Senate Democrats on Friday introduced a bill to remove statues of Confederate figures and other defenders of slavery and segregation from display in the U.S. Capitol after a broad bipartisan majority of the House passed it last month.
The bill would remove 11 statues of Confederate figures currently on display in the Capitol, including ones of Confederate President Jefferson Davis and Vice President Alexander Stephens.
It would also remove statues of three advocates for slavery and segregation: U.S. Vice President John C. Calhoun, Sen. James Clarke of Arkansas and Gov. Charles Ayock of North Carolina.
A total of 67 House Republicans voted with all Democrats last month to pass the bill, including House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy and Whip Steve Scalise, with McCarthy stating in a floor speech, “All of the statues being removed by this bill are statues of Democrats.”
The bill will need support from at least 10 Republicans in the Senate, assuming all Democrats in the chamber support it, in order to overcome the filibuster, which requires most legislation to get 60 votes.
“Those who committed treason against the United States to uphold and preserve the institution of slavery should not be afforded such a rare honor in this sacred space,” Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.), one of the bill’s original co-sponsors and one of just three Black senators, said in a statement, calling to “remove statues from the Capitol that perpetuate bigotry and hatred.”
Rep. Matt Rosendale (R-Mont.), one of the 120 House Republicans who voted against the bill last month, said it is “animated by the Critical Race Theory concepts of structural racism, microaggressions, and a United States based solely on white supremacy.” He offered a similar explanation for his vote against a bill making Juneteenth a federal holiday.
When is enough going to be enough. BLM has made 2020 & 2021 the most racist time in history .Forget the Civil War we are living in the 2nd Civil War II.
We should collect all of the statues and portraits of Confederate generals, politicians,
and sympathizers and build a museum specifically for them in downtown DC, just so
we don’t forget they were all Democrats. Additional wings could be dedicated to the
Democrats of every decade after the Civil War, the people who brought us Separate But Equal,
Jim Crow laws, The Great Society, and the despicable mockery of the laws governing elections
that dug us the hole we’re in and keep on digging.
Democrats need a museum of their own so that we never forget who they are as they gaslight,
cheat and lie through history.
STOP the STEAL of American History !!!!
New REVOLUTION on the WAY !!!!! Americans taking BACK their CAPITAL !!!!!!!!
Next time ARMED to the teeth !!!! LOL LOL
Time to take down the MLK one then !!!!!!