled down on his defense of Nazis and the KKK, insisting that some of them are “fine people,” his former campaign spokesperson offers more alternative facts for us to ponder. According to Katrina Pierson, slavery is part of America’s “good history,” and therefore Confederate monuments should be left as they are.
In an interview Monday morning on Fox and Friends, she insisted that slavery makes the United States the very special place it is today.
“Those monuments have been there for a very long time and suddenly Nancy Pelosi wants to actually help these anarchists and these violent protesters tear down pieces of America, American culture and American history,” she said. “Americans actually love their history, their culture, good and bad, because it helps them learn and it helps keep people educated about why America is so great to begin with.” [...]
“It absolutely deserves a place because bad history is still good history for this country,” Pierson said.
“Slavery is good?” [Wendy Osefo, a professor at Johns Hopkins University] asked.
“Considering where we are today, where we are today. Absolutely,” Pierson said.
Pierson went on to insist that the statues should stand so that children can learn how the Civil War makes the country special and wonderful. And she’s completely serious. She also clearly has no knowledge of history whatsoever—but that doesn’t stop her from talking.
The lies and lack of critical thinking coming from Trump’s supporters defy logic. They are literally rewriting history to make slave owners and Nazis the good guys. It’s bad enough that they’ve made the country a laughingstock around the world. Now, they are paving the way for genocide and murder of ethnic minorities to be rewarded. We are only 213 days into this administration and every day they manage to sink lower. It’s hard to imagine what’s next.
Watch the entire exchange here.