Tucker Carlson: “You may not think tearing down a statue is a big deal, until you are the next designated Christopher Columbus”
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Citation From the July 24, 2020, edition of Fox News' Tucker Carlson Tonight
TUCKER CARLSON (HOST): The problem for the rest of us is, the mobs will not stop with Christopher Columbus, he's just the beginning. If they can tear down statues whenever they feel like it, how long before they tear down buildings, how long before they tear down homes? How long before they tear down human beings? Probably not very long. Violence rarely remains symbolic, it accelerates until good people rise up to stop it. If Lori Lightfoot and progressive mayors like her around the country, and there are many, are allowed to divert attention from their own failures by bowing to the mob and destroying public property, this will not end with Christopher Columbus. It will get much worse and it will get more dangerous. You may not think tearing down a statue is a big deal, until you are the next designated Christopher Columbus.