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  • Pelosi orders removal of portraits of ex-House speakers who served in Confederacy

    06/18/2020 9:59:30 AM PDT · by jazusamo · 85 replies
    Fox News ^ | June 18, 2020 | Marisa Schultz
    House Speaker Nancy Pelosi Thursday ordered the removal of portraits in the Capitol of previous House speakers who served in the Confederacy as part of an effort to "appropriately observe Juneteenth" on Friday. Pelosi said she discovered the four portraits as she was taking inventory in the Capitol of Confederate statues, which she is also trying to remove but can't do unilaterally. "Tomorrow, Juneteenth, the clerk will oversee the removal of those Confederate speakers from the House," Pelosi announced at a press conference at the Capitol. "There's no room in the hallowed halls of this democracy, this temple of democracy,...