The ignorance pains me. #politics

The Statue, of course, is a gift from the French. The brainchild of Frenchman Édouard René Lefèbvrede de Laboulaye.

I did learn something myself though! 👏🏻

“Less well known — and obviously a completely blank page to Kelly — is that Laboulaye was President of the French Anti-Slavery Society. He conceived of the work as a salute to the Union victory in the Civil War and the subsequent emancipation of American slaves. Hence “liberty”.

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2023/12/25/2213815/--MAGA-pundit-ridiculed-for-saying-the-Statue-of-Liberty-was-American-made