Surrounded by protesters, Corey Stewart records a Facebook Live video defending a Charlottesville Confederate statue with Thaddeus Alexander, whose Facebook video railing against liberal demonstrators went viral. (Fenit Nirappi/The Washington Post)
Posted on 02/11/2017 2:49:37 PM PST by Perseverando
Surrounded by protesters, Corey Stewart records a Facebook Live video defending a Charlottesville Confederate statue with Thaddeus Alexander, whose Facebook video railing against liberal demonstrators went viral. (Fenit Nirappi/The Washington Post)
CHARLOTTESVILLE — Republican gubernatorial candidate Corey Stewart came to this town to defend its statue of Robert E. Lee in a downtown park, only to be swarmed by dozens of protesters who shouted him down everywhere he went.
It was the harshest reception yet for the provocative chairman of the Prince William Board of County Supervisors, who is campaigning for the GOP nomination for governor as Virginia’s Donald Trump, with a hard-line stance against illegal immigration.
A divided Charlottesville City Council’s decision last week to remove the statue of the Confederate general gave Stewart an opening to appeal to his base. On social media, he urged people to “defend Virginia’s heritage,” likening those who wanted to remove the statue to tyrants and Nazis.
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Virginians: Take photos, get names and any out of state license plate numbers of disrupters. Need to know who they are, where they came from, and if they are outside paid communist agitators (federal laws can apply to any of their illegal,violent activities).
An honorable gentleman and a loser on the battlefield
He has won more hearts and respect than you can ever imagine or hope for.
Pity that you only want to insult.
He was a loser on the battle field during the Civil War. I am not sure how that is an insult
It was in Oklahoma at the State Capitol, but finally someone with sanity had it removed. It is looking for a new home, if anyone is interested.
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