Trump Celebrates American Freedom, Denounces Cancel Culture on Eve of Independence Day

Trump Celebrates American Freedom, Denounces Cancel Culture on Eve of Independence Day
President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump attend Independence Day fireworks celebrations at Mt. Rushmore in Keystone, South Dakota, on July 3, 2020. Tom Brenner/Reuters
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In a speech at Mount Rushmore on the eve of July 4, President Donald Trump celebrated America’s heritage and echoed the values, ideals, and freedoms enshrined in the Declaration of Independence, while calling on patriots to stand up to “cancel culture” and what he called “a new far-left fascism.”

Standing before a crowd of 7,500, Trump signaled the significance of Mount Rushmore, which depicts former U.S. Presidents George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt, and Abraham Lincoln.