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If you want to take down a federal statue or monument, be prepared to spend some time in prison — at least if President Donald Trump has anything to do with it.
In a tweet on Sunday morning, Trump implicitly threatened to invoke the Veterans’ Memorial Preservation Act if any more statue-topplers decide to rip down more monuments.
“No, Radical Left anarchists, agitators, looters or protesters will not be knocking down or harming the Washington Monument, the Lincoln or Jefferson Memorials, or just about any other Federal [Monument] or Statue,” Trump wrote.
“If they even try, an automatic 10 years in prison. Sorry!”
No, Radical Left anarchists, agitators, looters or protesters will not be knocking down or harming the Washington Monument, the Lincoln or Jefferson Memorials, or just about any other Federal Monumrnt or Statue. If they even try, an automatic 10 years in prison. Sorry!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 12, 2020
Monuments and statues have become frequent targets in the protests that have erupted since the death of George Floyd in police custody in Minneapolis on May 25.
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While not “automatic,” the Veterans’ Memorial Preservation Act does, according to Fox News, call for up to 10 years in jail as a punishment for damaging or attempting to damage “any structure, plaque, statue, or other monument on public property commemorating the service of any person or persons in the armed forces of the United States.”
This isn’t the first time that Trump has invoked the specter of the act, either.Read the rest of the story HERE.
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