On Monday evening, antiracist protestors in Durham, North Carolina tore down a statue of a Confederate soldier dedicated, as the inscription on the monument put it, to “the memory of the boys who wore the gray.” It was a beautiful moment. And, in the wake of the violent rampage led by white supremacists in Charlottesville last weekend, it couldn’t have come at a better time. Since then, Baltimore has removed Confederate statues and numerous other cities across the South are following suit.

Predictably, however, there is already a right-wing backlash underway. Outrageously, felony charges have been filed in Durham against Takiyah Thompson and other activists who helped topple the Confederate statue.

Trump has weighed in, too. In a rant that at various times gave support to the white supremacists who descended on Charlottesville, Trump came out strongly against removing Confederate monuments on the grounds that doing so “changes history and culture.”