Critics say Wilson supported 'dehumanizing' policies, but supporters call his accomplishments remarkable.
Advocates for racial justice and gay rights came together Monday afternoon to demand San Diego officials remove a life-sized bronze sculpture of former California Gov. Pete Wilson.
The move comes amid nationwide demands for the removal of statues of Confederate generals and people who owned enslaved people.Critics say Wilson, who was also mayor of San Diego, should be judged harshly for his support in 1994 of Proposition 187, which sought to curb illegal immigration by cutting off state services to undocumented people. The voter-approved ballot measure was eventually ruled unconstitutional.
“His recent unsolicited endorsement of Trump doubles down on the hatred he inspires,” said Morones, criticizing Trump for not condemning white supremacist groups strongly enough. “It is long overdue that the Pete Wilson statue be taken down.”Morones placed a red mask on the Wilson statue, signifying Morones’ support for Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden.
Pete Wilson, former mayor of San Diego and governor of California, stands by a bronze statue in his likeness in downtown San Diego in 2007.Sean Walsh, Wilson’s law partner and former chief of staff, said demands for removal of the statue are part of a new “cancel culture.”
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