Now, they're coming for George Washington and Thomas Jefferson

When people, including President Trump, warned that toppling Confederate statues would eventually lead to toppling statues of George Washington and Thomas Jefferson, they were dismissed as making ridiculous slippery slope arguments. But now, those predictions are becoming reality.

In Portland, protesters wrapped an American flag around the head of a George Washington statue, lit it on fire, and then tore the statue down with rope. The statue was defaced with graffiti that read: “Genocidal colonists,” “You’re on native land,” “F— cops,” “Big Floyd,” and “1619.”