West Virginia Republicans seek to criminalize removal of Confederate statues

Posted on AllSides April 8th, 2021
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Confederate statues, West Virginia

Nearly 158-years after its founding West Virginia – a state forged from the fires of America’s civil war – remains stuck between north and south. Now lawmakers are considering a bill that would protect Confederate monuments from removal or renaming. Supporters claim they are protecting everyone’s history. Opponents call the bill “traumatic and mentally exhausting”.

At a moment of national reckoning on race, the debate is fierce. “We were the Union. West Virginia was born out of seceding from Virginia, if i’m not mistaken,” said Delegate Sean Hornbuckle, one of...

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https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/apr/08/west-virginia-republican-bill-confederate-statues

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