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Pelosi: Confederate symbols ‘have to go’ from Capitol, bases
[APNEWS] House Speaker Nancy San Fran NanPelosi  Congresswoman-for-Life from the San Francisco Bay Area, born into a family of professional politicians. On-again-off-again Speaker of the House. It's not her fault when they lose, but it's her accomplishment when they win. Noted for her heavily botoxed grimace and occasional senior... uhhh... moments...said Thursday that it’s time to remove symbols honoring Confederate figures from the U.S. Capitol building and military bases as the pandemic and racial unrest force a national reckoning with racial discrimination. They keep complaining that Washington and Jefferson were slave holders. Next step will be for their monuments to go. The capital will be renamed too. I suggest "Marcus Garvey, D.C.," but they probably hold out for Obama. "These names have to go from these bases and these statues have to go from the Capitol," Pelosi said at her weekly news conference. "The American people know these names have to go." Confederate monuments have reemerged as a national flashpoint since the death of George Floyd, a black man who died after a white Minneapolis officer pressed his knee into his neck for several minutes. Protesters decrying racism have targeted Confederate monuments in multiple cities, and some state officials are considering taking them down. President Donald Trump ...Oh, noze! Not him!... doubled down Thursday on his vow to not rename military bases honoring Confederate generals, even as NASCAR announced it would ban displays of the Confederate flag at its races. "Seriously failed presidential candidate, Senator Elizabeth ’Pocahontas’ Warren, just introduced an Amendment on the renaming of many of our legendary Military Bases from which we trained to WIN two World Wars. Hopefully our great Republican Senators won’t fall for this!" Trump said in a Twitter blast. Related: Nancy Pelosi: 2020-06-04 In Bold Anti-Trump Statement, Pelosi Rips Up Bible Nancy Pelosi: 2020-05-25 California Democrats Want to Bring Racial Preferences Back Nancy Pelosi: 2020-05-22 The Democratic Party: A Robbery in Progress Related: Confederate: 2020-06-10 Mizzou Students Demand Removal of ‘Racist’ Thomas Jefferson Statue Confederate: 2020-06-10 Project Veritas #EXPOSEANTIFA Part III: “We believe in complete abolition of the system itself, including police...” Confederate: 2020-06-09 Fort Polk to become Fort Woke ? Related: George Floyd: 2020-06-10 Delingpole: First They Came for the Statues. It Will Be People Next… George Floyd: 2020-06-10 A Wall Goes Up Around Portland City Hall George Floyd: 2020-06-10 Black Lives Literally Don't Matter to Democrats Posted by: Fred 2020-06-12 |
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