oliver cromwell to cattle ranching, to social justice. personally, roosevelt was a famously decent man. in 1901 he invited his friend booker t. washingtono dinner. no african-american had ever eaten in the white house. democrats roared with the rage the idea. the crime of having a meal with a black man, they attacked teddy roosevelt and his wife for the rest of their lives. but roosevelt never bowed. he gave the finger to the mob and he continued cheerfully on. teddy roosevelt was a hero to millions of americans. he still is. that's precisely why they're tearing down his statue. they noted they can force you to watch as they topple your heroes, they have won. there is nothing they can't do next. they can decide how you raise her children, how you vote, what you're allowed to believe. once they've humiliated you, they can control you, and that's why across the country mobs are tearing down america's monuments. in the cities of richmond and st. paul, minnesota, they turned on status of christopher columbus. they did the same thing in boston. boston's mayor announces its time to remove a statue of abraham lincoln, the man who freed the sla