Protesters in the shadow of Hermon MacNeil’s statue of Pres. McKinley scream outside of the Capitol doors. Columbus, Ohio

Angry Protestors at the Ohio Capitol screamed over their governor’s “Stay-at-home” orders outside the locked door.  That same day, five other states experienced protests.  “LIBERATION” of all these states was “whispered” by Donald Trump’s Twitter feed the day before. (see below … )

To scream at that door they had to walk past Hermon A. MacNeil’s monumental tribute to President Wm. McKinley, as well as, its 20 foot marble pedestal and its 80 foot podium with four bronze figures that interpret the life of the slain 25th President of the United States.  

MacNeil’s sculpture design for the Award Medals at the Pan American Exhibitition, Buffalo, NY 1901 (reverse). All award medals were struck from the same design whether in Bronze, silver or gold. These are silver medals.

MacNeil exhibited at the 1901 Pan American Exposition in Buffalo, NY where McKinley was slain.  He also designed the medallion that was awarded for the gold, silver, and bronze medals for exhibit winners. 

BUT these “PROTESTORS” didn’t seem to have any awareness of history (neither does our 45th President) or of a global COVID-19 PANDEMIC.  They exhibit their irrational “fantasy world” as a political statement molded after “TRUMP RALLIES.” 

Jeff Darcy offers an apropos opinion and  cartoon below: 

By Jeff Darcy, cleveland.com

CLEVELAND, Ohio — The “Enabler-in-Chief” President Donald Trump has helped incite protests in multiple states against lockdown measures to fight Covid-19 by tweeting for states to be “Liberated” and dismissing the protests as slight cases of “cabin fever” just as he had initially dismissed the coronavirus spread in the United States.

On Friday, Trump posted in a series of tweets calls to “LIBERATE MINNESOTA”. “LIBERATE MICHIGAN” and “LIBERATE VIRGINIA, and save your great 2nd Amendment.” 

All three states have Democratic Governors and are pivotal in Trump’s reelection bid.  [https://www.cleveland.com/darcy/2020/04/trump-liberate-tweets-enable-protesters-darcy-cartoon.html]

Credit: Jeff Darcy at https://www.cleveland.com/darcy/2020/04/trump-liberate-tweets-enable-protesters-darcy-cartoon.html

McKinley’s assassin was an anarchist.

By Henry Donovan – NOTE 2

Leon Frank Czołgosz (Polish pronunciation: [ˈt͡ʂɔwɡɔʂ], roughly “CHOW-gosh“; May 5, 1873 – October 29, 1901) was an American steelworker and anarchist who assassinated American President William McKinley on September 6, 1901 in Buffalo, New York, with a .32 Caliber Iver Johnson revolver. Czolgosz was executed seven weeks later on October 29, 1901.

Czolgosz believed there was a great injustice in American society, an inequality which allowed the wealthy to enrich themselves by exploiting the poor. He concluded that the reason for this was the structure of government itself. Then he learned of a European crime which changed his life: On July 29, 1900, King Umberto I of Italy had been shot dead by anarchist Gaetano Bresci. Bresci told the press that he had decided to take matters into his own hands for the sake of the common man. ^[22]  [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leon_Czolgosz]

The 45th PRESIDENT has established himself as a true “Liar-in Chief” …

DOES the 45th PRESIDENT also PROMOTE anarchy? 

Evaluate that question for yourself? 

Hint — a definition:

• [ˈanərkē]  NOUN
• a state of disorder due to absence or nonrecognition of authority.
• “he must ensure public order in a country threatened with anarchy”
  synonyms:

  lawlessness · absence of government · nihilism · mobocracy · revolution · insurrection · riot · rebellion · mutiny · disorder · disorganization · misrule · chaos · tumult · turmoil · mayhem · pandemonium

• absence of government and absolute freedom of the individual, regarded as a political ideal.

McKinley’s assassin was a documented anarchist.

McKinley’s assassin, Leon Frank Czołgosz was an unemployed, angry, anarchist.

Leon Czolgosz shoots President McKinley with a revolver concealed under a cloth rag. Clipping of a wash drawing by T. Dart Walker. [Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assassination_of_William_McKinley]

William McKinley, the 25th President of the United States, was shot on the grounds of the Pan-American Exposition at the Temple of Music in Buffalo, New York, on September 6, 1901, six months into his second term. He was shaking hands with the public when anarchist Leon Czolgosz shot him twice in the abdomen. McKinley died on September 14 of gangrene caused by the wounds. He was the third American president to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln in 1865 and James A. Garfield in 1881. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_McKinley]