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NEW: Trump has appointed former Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant to his #1776Commission—an effort to preserve revisionist history in schools that focuses on elite white male "heroes" while sanitizing the nation's history of slavery, genocide and oppression. 1/ https://www.mississippifreepress.org/7725/trump-taps-ex-gov-bryant-for-1776-effort-to-keep-history-friendly-to-white-heroes/
President Trump's decision to appoint ex-Mississippi Gov. Bryant to his "Patriotic Education" fund comes after a tenure in which Gov. Bryant yearly declared April "Confederate Heritage Month." 2/ https://www.mississippifreepress.org/7725/trump-taps-ex-gov-bryant-for-1776-effort-to-keep-history-friendly-to-white-heroes/
Since 2016, Gov. Bryant has aligned himself with pro-Brexit British nationalists on a mission to "Make Great Britain Great Again."
I covered that in my award winning investigation for @JxnFreePress: "God Save the Governor: Phil Bryant, Brexit Soldier." 3/ https://www.jacksonfreepress.com/news/2019/nov/13/god-save-governor-phil-bryant-brexit-soldier/
I covered that in my award winning investigation for @JxnFreePress: "God Save the Governor: Phil Bryant, Brexit Soldier." 3/ https://www.jacksonfreepress.com/news/2019/nov/13/god-save-governor-phil-bryant-brexit-soldier/
As Gov. Bryant joins Trump's effort to revise history, he's helping revise the facts of current history as it unfolds in real time.
Today, he praised Carol Swain, the #1776Commission's Black vice chair, as she called on God to help Trump stay in power. 4/ https://www.mississippifreepress.org/7725/trump-taps-ex-gov-bryant-for-1776-effort-to-keep-history-friendly-to-white-heroes/
Today, he praised Carol Swain, the #1776Commission's Black vice chair, as she called on God to help Trump stay in power. 4/ https://www.mississippifreepress.org/7725/trump-taps-ex-gov-bryant-for-1776-effort-to-keep-history-friendly-to-white-heroes/
Dr. Swain: “Stand strong, Mr. President. We have your back! We serve a God of miracles. ... We just need to humble ourselves and plead our case before Him. ... Ask God for your miracle and ask him for wisdom and supernatural favor. VICTORY!” 5/ https://www.mississippifreepress.org/7725/trump-taps-ex-gov-bryant-for-1776-effort-to-keep-history-friendly-to-white-heroes/
“Dr. @carolmswain is a prayer warrior ... . She is a bold voice for freedom,” the former governor wrote, quoting Carol Swain’s tweet that urged Trump supporters to ask God to overthrow the American electorate with a heaven-ordained, "miraculous" coup. 6/ https://www.mississippifreepress.org/7725/trump-taps-ex-gov-bryant-for-1776-effort-to-keep-history-friendly-to-white-heroes/
Carol Swain, a former Vanderbuilt poli sci professor, once said Islam “poses an absolute danger to us and our children unless monitored.”
In October, a video recording surfaced in which she compared Black Lives Matter protesters to the Ku Klux Klan. 7/ https://www.mississippifreepress.org/7725/trump-taps-ex-gov-bryant-for-1776-effort-to-keep-history-friendly-to-white-heroes/
In October, a video recording surfaced in which she compared Black Lives Matter protesters to the Ku Klux Klan. 7/ https://www.mississippifreepress.org/7725/trump-taps-ex-gov-bryant-for-1776-effort-to-keep-history-friendly-to-white-heroes/
“Good work by @LynnFitchAG. Agree or disagree, the Supreme Court of the United States has always been the final word in such matters,” Phil Bryant tweeted on Nov. 9.
He has changed his tune since SCOTUS rejected Trump's challenge, though. 8/ https://www.mississippifreepress.org/7725/trump-taps-ex-gov-bryant-for-1776-effort-to-keep-history-friendly-to-white-heroes/
He has changed his tune since SCOTUS rejected Trump's challenge, though. 8/ https://www.mississippifreepress.org/7725/trump-taps-ex-gov-bryant-for-1776-effort-to-keep-history-friendly-to-white-heroes/
Trump appointed Gov. Phil Bryant to the #1776commission for two years.
But upon taking office next month, President-elect Joe Biden could disband the commission, ending Trump's effort to shift history education further in favor of white male elites. 9/ https://www.mississippifreepress.org/7725/trump-taps-ex-gov-bryant-for-1776-effort-to-keep-history-friendly-to-white-heroes/
But upon taking office next month, President-elect Joe Biden could disband the commission, ending Trump's effort to shift history education further in favor of white male elites. 9/ https://www.mississippifreepress.org/7725/trump-taps-ex-gov-bryant-for-1776-effort-to-keep-history-friendly-to-white-heroes/
