- That's right, Pat, the President took

a controversially strong position against

what many Conservativesbelieve is a revolution

against America's history, its values,

and a threat to the country's freedoms.

Dale Hurd has that story.

- In speeches over the weekend,

President Trump attacked theso-called cancel culture,

which seeks to erasepart of American history.

He denounced it as aleft-wing cultural revolution,

and said we only kneel to God.

After weeks of rioting, burning cities,

and toppled monuments,President Trump made clear

he opposes those trying to rewrite

and eradicate American history and values.

- We will never allow an angry mob

to tear down our statues,erase our history,

indoctrinate our childrenor trample on our freedoms.

- [Dale] Speaking at Mount Rushmore,

which some on the left see asa symbol of white supremacy

and would like to destroy,President Trump declared

that the monument will never be desecrated

and America's heroes never forgotten.

- Make no mistake.

This left-wing culturalrevolution is designed

to overthrow the American revolution.

- [Dale] The President warnedthat the left-wing movement

is attacking America's basic freedoms.

- In our schools, our newsrooms,

even our corporate boardrooms,

there is a new far-left fascism

that demands absolute allegiance.

If you do not speak its language,

perform its rituals, recite its mantras,

and follow its commandments,

then you will be censured,banished, blacklisted,

persecuted, and punished.

- Attacks from the Democrats

and the media were fast and furious.

Even before the Mount Rushmore speech,

in a tweet that was later deleted,

the official DemocraticTwitter account accused Trump

of glorifying white supremacy.

The New York Times accused Trump

of using the Mount Rushmore speech

to deliver a divisive culture war message.

A CNN reporter calledMount Rushmore a monument

of two slave owners anda land wrestled away

from Native Americans.

But CNN had no problemwhen Bernie Sanders gushed

at a visit to Mount Rushmore in 2016,

that it representedAmerica at its very best.

Meanwhile, more statues are coming down.

Christopher Columbus wasthrown into Baltimore Harbor

over the weekend, and inRochester, New York, the statue

of black abolitionist FrederickDouglass was vandalized.

The controversy is not likely to stop,

as left-wing protestors arelikely to target more statues

across the country,

and this is shaping up topossibly be a major issue

in this year's election.

Dale Hurd, CBN.