Mount Rushmore is in peril, according to the North Carolina Republican Party.

That’s what the party said in the subject line of an email it sent to potential donors on Feb. 24.

"The left is determined to erase Mount Rushmore from our history books and the stakes couldn’t be higher — the future of our nation’s revered leaders is in your hands!" the email said.

It continued: "You need to act fast to support preserving and protecting Mount Rushmore for generations to come! It’s time to put the radical left in their place and stand up for the legacies of our founding fathers."

Mount Rushmore, completed in 1941, features the faces of former Presidents George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt and Abraham Lincoln carved into the Black Hills mountains in South Dakota.

The monument’s conception isn’t exactly the stuff of fairy tales. The U.S. government seized the land from Native American tribes, despite previously signing it away to them. The sculptor also had ties to white supremacy groups, including the Ku Klux Klan.

U.S. history, and how it’s taught, has become a political touch point.

While some on the left have advocated for more transparency about the nation’s complicated history on slavery and human rights, some leaders on the right have pushed against those efforts, saying they want to protect the reputation of America’s founding fathers. After some used the term "woke" as a call to stay wary of racism, conservatives have used it as a pejorative to describe...

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