{"id":1966000,"date":"2023-07-06T18:21:02","date_gmt":"2023-07-06T22:21:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/south-dakota-gov-blasts-ben-jerrys-push-to-return-mt-rushmore-bunch-of-liberal-vermont-businessmen\/"},"modified":"2023-07-06T18:21:37","modified_gmt":"2023-07-06T22:21:37","slug":"south-dakota-gov-blasts-ben-jerrys-push-to-return-mt-rushmore-bunch-of-liberal-vermont-businessmen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/south-dakota-gov-blasts-ben-jerrys-push-to-return-mt-rushmore-bunch-of-liberal-vermont-businessmen\/","title":{"rendered":"SD Gov. criticizes Ben &#038; Jerry&#8217;s for wanting to &#8216;return&#8217; Mt. Rushmore, calls them &#8216;Vermont liberals&#8217;."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/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%2Fsouth-dakota-gov-blasts-ben-jerrys-push-to-return-mt-rushmore-bunch-of-liberal-vermont-businessmen%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=1966000&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--><h2>South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem Blasts Ben &#038; Jerry&#8217;s Anti-American 4th of July Message<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">South Dakota Governor <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/kristi-noem\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kristi Noem<\/a> (R) has strongly criticized Ben &#038; Jerry&#8217;s for their anti-American message on Independence Day. She argues that the company&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nra-board-retroactively-approves-bankruptcy-plan-as-trial-approaches\/\" title=\"NRA Board Retroactively Approves Bankruptcy Plan as Trial Approaches\">leadership lacks<\/a> a proper understanding of American history.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>Ben &#038; Jerry&#8217;s Calls for the Return of &#8220;Stolen Indigenous Land&#8221;<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">On July 4th, Ben &#038; Jerry&#8217;s Twitter account <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/benandjerrys\/status\/1676214289353572352?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1676214289353572352%7Ctwgr%5Eeae99805a53f57fb262ef2167a7361f0332a9179%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&#038;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.foxnews.com%2Fmedia%2Fgov-noem-hits-back-ben-jerrys-mt-rushmore-opposition-no-idea-doing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">posted<\/a> a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-rio-de-janeiros-christ-the-redeemer-statue-lit-up-with-vaccine-message\/\" title=\"WATCH: Rio De Janeiro\u2019s Christ The Redeemer Statue Lit Up With Vaccine Message\">message advocating<\/a> for the return of &#8220;stolen Indigenous land,&#8221; including Mount Rushmore, to Native American groups. The company&#8217;s tweet included a link to an article that argued for the return of Mount Rushmore and a petition to support this cause. Governor Noem had a different perspective.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Governor Noem&#8217;s Response<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cI\u2019m not going to listen to a bunch of liberal Vermont businessmen who think they know everything about this country and haven\u2019t studied our history,\u201d Noem told \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/gov-noem-hits-back-ben-jerrys-mt-rushmore-opposition-no-idea-doing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fox &#038; Friends<\/a>\u201d Thursday. \u201cRight now, Mount Rushmore is the greatest symbol of our freedom and history of the United States of America.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Ben &#038; Jerry&#8217;s Claims<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/damage-control-unilevers-inclusive-ceo-struggles-to-renounce-ben-jerrys-anti-semitism\/\" title=\"Damage Control: Unilever\u2019s \u2018Inclusive\u2019 CEO Struggles To Renounce Ben &#038; Jerry\u2019s Anti-Semitism\">ice cream maker&#8217;<\/a>s article, titled &#8220;The US Was Founded on Stolen Indigenous Land\u2014This July 4, Let\u2019s Commit to Returning It,&#8221; argues that Mount Rushmore and the Black Hills should be returned to the Lakota people, claiming that the United States &#8220;stole&#8221; the land. Ben &#038; Jerry&#8217;s suggests that the celebrations of the 4th of July distract from this issue.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">This 4th of July, it&#8217;s high time we recognize that the US exists on stolen Indigenous land and commit to returning it. Learn more and take action now: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/45smaBmORH\">https:\/\/t.co\/45smaBmORH<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/a6qp7LXUAE\">pic.twitter.com\/a6qp7LXUAE<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ben &#038; Jerry&#8217;s (@benandjerrys) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/benandjerrys\/status\/1676214289353572352?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 4, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Governor Noem&#8217;s Perspective<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cWe can learn from the men on that mountain,\u201d Noem said. \u201cWe can do better. But, boy, they led us through some challenging times. And I think Americans in this country need some inspiration, and we can gain it from a monument like that.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Noem encourages Americans to take pride in their country and dismiss the claims made by Ben &#038; Jerry&#8217;s. Host Brian Kilmeade points out that the company is taking advantage of the country&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/walsh-the-biden-administration-is-systemically-discriminating-against-white-people-heres-the-proof\/\" title=\"WALSH: The Biden Administration Is Systemically Discriminating Against White People. Here\u2019s The Proof.\u00a0\">free enterprise system<\/a> while criticizing it.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><a href=\"https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" aria-describedby=\"sk-tooltip-9096\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1688648178298000&#038;usg=AOvVaw10v0UGh9BJZV8inaPuI6t7\">CLICK HERE TO GET THE DAILYWIRE+ APP<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Other Politicians Speak Out<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Governor Noem is not the only politician who has criticized Ben &#038; Jerry&#8217;s. Utah Republican Sen. Mike Lee <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/ben-jerrys-posts-anti-american-message-on-july-4th-critics-blast-their-hypocrisy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">questioned<\/a> the company&#8217;s intentions when it called for the &#8220;return&#8221; of the land. He asked if this meant the expungement of property rights or the repatriation of Americans to Europe.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In January, South Dakota Republican Rep. Dusty Johnson <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/house-bill-aims-to-prevent-destruction-of-mount-rushmore\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">re-introduced<\/a> the Mount Rushmore Protection Act, which aims to prevent the renaming or destruction of Mount Rushmore. Sixteen other Republicans have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.congress.gov\/bill\/118th-congress\/house-bill\/386\/committees?s=1&#038;r=12&#038;q=%7B%22search%22%3A%5B%22%22%5D%7D\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">co-sponsored<\/a> the bill.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cOur nation\u2019s history is not without its flaws, but there is no doubt the faces on Mount Rushmore represent democracy, freedom, and the great American experiment,\u201d Johnson said.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem criticized Ben &amp; Jerry&#8217;s for their anti-American 4th of July message. She stated that the company&#8217;s leadership lacks sufficient knowledge of history. On Independence Day, Ben &amp; Jerry&#8217;s Twitter account advocated for the return of &#8220;stolen Indigenous land,&#8221; including Mount Rushmore, situated in South Dakota, to Native Americans.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1530,"featured_media":1966001,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1966000","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1966000","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\/1530"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1966000"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1966000\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1966001"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1966000"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1966000"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1966000"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}