Wheeler Says Trump Is Wrong About Confederate Statues

Former FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler weighed in on the issue of removing statues of Confederate leaders and said in a blog post for the Brookings Institution that President Donald Trump (see 1708160044) is “wrong.” Wheeler has written two books about the Civil War, and disputed the president’s claim that removing statues of Robert E. Lee and "Stonewall" Jackson would lead to similar treatment for Founding Fathers such as George Washington. “These men were building as opposed to tearing down,” Wheeler said.