Hypocrisy

Credit to The Sun (who retrieved this from Twitter). A bronze founding father being upended. It's a virtuous act, right? It has to be. He owned a lot of slaves. He probably abused or murdered them. He shouldn't be glorified via statue. It takes someone of proper ethical standing to do the right thing and knock him down.

From aforementioned The Sun article:

Indeed. While we drink our coffee, drink our hot cocoa, eat our refined cane sugar. Luxuries such as those. Luxuries with a capital L. Affordable and ubiquitous for all class thanks to...

I'm sure you're better than George Washington. After all, you don't have to look at your slaves.