WASHINGTON, D.C. (AP) — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Thursday she is ordering the removal from the Capitol of portraits honoring four previous House speakers who served in the Confederacy.
In a letter to the House clerk, Pelosi directed the immediate removal of portraits depicting the former speakers: Robert Hunter of Virginia, James Orr of South Carolina and Howell Cobb and Charles Crisp, both of Georgia. The portraits were to be removed later Thursday.
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Might I suggest the removal of any reference to Grand Wizard Robert Byrd of West Virginia, a very good friend of the Clintons, by the way....
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DeleteYou just beat me too it!
-Just A Chemist
noncom: Yep.
DeleteHaven't looked it up yet, but I'l bet all four former Speakers were Democrats.
DeletePelosi showing her limited knowledge of history. On June 1865, a Union general announced freedom from slavery from his headquarters in Galveston, Texas. For many years afterwards, Juneteenth was celebrated by black Texans. The advent of 24-hour news pushed Juneteenth into national prominence. I have read pieces in which writers say Juneteenth was the official end of slavery in the US and even that Juneteenth was the day the Civil War ended. Oh, and Cinco de Mayo (also a holiday that began in Texas) is Mexican Independence Day.
DeleteMake room in the basement next to them for your portrait Nancy.
ReplyDeleteTaliban Nan is on the case! Purge that party, baby! Get out the airbrush and eliminate those Old Bolsheviks!
ReplyDeleteWhen will Obama's pictures be removed? His black face reminds me of slavery!
ReplyDeleteHow about we remove Pelousy, NOW!
ReplyDeleteGater, OKC
BTW: Note to Pee-lousy, we do not live in a democracy (rule by mob vote), but in a Constitutional Republic.
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All those Capital Hill Confederate portraits......
ReplyDeletewere DEMocRATS weren’t they....?
Ed357
Yup, each and every one of them was a Dem.
ReplyDeleteYes, they were all four Democrats.
ReplyDeletehttps://townhall.com/tipsheet/bronsonstocking/2020/06/18/pelosi-orders-portraits-of-confederatetied-speakers-removed-from-capitol-building-n2570931
Now if Nancy would only pass a bill to erase all memory of her 'leadership' after she's gone.
It's not like this is any kind of surprise. Nancy is the ultimate politician, and the prevailing wind is blowing in the direction of anti slavery from the Civil War era, and Nutty Nancy is not going to let the chance for getting points with her base disappear without getting her due.
ReplyDeleteHistory is a strange thing. While you would think that it is non partisan, and only fact based, those facts are always seen through the prism of the winning side. Since it has been a century and a half since the war, the Democrats figure that they can get away with rewriting the history now, since they have rewritten the history about so many other things that didn't suit their narrative.
I don't know if that makes me madder or if it is just part of the rest of their agenda,and goes hand in hand with their ultimate goal of a one world government.
pigpen51
...And all this time I thought Robert Hunter was (just) a lyricist for the Grateful Dead...
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