George Floyd: US House Speaker, Pelosi wants statues of 11 confederate soldiers removed
Pelosi is demanding that the statues of 11 Confederate soldiers and officials that she said “pay homage to hate, not heritage”, be taken down.
The Speaker described the halls of Congress as “the very heart of our democracy” while insisting that the statues should embody Americans’ “highest ideals” not men “who advocated cruelty and barbarism to achieve such a plainly racist end”.In a tweet on Wednesday night, the lawmaker added, “The statues which fill the halls of Congress should reflect our highest ideals as Americans.
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