Somehow, we have been able to survive for over 150 years after the Civil War without massive protests relating to statues. Rep. Nancy Pelosi. Sen. Bernie Sanders, the Clintons, Sen. Dick Durbin, and others have been able to walk the halls in the Capitol for decades, and not once do I recall them saying the Civil War statues must come down. We were able to make it through eight years of President Obama, and not once do I remember him saying Robert E. Lee and other statues must come down or else the racial divisions would not end.  Far-left violent extremist groups did not travel the country having protests demanding that the statues come down and committing crimes by damaging public property. But now, around seven months after Trump takes office, we have these demands and escalating violence, and any Republican who doesn't agree with the far-left violent extremists is labeled a racist. I now believe that every statue in the U.S. should come down, because each is...(Read Full Post)