GOP Bill Will Defund States That Don’t “Protect Statues”

July 16, 2020 Racism, Republicans

House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy introduced legislation on Thursday meant to shield statues targeted by protesters, by preventing state and local governments that do not protect monuments from receiving federal grants.

McCarthy, R-Calif., rolled out the bill, titled the “Protect America’s Statues Act of 2020,” with Reps. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, and Sam Graves, R-Mo., as monuments and statues in cities across the nation have been targeted for vandalism amid ongoing protests and unrest.

“Public monuments are indispensable because they tell the American story. It is wrong to erase our history,” McCarthy said in a statement, saying: “We should be learning from it.”

EXCLUSIVE: Kevin McCarthy To Introduce New Legislation To Protect America’s Statues https://t.co/Kvv0HmFITe

— Daily Caller (@DailyCaller) July 16, 2020

Just now → I introduced the Protect America’s Statues Act to cut funding from cities and states that refuse to restore order.

Leftwing mobs are trying to erase history by destroying statues of George Washington, General Grant, and Christopher Columbus. Enough is enough.

— Kevin McCarthy (@GOPLeader) July 16, 2020