Historians: Robert E. Lee and George Washington Are Not Equivalent
The Trump Administration sees little difference between George Washington and Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee. Historians beg to differ. that if statues of Lee and other Confederates were taken down, it would be a slippery slope to removing Washington and Thomas Jefferson from the public square. His personal attorney, John Dowd, later circulated an email arguing that Washington and Lee were equivalent. “You cannot be against General Lee and be for General Washington,” the email said, . “There literally is no difference between the two men.” ...
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