GOP Attempts To Restore Confederate Memorial

The Washington Post reports:

The House voted Thursday on a Republican amendment to restore Arlington National Cemetery’s Confederate Memorial. The century-old monument, which was removed in December, features an enslaved Black “mammy” holding the infant child of a White officer, as an enslaved Black man follows the officer off to war. The monument references the “Lost Cause,” a mythology about the Civil War era favored by apologists for the Confederacy.

The amendment, sponsored by Rep. Andrew Clyde (R-Ga.), did not pass, but it got very strong support in the House GOP conference. While 24 Republicans voted against restoring the monument, 192 voted in favor — nearly 89 percent of voting Republicans. That’s significantly more GOP support for a Confederate symbol than we’ve seen over the last decade. The latest vote is also significant because of who voted in favor of the Confederate symbol: Republican leaders.

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As we approach Juneteenth, 89% of the @HouseGOP voted this week to restore a statue depicting “an enslaved Black ‘mammy’ holding the infant child of a White [confederate] officer, as an enslaved Black man follows the officer off to war” https://t.co/NKrDw3yDhs

— Sean Casten (@SeanCasten) June 15, 2024

Andrew Clyde, QOP-Ga.(of “the insurrection is a bold faced lie” & it was just another “tourist day at the Capitol” Andrew Clyde) is seen here helping barricade the House chamber door as rioters disrupt the joint session of Congress to certify the Electoral College vote on Jan 6th pic.twitter.com/x5ia7nsBrs

— Lee Kniess (@LeeKniess) May 15, 2021