Dozens of the YALE alumni have served in our Federal government – Military brass, Cabinet members, Supreme Court Justices, US Senators, US Representatives, and four of our Presidents. The 300-year old institution’s name holds a certain cachet among the settled establishment in Washington and Blue Blood east coast.
In fact, Yale University boasts that its alumni represent the 3rd most seated members of Congress, the infamous Senator Richard “Stolen Honor” (aka “DaNang Dick”) Blumenthal of Connecticut among them. Blumenthal, a Democrat, sits on the Senate’s Armed Services Committee that voted to remove the names of Confederate Generals from ten US Army bases.
Many in Congress are going along with Black Lives Matter (BLM) and Antifa rabble calling for the Pentagon to remove the names of the military bases named for Confederate leaders from slave-owning Southern States that joined the Confederacy during the Civil War era.
By a secret voice vote held behind closed doors on Wednesday night, the Republican controlled Senate Armed Services Committee elected to tell the Pentagon to remove the Army bases’ names within the next three years. (House Minority leader Kevin McCarthy said he’s “not opposed” to making the changes either.) It is unknown who on the Republican side voted in favor of the Amendment to the Defense Authorization Act, but several of them — Joni Ernst (IA), Martha McSally (AZ), Thom Tillis (NC), and David Purdue (GA) — face strong Democrat challenges in a race to retain their Senate seats in November.
Nevertheless, given that so many proudly declare they’re Yale grads, I wonder how many of them know Yale is name for a slave trader?
Yep. Elihu Yale plied the slave trade, bringing slaves from Madras, India to Europe. It’s one of the ways he made enough of a fortune to have donated a huge chunk of it to underwrite the first of Yale’s historic buildings in a quid pro quo deal to name the college for him.
While radical nihilists BLM and Antifa destroy and remove cenotaphs and statues of those they deem “White Supremacists” who supported slavery, just as Yale University did during the Obama Administration when they removed the name of slave owner (and former vice president) John Calhoun, can we expect that Yale will remove its vaunted name as well?
President Trump says he will not even consider renaming the ten Army military bases, calling them part of a great American heritage and referring to them as hallowed grounds.
Same can be said for Yale University, right???
Or not…
Tucker Carlson is censored!
Breitbart reports
“Walt Disney Co. and other companies, including Papa John’s International Inc. and T-Mobile US Inc., have pulled ads from Tucker Carlson’s primetime show on Fox News Channel following his remarks on the nationwide Black Lives Matter protests — some of which have descended into violent riots. “This may be a lot of things, this moment we’re living through, but it is definitely not about Black lives,” Carlson said during Monday’s broadcast. “And remember that when they come for you — and at this rate, they will.” And according to Deadline, the companies have pulled ads from Tucker Carlson Tonight due to the host’s views on the widespread protests. “Anyone who has ever been subjected to the rage of the mob knows the feeling. It’s like being swarmed by hornets. You cannot think clearly. And the temptation is to panic, but you can’t panic,” Carlson warned. “You’ve got to keep your head and tell the truth. Tell the truth. If you show weakness of any kind, they will crush you.” A spokesperson for Fox News clarified Carlson’s remark, which triggered critics, explaining that his warning was “clearly referring to Democratic leaders and inner-city politicians.” Nonetheless, the host’s analysis drew ire from progressives, causing several advertisers to pull ads from the show, as reported by Judd Legum, founder of the left-leaning ThinkProgress and Popular Information.”