To conquer a nation, first rob it of its history and heroes. That's a quick summary of Marxist strategy.

President Donald Trump used the 250th-anniversary celebration of our nation's independence to call out communism as the gravest threat we face, and to warn that Marxists are trying to cancel our heroic Founders and attack our longstanding values.

"You can be loyal to Karl Marx, or you can be loyal to America. You can be a communist, or you can be a patriot. You cannot be both," he told the Mount Rushmore audience.

He's right. Under communism, there are no heroes—only oppressors and oppressed groups.

More than the threat of any foreign power or global pandemic, the gravest danger America faces is the ideological takeover of our institutions and the minds of our young people. The Fourth of July was a call to action to tell the American story and ensure younger generations embrace the values that have made this country free and prosperous: individualism and respect for property rights, not group identities and utopian collectivism.

The mainstream press ridiculed Trump for taking aim at "communism," suggesting he was intentionally deceiving the country. These critics are wrong. Marxists have taken over almost all the cultural institutions and universities in this country. They preach class warfare but have Americanized the........

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