Woke Virginia Government Continues Its Siege of VMI
Only Hegseth can save storied Virginia Military Institute from woke state lawmakers
Only Hegseth can save storied Virginia Military Institute from woke state lawmakers
(FOX) - The last time that Virginia Military Institute was nearly destroyed was when Union troops set it ablaze during the Civil War. Today, a new threat to this storied college is coming from within the Old Dominion itself in the form of woke Democrat politicians.
Measures before the Virginia Legislature, in response to allegations of systemic racism at the institution, could not only strip the oldest state-run military college in the nation of its independence, but also cut off funding it needs to exist.
Last week, the Department of War, under Secretary Pete Hegseth, took to social media to back up VMI, writing that “the stability of this proven leadership pipeline is a matter of direct national security interest” and that the department “reserves the right to take extraordinary measures to protect the integrity of VMI.”
Having spent some time this week in Lexington, Virginia, the mountainous home of VMI, it is clear that not only is the college a national treasure, it is very much a local one…
Appreciated Marcus’ reporting here, somehow the wokesters in Virginia want to erase some names & history. I graduated from George Mason High School in Falls Church. George Mason wrote Virginia’s Declaration of Rights that became the framework for our Bill of Rights…but he owned many slaves.
https://www.consource.org/document/george-masons-last-will-and-testament-1773-3-20/
Because of this, new-comers to Falls Church were elected to the School Board and they ultimately virtue- signaled by erasing the name on the High School, in short order the building was demolished.
Meanwhile, the Commonwealth of Virginia rolls blissfully along with a very large University known as George Mason University.
Beginning at Charlottesville, virtue-signalers, from Virginia, have gone after almost every 18th Century slave owner…but, in Charlottesville, they have to give Mr. Jefferson a pass, Washington also gets one and, so far George Mason.
Just the facts.