{"id":153551,"date":"2021-02-20T16:15:45","date_gmt":"2021-02-20T21:15:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=153551"},"modified":"2021-02-20T16:43:15","modified_gmt":"2021-02-20T21:43:15","slug":"cant-make-it-up-bill-hemmer-predicts-cancel-culture-coming-for-bible-characters-next","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cant-make-it-up-bill-hemmer-predicts-cancel-culture-coming-for-bible-characters-next\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Can\u2019t Make It Up\u2019: Bill Hemmer Predicts Cancel Culture Coming For \u2018Bible Characters\u2019 Next"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fcant-make-it-up-bill-hemmer-predicts-cancel-culture-coming-for-bible-characters-next%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=153551&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/697139D6-B036-405C-8447-D4BB4D141127-1200x800-1.jpeg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Fox News anchor Bill Hemmer warned the increasingly aggressive cancel culture that would go after figures such as former President Abraham Lincoln will soon aim its fire at characters in the Bible.<\/p>\n<p>Hemmer <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediaite.com\/tv\/fox-news-anchor-bill-hemmer-warns-cancel-culture-could-come-after-bible-characters-next\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">made his comments<\/a>&nbsp;Friday during a segment on Fox News\u2019 \u201cAmerica\u2019s Newsroom\u201d about the new <a href=\"https:\/\/chicagomonuments.org\/about\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Chicago Monuments Project<\/a>, which will catalogue the city\u2019s monuments and appoint an advisory committee \u201c<span class>to determine which pieces warrant attention or action.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Among the historical figures whose monument is being reviewed is Lincoln, whose tomb is in Springfield, Illinois.<\/p>\n<p>Co-host Dana Perino read the project\u2019s mission statement:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><em>The Chicago Monuments Project&nbsp;intends to grapple with the often unacknowledged \u2013 or forgotten \u2013 history associated with the city\u2019s various municipal art collections and provides a vehicle to address the hard truths of Chicago\u2019s racial history, confront the ways in which that history has and has not been memorialized, and develop&nbsp;\u2028a framework for marking public space that elevates new ways to memorialize Chicago\u2019s history more equitably and accurately.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Hemmer and Perino discussed the project and its implications with reporter Carley Shimkus, who said, \u201cForty-one Chicago monuments are under review. Five of them are of Abraham Lincoln. In Illinois, the land of Lincoln.&nbsp;His statue might be removed&nbsp;from the city.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Maintaining it was wrong for vandals to rip down and otherwise damage some of the city\u2019s statues last summer, Shimkus said it was \u201cequally troubling\u201d that Chicago\u2019s city government was entertaining the idea of removing even more to placate modern sensibilities. She quoted Cardinal Timothy Dolan, who said \u201cmemory and tradition are very, very important. It\u2019s the vehicle of God\u2019s revelation. To do anything to chip away at that tradition is perilous to the human project.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>After reading a statement from Democratic Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot, Hemmer read from the list of other historical figures&nbsp;slated for potential cancellation: \u201cYou\u2019re talking Ben Franklin, Ulysses S. Grant, Christopher Columbus, George Washington, and as you mentioned, in the land of Lincoln \u2014 Abe Lincoln,\u201d Hemmer said. \u201cCan\u2019t make it up.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In response, Shimkus asked: \u201cYou have to wonder, are we in a&nbsp;transition period in our&nbsp;country right now where our&nbsp;grandchildren, our great&nbsp;grandchildren, great-great&nbsp;grandchildren might not think&nbsp;of these people the way we do? They might not be taught in the&nbsp;same way we know them now.&nbsp;I say more statues, not less,&nbsp;not fewer. More opinions, more&nbsp;ideas, not less.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI tell you, if they start cancelling these American presidents, they\u2019re going to come after Bible characters next,\u201d Hemmer added. \u201cMark my words.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Shimkus agreed and pinpointed the school system as the ultimate source of cancel culture.<\/p>\n<p>WATCH:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">&#8220;If they start canceling these American presidents, they&#8217;re gonna come after Bible characters next. Mark my words&#8221; \u2014 Fox News &#8220;news side&#8221; host Bill Hemmer <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/qTPV0NERv8\">pic.twitter.com\/qTPV0NERv8<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/atrupar\/status\/1362836474547339265?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 19, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cGiven the past year and in particular the past summer that made clear history isn\u2019t past, it is essential that residents are a part of this conversation. This project is about more than a single statue or mural. It\u2019s about channeling our city\u2019s dynamic civic energy to permanently memorialize our shared values, history, and heritage as Chicagoans in an open and democratic way,\u201d Lightfoot said in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chicago.gov\/city\/en\/depts\/mayor\/press_room\/press_releases\/2021\/february\/MonumentsPublicArtPublicEngagement.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">press release<\/a>&nbsp;earlier this week.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related<\/strong>: <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/boston-removes-statue-of-lincoln-emancipating-slave\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Boston Removes Statue Of Lincoln Emancipating Slave<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><em>member<\/em><\/a><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fox News anchor Bill Hemmer warned the increasingly aggressive cancel culture that would go after figures such as former President Abraham Lincoln will soon aim its fire at characters in &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2181585,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/697139D6-B036-405C-8447-D4BB4D141127-1200x800-1.jpeg","fifu_image_alt":"\u2018Can\u2019t Make It Up\u2019: Bill Hemmer Predicts Cancel Culture Coming For \u2018Bible Characters\u2019 Next","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-153551","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/697139D6-B036-405C-8447-D4BB4D141127-1200x800-1.jpeg","fifu_image_alt":"\u2018Can\u2019t Make It Up\u2019: Bill Hemmer Predicts Cancel Culture Coming For \u2018Bible Characters\u2019 Next","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/153551","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=153551"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/153551\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2181585"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=153551"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=153551"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=153551"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}