Posted on 07/16/2024 4:26:36 PM PDT by yesthatjallen
Mayor Brandon Johnson plans to remove the statue of former President George Washington from the hallway outside the mayor’s office on the fifth floor of City Hall in a move that, a top aide said Tuesday, has nothing to do with the first president’s role as a slave owner.
Ronnie Reese, Johnson’s communications director, said the statue “is being removed from the hallway outside the mayor’s office as we make updates to some areas around City Hall.”
Reese said there is no timetable yet for the removal. He wouldn’t say if it would be moved to a new home or put in storage. He also didn’t say what would replace it or provide an estimate of the cost of the changes. The statue has been there since 1984.
According to the website maintained by Mount Vernon, Washington’s ancestral home, “317 men, women and children were enslaved at Mount Vernon’s five farms, which covered 8,000 acres."
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I’m sure the sentiment on President Washington’s side would be mutual. I think these statues would best be provided to donors who could some day put them on display elsewhere.
Cant have a white guy watching over him can we
...Listen here Conehead, we know you're a communist. Everyone knows it actually. And we also know you're beholden to the "progressives" over at CTU. They own you....and they have the receipts.
This story broke just yesterday and the skidmarks located in both City Hall and your underwear are a sight to behold...
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