Maryland governor calls for removal of Confederate statue

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Source: Washington Post

ANNAPOLIS, Md. — Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan is asking for the removal of a statue of the Supreme Court justice who wrote a decision upholding slavery that sits on the front law of the state house.

Hogan said in a statement on Tuesday that he believes removing the Roger B. Taney (TAW-nee) statue from the State House grounds is the right thing to do.

The Republican governor’s statement comes a day after Speaker of the House Michael E. Busch, a Democrat, said the Confederate monument doesn’t belong at the state house in Annapolis.

Hogan says he will ask the State House Trust to “immediately” remove the statue.

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[VermontKevin]

1. Replace it with one of Dred Scott.

[Happyhippychick]

2. Wow, I live in MD and that's big for Hogan. I'm pleased.

[Old Terp]

3. He's done several things that have been pleasant surprises.

Like the ban on fracking among others, this is the right thing to do.

[IronLionZion]

4. Replace confederates with civil rights leaders

there are many Americans whose heritage is not represented in statues. The confederate/racist ones could be put in private museums if rich racists want to pay for it. Not in public areas paid for by the taxes of Americans whose ancestors were enslaved by such people.

[colsohlibgal]

5. The Sooner The Better

These are statues of traitors who were trying to overthrow our government.

[Princess Turandot]

6. That statue went up in 1871. Then in 1887, another one was installed in Baltimore..

They put it at lovely Mount Vernon Place, near a major monument to George Washington. (In Street View: https://goo.gl/maps/zYGgdH6cBav)

IMO, these were among the worst. Not only was it Dred Scott awful decision, but Taney's words were particularly vile. The Baltimore mayor/city council decided over the weekend to take the one there down, along with three others monuments. (Although Maryland did not secede, there were a lot on Confederate sympathizers, and slavery was still legal there.)