Is it worth recalling how we got here?
The date of July 30 2019 marks the 400th anniversary of the first representative legislative assembly in the Western Hemisphere at Jamestown Virginia the first permanent English colony in North America. This first General Assembly meeting took place at a church in Jamestown and laid the foundation for American representative government.
It didnt get much press coverage but the events of the day were part of a yearlong commemoration meant to honor the states colonial history. Special events open to the public were planned around Jamestown. Lawmakers and other guests gathered at historic Jamestown to commemorate the meeting of the burgesses. The Democratic governor of Virginia Ralph Northam gave an address at an early morning event. President Trump attended a second event that was private but televised.
In his uplifted speech the president talked about the triumph that we are here to celebrate today" the colonists self-reliance and the self-government in Virginia that gave us the country we love the United States of America."
In his speech Trump offered a nod to the beginning of slavery in the U.S. by noting the arrival of the slaves in 1619 at Point Comfort Virginia. He used the speech to make an optimistic case for Americas future saying America always gets the job done." That is why after 400 years of glorious American democracy we have returned here to this place to declare to all the world that the United States of America and the great Commonwealth of Virginia are just getting started" Trump said.
It wasnt without the left showing its usual colors. During the ceremony a Virginia Democratic state legislator Ibraheem Samirah who is Palestinian-American Muslim interrupted President Trump and shouted you cant send us back Virginia is our home." Shortly after that he brandished a sign reading go back to your corrupted home" deport hate" and reunite my family." The man was escorted away by security as people in the crowd repeatedly chanted Trump."
The president anticipated this by tweeting before the event early in the morning: Heading to Jamestown Virginia. Word is the Democrats will make it as uncomfortable as possible but thats ok because today is not about them!"
Its intriguing how the anti-racist protester didnt brandish his little sign during Ralph Northams early-morning speech in order to remind the governor about his yearbook photos showing that he was either a guy in blackface or a guy in a Ku Klux Klan hood he still hasnt told us; or how the same family-man protester didnt remind the same governor about his statements supporting infanticide. I am sure he would have been more effective.
NOTE - A version of the article was previously published in AMERICAN THINKER.
TIBERIU DIANU has published several books and a host of articles on law politics and post-communist societies. He currently lives and works in Washington DC and can be followed on MEDIUM.
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Is it worth recalling how we got here?
The date of July 30 2019 marks the 400th anniversary of the first representative legislative assembly in the Western Hemisphere at Jamestown Virginia the first permanent English colony in North America. This first General Assembly meeting took place at a church in Jamestown and laid the foundation for American representative government.
It didnt get much press coverage but the events of the day were part of a yearlong commemoration meant to honor the states colonial history. Special events open to the public were planned around Jamestown. Lawmakers and other guests gathered at historic Jamestown to commemorate the meeting of the burgesses. The Democratic governor of Virginia Ralph Northam gave an address at an early morning event. President Trump attended a second event that was private but televised.
In his uplifted speech the president talked about the triumph that we are here to celebrate today" the colonists self-reliance and the self-government in Virginia that gave us the country we love the United States of America."
In his speech Trump offered a nod to the beginning of slavery in the U.S. by noting the arrival of the slaves in 1619 at Point Comfort Virginia. He used the speech to make an optimistic case for Americas future saying America always gets the job done." That is why after 400 years of glorious American democracy we have returned here to this place to declare to all the world that the United States of America and the great Commonwealth of Virginia are just getting started" Trump said.
It wasnt without the left showing its usual colors. During the ceremony a Virginia Democratic state legislator Ibraheem Samirah who is Palestinian-American Muslim interrupted President Trump and shouted you cant send us back Virginia is our home." Shortly after that he brandished a sign reading go back to your corrupted home" deport hate" and reunite my family." The man was escorted away by security as people in the crowd repeatedly chanted Trump."
The president anticipated this by tweeting before the event early in the morning: Heading to Jamestown Virginia. Word is the Democrats will make it as uncomfortable as possible but thats ok because today is not about them!"
Its intriguing how the anti-racist protester didnt brandish his little sign during Ralph Northams early-morning speech in order to remind the governor about his yearbook photos showing that he was either a guy in blackface or a guy in a Ku Klux Klan hood he still hasnt told us; or how the same family-man protester didnt remind the same governor about his statements supporting infanticide. I am sure he would have been more effective.
NOTE - A version of the article was previously published in AMERICAN THINKER.
TIBERIU DIANU has published several books and a host of articles on law politics and post-communist societies. He currently lives and works in Washington DC and can be followed on MEDIUM.
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