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Trump to Criticize Protesters Who 'Tear Down' History

Patsy Widakuswara

   KEYSTONE, SOUTH DAKOTA - President Donald Trump is headlining U.S.
   Independence Day celebrations Friday at Mount Rushmore, South Dakota,
   where he plans to criticize protesters for trying to "tear down" the
   nation's history.

   A Trump campaign official said the president would denounce a
   "left-wing mob" for tearing down statues during demonstrations against
   racial inequality.

   The official, who described Trump's planned remarks in advance only on
   condition of anonymity, said the president would condemn such
   "totalitarian behavior that is completely alien to American life."

   The president's speech is also expected to include traditional
   Independence Day praise of the country's values.

   The celebration at Mount Rushmore will feature fireworks at the South
   Dakota national park for the first time in more than a decade.

   "It's going to be a fireworks display like few people have seen. It's
   going to be very exciting," Trump said during a White House event
   Thursday.

   [1]Mount Rushmore National Memorialis a giant sculpture featuring the
   faces of four American presidents -- George Washington, Thomas
   Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt and Abraham Lincoln -- carved into a
   granite mountainside.

References

   1. https://www.nps.gov/moru/index.htm

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