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Is this what the Republican Party stands for and wants to be known for in the 21st century? Taking $250,000 from Memphis as a punitive act for removing representations of racism is simply puerile. 1/x apnews.com/17ec9774415240…
There is plenty to be angry about in our country right now, but the bald bigotry on display by Republicans in the Tennessee legislature is simply galling. The majority of Memphis residents are black. This budget cut and the demographics of that city are not unrelated. 2/x
Remember that legislators have been so recalcitrant about removing Confederate monuments, that Memphis officials had to sell the property to a private business which then removed the monuments under cover of night. 3/x
