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For 90 years, the most famous insurrectionist in U.S. history, Confederate President Jefferson Davis, has stood in a place of honor in the U.S. Capitol statuary.
Mississippi put him there. And the state's white congressmen just voted against removing him. mississippifreepress.org/13398/two-miss…
Mississippi put him there. And the state's white congressmen just voted against removing him. mississippifreepress.org/13398/two-miss…
The only member of the Mississippi congressional delegation to vote to remove Jefferson Davis and other Confederates from the Capitol?
Rep. @BennieGThompson, the long Democrat and sole Black representative from Mississippi.
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Rep. @BennieGThompson, the long Democrat and sole Black representative from Mississippi.
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"Statues of those who served in the Confederacy or supported slavery or segregation should not have a place of honor in the U.S. Capitol—that’s why I voted to #RemoveHate today,” said Rep. @BennieGThompson.
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NEW: Two white Mississippi Republicans voted to keep statues of white supremacists on display in the U.S. Capitol, including Mississippi's statues of Confederate President Jefferson Davis and Jim Crow architect J.Z. George.
Both were slave owners. #HR3005 mississippifreepress.org/13398/two-miss…
Both were slave owners. #HR3005 mississippifreepress.org/13398/two-miss…
“Statues of those who served in the Confederacy or supported slavery or segregation should not have a place of honor in the Capitol—that’s why I voted to #RemoveHate today."
—Democratic Rep. Bennie Thompson, the only Mississippi member to vote for #HR3005 mississippifreepress.org/13398/two-miss…
—Democratic Rep. Bennie Thompson, the only Mississippi member to vote for #HR3005 mississippifreepress.org/13398/two-miss…
Republican U.S. House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy claimed today that Democrats were trying to "hide their shameful history" of southern Democrats supporting slavery with #HR3005 which all Democrats voted for and most Republicans voted against. mississippifreepress.org/13398/two-miss…
