I did say "Democrat" didn't I?
“ 'The only thing I could think of to do was, okay, I’ll just take it down. I actually unpublished my page for a little bit. Next week, I’ll probably bring it back up,” said Adams County Commissioner Marty Qually (D).
"Qually claimed he was not trying to erase history but pointed to what happened when counterprotesters showed up at Gettysburg over the Independence Day weekend in response to online rumors about an Antifa flag burning.
"Friday, ABC 27 provided screenshots of what appeared to be the commissioner’s since-deleted Facebook post.
"It read:" . . .
“ 'We cannot allow our county to become a holiday destination for hate, racism, and false patriotism,” he wrote, adding that among them were “clear white supremacists, Klan members, coming to protect our monuments.”
"Qually said he removed the post because it got so many comments and became difficult to monitor.
"Later, State Rep. Dan Moul (R) of Adams County commented that “Those people who carry those symbols of hate have no place here. Don’t bring your hate here. That’s not what this town’s all about.”
"However, Moul added that Qually’s call to bring down the Confederate monuments at Gettysburg was “insanity.”
“ 'If you wipe our history away, we are bound to repeat it. And, that’s a place we never want to go again in this country,” he contined.
"After receiving so much criticism, Qually said Thursday that the removal should only be a last resort.
“If we can’t educate the public to the point where people aren’t driving from eight hours away to come here to protect [statues], then I think we have to look at their removal as an option,” Qually noted.
“ 'I don’t know that there’s enough education in the world to get them to understand they’re harming our local economy,” he concluded."
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