NonilexJun 15, 2024
Majority of #House #GOP, including 3 Black #Republicans, vote for failed #Confederate memorial measure

The amendment failed in the House but had the support of Rep #ByronDonalds after he made controversial statements about #JimCrow. It also garnered support from Reps #WesleyHunt & #BurgessOwens.

#WhiteSupremacy #RevisionistHistory #HouseRepublicans #Congress #FarRight #Extremism #VoteBlue #Vote
https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2024/06/14/republicans-byron-donalds-confederate-statue/
GOP leaders, Rep. Donalds vote for failed Confederate memorial measure

The amendment to restore the statue at Arlington National Cemetery failed but had the support of Rep. Byron Donalds (R-Fla.) after he made controversial Jim Crow remarks.

The Washington Post
Show threadNonilex
Almost 200 #HouseRepublicans voted to reinstall a #Confederate memorial at #ArlingtonNationalCemetery. All of the #House #GOP leadership, including House Speaker #MikeJohnson & Rep #EliseStefanik, voted for the measure. Rep #ByronDonalds — a #Black #conservative & Trump surrogate who took heat this month for seeming to praise aspects of the #JimCrow era — voted for it as well. Stefanik & Donalds have been mentioned as possible VP picks for #Trump.

#WhiteSupremacy #RevisionistHistory #VoteBlue
Jun 15, 2024 at 5:01amWeb
Show threadNonilexJun 15, 2024
The amendment, which was part of the National Defense Authorization Act of 2024, failed 230-192 after 24 #Republicans sided w/ #Democrats in voting against it. Most Republicans… supported the amendment proposed by Rep #AndrewClyde; no Democrats did.

The memorial was removed in Dec after a years-long congressional effort to remove #Confederate names & statues from military installations across the country. The amendment would have returned the memorial… to its original spot in the cemetery.
Show threadNonilexJun 15, 2024

The 32-foot bronze statue depicted, among other images, an #enslaved #Black woman, described on the cemetery website as a “mammy” figure, holding the #White child of a #Confederate officer, & an enslaved Black man following his Confederate enslaver into battle, according to the cemetery.

#Slavery #WhiteSupremacy #RevisionistHistory #HouseRepublicans #Congress #FarRight #Republicans #Extremism #VoteBlue

Show threadBig Head TalesJun 15, 2024
@Nonilex
Next the #GOP will be erecting statues to Hitler.