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Interesting that 120 Republicans voted against this campaign to tear down these statues of Democrats and erase our country's history.
Pretty sure that the Communists did similar.
Pretty sure that the Communists did similar.
House votes to REMOVE all Confederate statues from Congress and replace a bust of Chief Justice Roger Taney with Thurgood Marshall - despite opposition from 120 Republicans
- Bill will remove statues and busts of Confederacy supporters from Congress
- It includes a bust of Roger Taney, the U.S. chief justice best known for his Dred Scott pro-slavery decision
- The statue of the President of the Confederacy Jefferson Davis will also go
- Democrats were unanimous in their support for the bill and were joined by 67 Republicans, with the bill passed by a vote of 285-120.
- 'Let me state a simple fact. All the statues being removed by this bill are statues of Democrats,' House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy said before the vote
House votes to REMOVE all Confederate statues from Congress
The House voted to remove the bust of Chief Justice Roger Taney and statues of Confederate President Jefferson Davis and others who supported the Confederacy from the U.S. Capitol.
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