CAL THOMAS COMMENTARY FEBRUARY 25, 2025
THE LATE ILLINOIS REPRESENTATIVE HENRY HYDE WAS A STAUNCH PRO-LIFER AND THE AUTHOR OF WHAT BECAME KNOWN AS THE “HYDE AMENDMENT.” IT PREVENTED U.S. TAX DOLLARS FROM PAYING FOR ABORTIONS IN THIS OR OTHER COUNTRIES.
HE’S BEEN GONE A NUMBER OF YEARS, BUT THAT DIDN’T MATTER TO THE DUPAGE COUNTY BOARD WHICH VOTED 10-5 TO REMOVE HIS NAME FROM THE COUNTY COURTHOUSE.
WE’VE SEEN THIS WHEN IT COMES TO COURTHOUSES, STREETS AND STATUES OF CONFEDERATE SOLDIERS AND PEOPLE IN THE PAST WHO OWNED SLAVES – THEY HAVEN’T MANAGED TO EXPUNGE GEORGE WASHINGTON – YET.
NO WONDER SOME CONSERVATIVE ILLINOIS COUNTIES ARE TALKING ABOUT SECEDING AND ATTACHING THEMSELVES TO INDIANA, WHICH IS RUN BY REPUBLICANS, HAS LOWER TAXES AND ISN’T IN FAVOR OF KILLING BABIES AT ANY STAGE, LIKE DEMOCRAT ILLINOIS GOVERNOR J.B. PRITZKER.
JUST WHEN YOU MIGHT HAVE THOUGHT WOKENESSS WAS DISAPPEARING YOU GET THIS. HENRY HYDE SERVED HIS COUNTRY IN CONGRESS FOR THIRTY-TWO YEARS. HIS LEGACY IS SECURE AMONG PRO-LIFERS. TAKING HIS NAME OFF A COURTHOUSE SAYS MORE ABOUT THE DUPAGE COUNTY BOARD THAN IT DOES ABOUT HIM. I’M CAL THOMAS.
