Having led the push to take down a statue of Jefferson Davis from the Kentucky Capitol, the state’s governor had a ceremonial role Saturday in its removal from the place it stood for generations.
“Today I pressed the button to bring it down,” the Democratic governor said in his tweet. “Now, every child who walks into their Capitol feels welcome. Today we took a step forward for the betterment of every single Kentuckian.” Later in the day, Beshear posted a photo showing the statue — secured in a crate — being loaded by crane onto a truck outside the statehouse. The governor tweeted that the Capitol “no longer houses a symbol of division. Change is possible. Together, we can make it happen.”
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Cheap publicity stunt by the governor. Pathetic.
Yes - let’s do everything we can to erase history and never learn from it. 🙄
I'm in full support of the removal of all these statues. Is anyone really fighting for them to stay other than bitching online about their removal?
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