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https://www.rawstory.com/trump-statue-of-liberty/
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Ocelot II
(129,617 posts)And we seem to have no use for the plaque on its base with the Emma Lazarus poem either, since we clearly don't want the tired or the poor any more - so France can have that, too.
Evolve Dammit
(21,574 posts)Ocelot II
(129,617 posts)Evolve Dammit
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pattyloutwo
(517 posts)And the MAGAs still think he’s wonderful. SOS for democracy
Evolve Dammit
(21,574 posts)and spray painted gold.....
I really hate Nazis and I really hate Magats (hard to differentiate anymore)...
Passages
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Wounded Bear
(63,938 posts)to something that reads: "Now open to anybody rich enough to pay."
Celerity
(53,933 posts)"Give us back the Statue of Liberty", centre-left politician Raphael Glucksmann said at a convention of his Place Publique centre-left movement.
"We're going to say to the Americans who have chosen to side with the tyrants, to the Americans who fired researchers for demanding scientific freedom: 'Give us back the Statue of Liberty,'" he told cheering supporters.
"'We gave it to you as a gift, but apparently you despise it. So it will be just fine here at home,'" he added.
GoodRaisin
(10,779 posts)HereForTheParty
(915 posts)It's a French politician. Not that I'd blame them.
Emrys
(8,966 posts)and the actual headline on the linked article reads:
French deputy asks for return of Statue of Liberty
That's one French Member of the European Parliament, "centre-left politician Raphael Glucksmann", and this post title is blatant clickbait.
progressoid
(52,717 posts)Rawstory tends to veer to the overly dramatic click-bait headlines.
Emrys
(8,966 posts)Wonder Why
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SWBTATTReg
(26,127 posts)American spirit of freedom and individual freedoms that make this Country so great. It's certainly not what this orange moron does in his office, making a filthy mess of everything he touches. What makes this Country so great is us.
Plain and simple, it's us.
Afrocat
(2,808 posts)It's in NYC and it has and continues to stand for what Lady Liberty stands for.
ancianita
(43,145 posts)dchill
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Figarosmom
(10,152 posts)I think.
Bernardo de La Paz
(60,320 posts)Why do you put a fake title on your OP? It is false. It is not the truth.
progressoid
(52,717 posts)Last edited Sun Mar 16, 2025, 05:04 PM - Edit history (1)
I doubt the French want pedastal with the added plaque:
With conquering limbs astride from land to land;
Here at our sea-washed, sunset gates shall stand
A mighty woman with a torch, whose flame
Is the imprisoned lightning, and her name
Mother of Exiles. From her beacon-hand
Glows world-wide welcome; her mild eyes command
The air-bridged harbor that twin cities frame.
"Keep, ancient lands, your storied pomp!" cries she
With silent lips. "Give me your tired, your poor,
Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,
The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.
Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me,
The French are very protective of whom they allow into their country.
Rebl2
(17,493 posts)the other day if France might take it back.
AntiFascist
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ReRe
(12,181 posts)Over my fucking dead body, buddy! 
99MainSt
(70 posts)I choose to optimistically assume this period of US history won't last long. Let's fight for the values Lady Liberty represents.
JustABozoOnThisBus
(24,621 posts)Bow down as you pass by
Justice matters.
(9,531 posts)That is a great idea, if the unduly-fired Scientists can't find new jobs in the US, I hope France will accomodate them, somewhere in France!
Great idea! 
BurnDoubt
(1,571 posts)Save Her Before the Yahr Null Celebration!!!!!
BidenRocks
(2,903 posts)Few will care.
Now if it were a statue of Jefferson Davis there would be protests and death threats.
Never again will I say a pledge of allegiance. Never to a dictator!
The national anthem is meaningless and the flag is flying upside down.
My Marine Corps service during the cold war was for nothing. We gave it away.
It's all the citizens (?) who are butt hurt and listen to the shyster.
Go ahead, what do you have to lose?
War Powers Act against America?
Take the Statue. We dishonor it.