Gov. Northam says Robert E. Lee monument will be removed as soon as possible
Source: WMBF News (NBC)
Press conference where Gov. Northam says "it was wrong then, it's wrong now".
Read more: https://www.wmbfnews.com/2020/06/03/virginia-governor-announce-removal-lee-statue/
I don't know how to post the video, but it's in the link.
Great speech at a press conference! He's going to get slammed for this by the confederate flag bois.
underpants
(182,604 posts)Its time to put an end to the lost cause; Richmond is no longer the capital of the Confederacy, said Mayor Levar Stoney.
BComplex
(8,017 posts)This couldn't make me happier!! I'm in North Carolina, just a little further South than Richmond. I wish this state would adopt Virginia's attitude!
riversedge
(70,084 posts)DanieRains
(4,619 posts)Gov.
Dial H For Hero
(2,971 posts)BComplex
(8,017 posts)I heard the arguments of some of them when a small town was about to remove a confederate statue in front of a black college.
underpants
(182,604 posts)Watch the money come rolling in for lawsuits.
They may funnel it through the White House of the Confederacy whos donor list is very carefully protected.
shotten99
(622 posts)captain jack
(316 posts)Lets hope the FBI is listening in.