Ralph Northam, the woke governor of Virginia, just had the state’s statue of Robert E. Lee removed from the US Capitol overnight:
FOX NEWS – Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam announced early Monday morning that overnight his state removed a statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee from the U.S. Capitol’s National Statuary Hall Collection.
Each state is permitted to have two statues in the collection, and since 1909 Virginia had one of Lee and one of President George Washington. A state commission last week decided that a statue of civil rights leader Barbara Rose Johns will take its place.
“The Confederacy is a symbol of Virginia’s racist and divisive history, and it is past time we tell our story with images of perseverance, diversity and inclusion,” Northam said in a statement. “I look forward to seeing a trailblazing young woman of color represent Virginia in the U.S. Capitol, where visitors will learn about Barbara Johns’ contributions to America and be empowered to create positive change in their communities just like she did.”
Johns, as a 16-year-old high school student in 1951, led a walkout at Robert Russa Moton High School in protest of conditions at the all-Black school that were inferior to the local White school. This led to a court battle that became one of the five cases decided by the Supreme Court in Brown v. Board of Education, which ended school segregation.
Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va., and Rep. Jennifer Wexton, D-Va., were present for the removal of the Lee statue, along with a representative from Northam’s office. The Virginia Museum of History and Culture in Richmond will take ownership of the statue, as per a request from the state commission.
Well I’m glad to see the pro-baby-murder governor of Virginia has his priorities in the right place.
This statue of Lee has been in the US Capitol for well over 100 years, but now, suddenly it’s bad and has to be removed?
Also doesn’t it seem just a bit absurd for the governor of Virginia, who once thought it was appropriate to don black face for a party and then put the photo in his yearbook, to be the one ordering this?