{"id":4749,"date":"2021-03-22T11:42:49","date_gmt":"2021-03-22T11:42:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lonecandle.com\/?p=4749"},"modified":"2021-03-22T11:42:49","modified_gmt":"2021-03-22T11:42:49","slug":"how-biden-can-fix-trumps-1776-disaster","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lonecandle.com\/?p=4749","title":{"rendered":"How Biden Can Fix Trump\u2019s 1776 Disaster"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p> &#8220;Despite these criticisms, the \u201c1776 Report\u201d and the \u201c1619 Project\u201d each have worthwhile elements. You can\u2019t tell the story of America accurately without slavery and racism, nor can you do so without the Founders\u2019 understanding and promise of liberty. An inherent contradiction? Yes. But can either be avoided? No. Is the Declaration of Independence, flawed? Yes, but its evolution, content and impact are still important for every American to know, thus the conclusions of the \u201c1776 Report\u201d that \u201cour Declaration is worth preserving, our Constitution worth defending\u201d offer a legitimate, productive starting point for discussion. \u201cOur history has been a constant struggle between the American ideal that we all are created equal, and the harsh, ugly reality that racism, nativism, fear and demonization have long torn us apart,\u201d Biden said on Wednesday. To understand and engage with American history, the nation must consider these legacies and many more.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/magazine\/2021\/01\/22\/biden-trump-1776-commission-461483\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/magazine\/2021\/01\/22\/biden-trump-1776-commission-461483<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Despite these criticisms, the \u201c1776 Report\u201d and the \u201c1619 Project\u201d each have worthwhile elements. You can\u2019t tell the story of America accurately without slavery and racism, nor can you do so without the Founders\u2019 understanding and promise of liberty. An inherent contradiction? Yes. But can either be avoided? No. Is the Declaration of Independence, flawed? Yes, but its evolution, content and impact are still important for every American to know, thus the conclusions of the \u201c1776 Report\u201d that \u201cour Declaration is worth preserving, our Constitution worth defending\u201d offer a legitimate, productive starting point for discussion. \u201cOur history has been a constant struggle between the American ideal that we all are created equal, and the harsh, ugly reality that racism, nativism, fear and demonization have long torn us apart,\u201d Biden said on Wednesday. To understand and engage with American history, the nation must consider these legacies and many more.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[1223,1222,780],"class_list":["post-4749","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-article-share","tag-1223","tag-1222","tag-joe-biden"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lonecandle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4749","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lonecandle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lonecandle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lonecandle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lonecandle.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4749"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lonecandle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4749\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4750,"href":"https:\/\/lonecandle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4749\/revisions\/4750"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lonecandle.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4749"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lonecandle.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4749"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lonecandle.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4749"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}