The entire nonsensical and racist argument encapsulates the bizarre and strange reasoning that has been a hallmark of Noonan's career. 'I am against the movement to tear down statues of those who fought in the Civil War and others,' she said. She accused those who support removing the statues of 'tearing us down, our history down, banishing it,' echoing Donald Trump and others who seem to believe that people cannot learn history from books, only statues put in place by racists reacting to the Civil Rights movement. In reality, the way the war was 'resolved' for the illegal Confederate army was complete defeat and a military rout, leading to unconditional surrender to the legal government, commanded by President Abraham Lincoln.ĭespite the criticism, Noonan continued to defend keeping honors to the Confederacy in place. When one person pointed out to Noonan that 'they owned slaves,' she doubled down on her defense, writing, 'They resolved it: all men are and must be free. On her Twitter account, Noonan said Lee and Jackson were 'figures in the greatest, most killing moral struggle in US history' and 'they reconciled, the American experiment continued and we learned through this history.' She declared, 'Keep em.

Noonan, a former speechwriter for President Ronald Reagan and a long-time columnist for the Wall Street Journal, used her newly elevated platform courtesy of NBC to argue in defense of the portraits, put in place to honor men who led a treasonous war against the United States to preserve slavery. We’d be made of stone ourselves if we weren’t paying attention to that.' 'This isn’t simply a conversation about the history of the windows,' said Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde, leader of the Episcopal Diocese of Washington, 'but a very real conversation in the wider culture about how the Confederate flag and the Old South narrative have been lively symbols today for white supremacists.

Peggy Noonan was recently hired by NBC/MSNBC to be a political analyst, and she quickly showed what a poor decision that was by the network, as she launched a strange defense of Confederate stained-glass portraits in the Washington National Cathedral.Ĭhurch leadership announced it would be removing the portraits of Robert E. And she's already showing what a mistake it was to hire her. Conservative columnist and former Reagan speechwriter Peggy Noonan has a new gig as a political analyst for NBC and MSNBC.

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