Dem Rep Informs MTG That Robert E. Lee Was Not A Founding Father In Exchange On MTG’s Monuments Bill

November 3, 2023 Extremists, Republicans

GOP Rep. Ryan Zinke: “This only pertains to monuments that commemorate the Founding Fathers of the United States on land under [federal] jurisdiction. I don’t recall how many monuments there are to the Founding Fathers, but there’s not many and I don’t recall any being a safety issue. Matter of fact, I recall all of them being a part of our history and an important part of our history for all to learn. So this does not affect all monuments, nor the safety. What it affects is the very essence of the country. I support this amendment.”

GOP Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene: “Actually, there should be no funds allocated to remove any monument and there’s no necessary reason to remove the monuments. This is the Democrats’ and the Biden administration’s effort to erase our history, just as they have done to the statue of Robert E. Lee. This is an outrage. This is exactly what they do in communist countries and the Democrats want to accuse us of book burning while we try to get pornography books out of our children’s schools? The Democrats will do nothing to stop their attempts to destroy our nation’s history and we must protect it.”

Dem Rep. Chellie Pingree: “Just to clear up a couple of things, my colleague mentioned the founding fathers. Robert E. Lee was not actually one of the Founding Fathers, he was a general of the Confederacy. That was the city of Charlottesville, that wasn’t a national monument when that statue was removed, and I just have to say I find it rich that the party that has supported book banning in our libraries, rewriting curriculum, not talking about our history over and over again, is the very one that is saying that we have to often keep painful monuments in places.”



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