Statue Toppling Is Bringing Mob Rule to America

Plus: Why So Few Arrests? Police Stand by as Vandals Tear Down Statues

Jun 23, 2020   Good morning from Washington, where a mob last night defaced and tried to tear down a statue of Andrew Jackson near the White House before police stepped in. But police aren't intervening as statues fall elsewhere, Fred Lucas reports. Such rampant vandalism across the nation is a sign of mob rule, Jarrett Stepman writes. On the podcast, the attorney general of a red state talks tough on China and COVID-19. Plus: critical differences between absentee voting and mail-in elections, and what conservatives need to do for America. On this date in 1972, Title IX becomes law, prohibiting federally funded educational institutions from discriminating against students or employees based on sex.     Commentary Statue Toppling Is Bringing Mob Rule to America By Jarrett Stepman Abraham Lincoln warned us what would happen to America if we became a nation of mob rule, not law and order. More News Why So Few Arrests? Police Stand by as Vandals Tear Down Statues By Fred Lucas The lack of arrests by police is almost certainly a result of two dynamics, either politics or trying to protect officers from engaging in force, says Jason Johnson of the Law Enforcement Legal Defense Fund. More Commentary Who Can Save Us Now? By Sebastian Gorka We have arrived at this deeply disturbing point because of a decadeslong campaign by the left and cultural elites to transform our country. More Analysis China Must Be Held Accountable for COVID-19 Pandemic, Arkansas Attorney General Says By Rachel del Guidice "China knew it had a problem that was getting out of control and it failed to warn the rest of the world and instead of something that could have been kept there in Wuhan, China, it was released out into the world," says Arkansas Attorney General Leslie Rutledge. More News New York Times Mum on '1619 Project' Creator Calling '1619 Riots' Moniker an 'Honor' By Virginia Allen After a New York Post op-ed, "Call Them the 1619 Riots," linked rioting occurring across the country to The New York Times' controversial "1619 Project," the journalist behind the project responded: "It would be an honor. Thank you." More News 8 Key Points to Distinguish Absentee and All-Mail Voting By Fred Lucas Absentee voting is prone to fraud, election experts say, but has more safeguards than all-mail voting. More           The Daily Signal is brought to you by more than half a million members of The Heritage Foundation. Donate to The Daily Signal Find us on Facebook Follow us on Twitter How are we doing? We welcome your comments, suggestions, and story tips. Please reply to this email or send us a note at comments@dailysignal.com. The Daily Signal 214 Massachusetts Avenue, NE Washington, DC 20002 (800) 546-2843     Add morningbell@heritage.org to your address book to ensure that you receive emails from us. You are subscribed to this newsletter as johnmhames1.diogenes--light@blogger.com. If you want to receive other Heritage Foundation newsletters, or opt out of this newsletter, please click here to update your subscription.

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