Virginia Democrats seek to remove Lee statue from U.S. Capitol

[Dennis Donovan]

https://www.axios.com/virginia-democrats-robert-lee-statue-capitol-northam-934a509e-4da3-4f00-b466-bb7a74fecced.html

Ursula Perano 1 hour ago


The statue of Robert E. Lee in the U.S. Capitol. Photo: MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images.

Two Virginia Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives are seeking to remove a statue of Confederate General Robert E. Lee in the U.S. Capitol and replace it with an African-American leader, the Washington Post reports.

The big picture: Reps. A. Donald McEachin and Jennifer Wexton urged Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam in a letter Monday to push legislation to remove the statue. The move would fit Northam's racial reconciliation goals for the state and would need approval from the General Assembly. Democrats are also set to take control of the assembly in January and would presumably approve the measure.

Wexton argues: "Having Robert E. Lee represent us in the Capitol is not an accurate depiction of the commonwealth of Virginia today."

A statement from a Northam spokesperson said: "This is something the governor has long wanted to do — he is looking forward to working with the congressional delegation and members of the General Assembly to get it done this year."

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although this is going to throw Trump's base into a tizzy...

[Hermit-The-Prog]

1. We should stop making heroes of those who fought for slavery.

[RainCaster]

2. I like this idea

Puerto Rico should offer to build a place that would house all those southern racist statues. Virginia, Georgia, the Carolinas, can send all their statutes there. Then all those racists can visit PR to worship their long dead heroes. They would be supporting the economy of a place that DFT truly screwed over.

However, the true story of what they did would be told with large plaques that clearly spell out what each one did to their country.

[Dennis Donovan]

3. Split the statues between Puerto Rico and Rojava...

Both were recipients of major league screw-overs.

[NutmegYankee]

4. Replace him with General George Henry Thomas.

A Virginian who honored his oath to defend the Constitution and served as a Union General.

[gladium et scutum]

7. General Thomas

owned a slave from around 1858 until the 13th Amendment was ratified.

[Buckeyeblue]

5. Interesting how we celebrate these enemies of the Republic

The real story of the civil war was how poorly reconstruction was handled. This Confederate statue shit should have been nixed from the beginning.

[keithbvadu2]

6. Thank God you republicans won that war back in the 1860s.

Be sure to mention that, often.