Tennessee Republicans Punish Memphis For Removing Confederate Statues

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Tennessee’s Republican-controlled House on Tuesday retaliated against Memphis for removing two Confederate monuments by withholding $250,000 previously earmarked for the city’s 2019 bicentennial celebration.

Democrats in the House condemned the move, which came in the form of a last-minute amendment to an appropriations bill and triggered a heated debate. State Rep. Antonio Parkinson (D) said the amendment was the most “vile, racist” measure he had seen, while state Rep. Raumesh Akbari (D) called it “un-Christian.”

“The amendment and the explanation is hateful,” Akbari said before the vote.

But Republicans were not moved, and the amendment passed with a strong majority. In a largely party-line vote, only five Republicans joined 22 Democrats in opposing the measure.

https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/tennessee-republicans-memphis-confederate-statues_us_5ad7556de4b0e4d0715c55a9

[Eliot Rosewater]

1. They arent human anymore, sorry

[hedda_foil]

2. Why don't they change the name of their party from Republican to Confederate?

It would be much more accurate. They no longer have any right whatsoever to claim Abraham Lincoln as one of their own.

Unfortunately, a lot of them seem to think the South should have won the Civil War. Either that or that they did win.

[Freethinker65]

3. "Vile, racist" yep

[democratisphere]

4. redumbliCONs have gone rogue.

What's next? Civil War 2?