The statue of a white man being erected at the U.S. Capitol stands out in post-Obama America, where they are more apt to be torn down, but that is a feat country music legend Johnny Cash will soon enjoy posthumously.
Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) and Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) announced Thursday that a statue of Cash is set to be revealed at a dedication ceremony at the Capitol next month, according to The Hill.
“The ceremony will take place in Emancipation Hall and will be an invite-only event, Johnson and Jeffries said in a ‘Dear Colleague’ letter,” the outlet reported, noting that Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) also signed the letter.
JOHNNY CASH will get a statue in the Capitol pic.twitter.com/izskHK0Qce
— Jake Sherman (@JakeSherman) August 1, 2024
Expected guests include members of the Cash family and members of the Arkansas congressional delegation — Cash hails from the state. Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders (R) will also attend the ceremony, according to a press release from Johnson’s office.
It remains to be seen if the race-obsessed radical left will protest the event.
States are allowed two statues in the U.S. Capitol, and with Arkansas having already paid homage to the DEI cabal with a statue of civil rights icon Daisy Bates, Cash will be the state’s second. The choice of the country music star known as the “Man in Black” completes the replacement of statues of figures tied to the Confederacy.
He wrote a 1971 protest song titled The Man in Black, released during the height of the Vietnam War, which included these lyrics:
I wear the black for the poor and the beaten downLivin’ in the hopeless, hungry side of townI wear it for the prisoner who is long paid for his crimeBut is there because he’s a victim of the timesI wear the black for those who’ve never readOr listened to the words that Jesus said[…]I wear it for the sick and lonely oldFor the reckless ones whose bad trip left them coldI wear the black in mournin’ for the lives that could have beenEach week we lose a hundred fine young men
As for Cash’s politics, he was a complicated man who had some liberal views on life, while supporting many conservative causes. His friend and collaborator Kris Kristofferson once referred to Cash in a song as a “walkin’ contradiction.”
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Tom Tillison grew up in Maryland before moving to Central Florida as a young teen. It is in the Sunshine State that he honed both his passion for politics and his writing skills. Tillison also contributes to BizPac Review.
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