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A Few Options for Virginia to Replace the Statue of Robert E. Lee in the U.S. Capitol

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The Big Picture By Glynn Wilson – WASHINGTON, D.C. – So far key politicians in Virginia have not learned the lesson of Charlottesville. There is no public evidence that Governor Terry McAuliffe, Senators Tim Kaine or Mark Warner have noticed that there is a statue of Confederate General Robert E. Lee in the U.S. Capitol,…

Senator Corey Booker Introduces the Idea of a Bill to Remove Robert E. Lee’s Statue from the U.S. Capitol

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By Glynn Wilson – WASHINGTON, D.C. — So it seems someone else has noticed the statue of Robert E. Lee in the U.S. Capitol building. We broke the story that it’s there on Thursday, August 10. Why is Robert E. Lee’s Statue in the U.S. Capitol Not Yet the Subject of Controversy? Now Senator Cory…

Why is Robert E. Lee’s Statue in the U.S. Capitol Not Yet the Subject of Controversy?

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By Glynn Wilson – WASHINGTON, D.C. — Thomas Jefferson’s home town of Charlottesville, Virginia has taken over the spotlight from New Orleans as the key battleground city in a new verbal civil war between activists on the left who want Confederate monuments removed from public property and neo-Nazi white nationalists who are fighting to preserve…