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The List: 72 Republicans Vote with Democrats to Remove Civil War-Era Memorabilia from U.S. Capitol
Breitbart News ^ | 7/23/20 | John Binder

Posted on 07/23/2020 8:47:55 PM PDT by proust

A total of 72 House Republicans voted with Democrats to remove certain Civil War-era memorabilia from public view in the United States Capitol.

(Excerpt) Read more at breitbart.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events; US: District of Columbia
KEYWORDS: gop
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To: proust

Crenshaw, “Mr SEAL hero” is one of the traitors.


41 posted on 07/23/2020 10:23:07 PM PDT by DesertRhino (Dog is man's best friend, and moslems hate dogs. Add that up. ....)
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To: proust

3 or 4 surprises on this list - crenshaw, Nunes, McCaul...


42 posted on 07/23/2020 10:29:00 PM PDT by sauropod (I will not comply.)
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To: TMN78247

I understand.
I am an electical engineer by trade/schooling. I served 27 years in the USMC. My mom and dad came to this country as children of immigrants. My dad fought in the Korean War. He was wounded twice and recovered in an Army hospital in Japan. Two Purple Hearts.
He wanted to continue his career in the Marines but was dischared when it was discovered he was the only son. If he died the family name would discontinue. This was a consideration back then.
He was told that due to his lack of formal education the
only option for him was Infantry or discharge. Due to his combat wounds he could no longer serve.
This never left him. He obsessed with us, his children, to obtain a college degree so we would have options he never had.


43 posted on 07/23/2020 10:44:11 PM PDT by ocrp1982
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To: UnwashedPeasant

You are EXACTLY CORRECT.

Yours, TMN78247


44 posted on 07/23/2020 10:52:18 PM PDT by TMN78247 ("VICTORY or DEATH", William Barrett Travis, LtCol, comdt., Fortress of the Alamo, Bejar, F'by 241836)
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To: ocrp1982

WELCOME HOME, Brother-in-Arms.

Yours, TMN78247
USA, Retired


45 posted on 07/23/2020 10:53:41 PM PDT by TMN78247 ("VICTORY or DEATH", William Barrett Travis, LtCol, comdt., Fortress of the Alamo, Bejar, F'by 241836)
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To: proust

F#CK’EM ALL!


46 posted on 07/23/2020 10:54:03 PM PDT by 5th MEB (Progressives in the open; --- FIRE FOR EFFECT!!)
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To: doorgunner69

Arizona was a US Territory during the Civil War. Didn’t become a State until 1912. ....Not a player.


47 posted on 07/23/2020 11:02:04 PM PDT by octex
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To: proust
Our country is being attacked and destroyed from within.
48 posted on 07/23/2020 11:16:03 PM PDT by timestax
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To: proust

The vote comes as rioters have destroyed, defaced, and torn down historical monuments across the U.S. for more than two months.


49 posted on 07/23/2020 11:20:57 PM PDT by MarvinStinson (WHY/)
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To: timestax

Historical monument destruction has also been targeted at Catholic statues recently.


50 posted on 07/23/2020 11:22:30 PM PDT by MarvinStinson (WHY/)
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To: proust
But will those same 72 House Republicans and Democrats vote to remove Democrat KKK Grand Kleagle Robert Byrd's statue from Congress ?

Since we’re banning ‘controversial’ stuff, why not ban all images, name prints and statues of Democrat KKK Grand Kleagle Robert Byrd ?
Of course you never hear a peep of the old KKK racist Robert Byrd.
He was Democrat majority leader of the Senate before he went senile, and even has his statue in the halls of Congress.
The KKK Democrat Robert Byrd lasted as Democrat Senator for over 50 years, and voted against the civil-rights-act like a typical Democrat.
What’s more offensive ? Petitioning West Virginia Governor : To remove the name of the late Senator and Ku Klux Klan member Robert Byrd from the public space, road ways and government buildings (including schools).
What’s that you hear from leftist Democrats?
That’s called silence.
Democrats have the proud distinction of having the only known KKK Grand Kleagle in the Senate for over 50 years.
Democrats even voted Grand Kleagle Robert Byrd as their leader in the Senate for more than two decades.
Kleagle Robert Byrd was Democrat whip and leader in the ’70s and ’80s.

I guess we should remove any references to : They will have to be removed by those FASCISTS, also.
After all, they either owned slaves, or defended slave owners.

What ?
They're DemocRATS and you don't want to touch them ?

What about William Jefferson Clinton, because he DEFENDED the Ku Klux Klan and Grand Kleagle Robert Byrd ?
Doesn't any reference to him have to be removed also ?

I guess we got to be equal to all about this matter, and apply this nonsense equally.< /sarc>
51 posted on 07/23/2020 11:29:34 PM PDT by Yosemitest (It's SIMPLE ! ... Fight, ... or Die !)
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To: proust

Shocking to see Nunes, McCarthy, Upton, Stefanik, Scalise, Huizenga, Díaz-Balart, et al


52 posted on 07/24/2020 12:04:58 AM PDT by Vendome (I've Gotta Be Me https://youtu.be/wH-pk2vZG2M)
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To: Crim

I have been wondering about the exceptionally large number of statues, public buildings and military bases that have been named for confederate war participants. I don’t seem to hear very much about participants from the north unless it is in a movie or documentary.

After all, the south did lose the war. and normally it is the winner of conflicts that get all of the accolades. Yet, we have a nation very generously endowed with statues, military bases, school names, highways, street names, etc., all named for supporters of the confederacy.

Given the many years influence of a democratic political majority I think it may be fair to think that the memorials might be the democrat version of “participation trophies”.

Now that those trophies have become a threat of exposure of their past racism, they must be disappeared from history at any cost.


53 posted on 07/24/2020 12:30:17 AM PDT by After Hours (Life is tough, but it is tougher when you are stupid: John Wayne)
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To: After Hours

If you at time line and participants a clear line to democrats approx 30 to 40 years after the civil war appears....also post WW1 pre WW2

Remember it was the age of progressive democrats.


54 posted on 07/24/2020 12:42:34 AM PDT by Crim (Palin / West '16)
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To: After Hours

Gah...tired...typo fest...

Pelosi’s father dedicated a confederate monument in Baltimore IIRC.


55 posted on 07/24/2020 12:45:05 AM PDT by Crim (Palin / West '16)
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To: Bob434

There are some big and surprising names on the list. That makes me wonder and willing to find out why before I jump off the cliff.


56 posted on 07/24/2020 12:56:46 AM PDT by wita (Always and forever, under oath in defense of Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.)
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To: proust
Nunes...Scalise....Peter King...Elise Stefinak ????

Must be more to this....

57 posted on 07/24/2020 1:24:33 AM PDT by Sacajaweau
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To: proust

All 72 are idiots. Identify them as Democrat statue and blame the democrats as trying to cover up their racist past.


58 posted on 07/24/2020 1:38:04 AM PDT by D Rider
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To: proust

This was not a hill to die on. Like Rush said Thursday morning, send the statue of U. M. Rose, the founder of the Rose Law Firm to Chappaqua to place in the middle of the front yard of Slick and Hitlery.


59 posted on 07/24/2020 1:41:04 AM PDT by nd76
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To: nd76

The Tennessee capitol has a bust of Nathan Bedford Forrest, the founder of the KKK, in a prominent place.


60 posted on 07/24/2020 1:43:17 AM PDT by nd76
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