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15 Jul 2021

They Just Can’t Leave Well Enough Alone

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For the second time in as many years, U.S. Rep. Dan Crenshaw has joined with Democrats to support removing the statues of Confederate leaders from the U.S. Capitol.Crenshaw, of Houston, was among 67 House Republicans, including five from Texas, who voted in favor of a bill that would “remove all statues of individuals who voluntarily served the Confederate States of America from display in the United States Capitol, and for other purposes.” All Democrats in Congress voted for the bill, which passed 285 to 120.
Statues of Confederate President Jefferson Davis and other Confederate leaders such as Vice President John C. Calhoun, Arkansas Governor James Paul Clarke would be among those removed if the U.S. Senate follows the House’s action.

FULL LIST OF HOUSE REPUBLICANS WHO VOTED TO KEEP MONUMENTS

  • Robert Aderholt, Alabama
  • Rick Allen, Georgia
  • Kelly Armstrong, North Dakota
  • Brian Babin, Texas
  • Jim Baird, Indiana
  • Andy Barr, Kentucky
  • Jack Bergman, Michigan
  • Stephanie Bice, Oklahoma
  • Andy Biggs, Arizona
  • Dan Bishop, North Carolina
  • Lauren Boebert, Colorado
  • Mike Bost, Illinois
  • Kevin Brady, Texas
  • Mo Brooks, Alabama
  • Vern Buchanan, Florida
  • Ken Buck, Colorado
  • Larry Bucshon, Indiana
  • Ted Budd, North Carolina
  • Tim Burchett, Tennessee
  • Kat Cammack, Florida
  • Jerry Carl, Alabama
  • John Carter, Texas
  • Madison Cawthorn, North Carolina
  • Ben Cline, Virginia
  • Andrew Clyde, Georgia
  • Tom Cole, Oklahoma
  • James Comer, Kentucky
  • Rick Crawford, Arkansas
  • John Curtis, Utah
  • Scott DesJarlais, Tennessee
  • Bryon Donalds, Florida
  • Jeff Duncan, South Carolina
  • Neal Dunn, Florida
  • Ron Estes, Kansas
  • Pat Fallon, Texas
  • Randy Feenstra, Iowa
  • Drew Ferguson, Georgia
  • Michelle Fischbach, Minnesota
  • Scott Fitzgerald, Wisconsin
  • Chuck Fleischmann, Tennessee
  • Scott Franklin, Florida
  • Matt Gaetz, Florida
  • Lance Gooden, Texas
  • Paul Gosar, Arizona
  • Kay Granger, Texas
  • Garret Graves, Louisiana
  • Sam Graves, Missouri
  • Mark Green, Tennessee
  • Marjorie Taylor Greene, Georgia
  • Morgan Griffith, Virginia
  • Glenn Grothman, Wisconsin
  • Jim Hagedorn, Minnesota
  • Andy Harris, Maryland
  • Diana Harshbarger, Tennessee
  • Vicky Hartzler, Missouri
  • Kevin Hern, Oklahoma
  • Dusty Johnson, South Dakota
  • Jim Jordan, Ohio
  • John Joyce, Pennsylvania
  • Fred Keller, Pennsylvania
  • Trent Kelly, Mississippi
  • David Kustoff, Tennessee
  • Darin LaHood, Illinois
  • Doug LaMalfa, California
  • Doug Lamborn, Colorado
  • Jake LaTurner, Kansas
  • Debbie Lesko, Arizona
  • Luke Letlow, Louisiana
  • Barry Loudermilk, Georgia
  • Frank Lucas, Oklahoma
  • Blaine Luetkemeyer, Missouri
  • Tracey Mann, Kansas
  • Thomas Massie, Kentucky
  • Brain Mast, Florida
  • Lisa McClain, Michigan
  • Tom McClintock, California
  • Patrick McHenry, North Carolina
  • David McKinley, West Virginia
  • Dan Meuser, Pennsylvania
  • Carol Miller, West Virginia
  • Mariannette Miller-Meeks, Iowa
  • Alex Mooney, West Virginia
  • Markwayne Mullin, Oklahoma
  • Troy Nehls, Texas
  • Dan Newhouse, Washington
  • Ralph Norman, South Carolina
  • Troy Nunes, California
  • Jay Obernolte, California
  • Burgess Owens, Utah
  • Steven Palazzo, Mississippi
  • Gary Palmer, Alabama
  • Greg Pence, Indiana
  • Scott Perry, Pennsylvania
  • Bill Posey, Florida
  • Tom Rice, South Carolina
  • Mike Rogers, Alabama
  • Hal Rogers, Kentucky
  • Matt Rosendale, Montana
  • David Rouzer, North Carolina
  • John Rutherford, Florida
  • Maria Elvira Salazar, Florida
  • Austin Scott, Georgia
  • Pete Sessions, Texas
  • Jason Smith, Missouri
  • Adrian Smith, Nebraska
  • Michelle Steel, California
  • Elise Stefanik, New York
  • Greg Steube, Florida
  • Claudia Tenney, New York
  • Glenn Thompson, Pennsylvania
  • William Timmons, South Carolina
  • Mauree Turner, Ohio
  • Beth Van Duyne, Texas
  • Jackie Walorski, Indiana
  • Michael Waltz, Florida
  • Bruce Westerman, Arkansas
  • Joe Wilson, South Carolina
  • Rob Wittman, Virginia
  • Steve Womack, Arkansas
  • Lee Zeldin, New York

https://www.npr.org/2021/06/29/1011303611/the-house-votes-to-remove-confederate-statues-in-the-u-s-capitol

(Article courtesy of Dixie Heritage Newsletter, July 2, 2021 ed.)

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08 Sep 2015
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Can’t We All Just Get Along?

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It seems that the state of Mississippi is getting an enormous amount of pressure to change the state flag from people who are not Mississippians. Even though a few celebrities (past and present Mississippians) recently jumped on the PC bandwagon and signed a petition to have the state flag changed, now some politicians are getting into the act as well.

Assistant Democratic Leader James Clyburn, who is from South Carolina and is black, predicts that Mississippi will remove the Confederate battle flag from its emblem. “There’s nothing historical about that (Confederate) flag but defiance,” he said. “I really believe that the state of Mississippi is going to change its flag.”

Clyburn and members of the Congressional Black Caucus plan to discuss the flag issue at their annual conference in Washington D.C. on September 16. They also intend to push the issue of having Mississippi’s state flag removed from the House side of the U.S. Capitol. It seems like they are going out of their way to force Mississippi to change the flag, even though state residents don’t want this. What’s next, Mr. Clyburn? Texas’ flag looks like the Stars and Bars. Are you going after that one next? What about Alabama’s state flag? It looks very similar to the Confederate battle flag. Will that be your next target?

The controversy surrounding the flag comes from the fact that the state flag includes the Confederate battle flag as part of its design. It is the only Southern state left to feature the Confederate battle flag, and so it has recently come under attack. Mississippians have overwhelmingly voted to keep the flag, and Governor Bryant has stated that he will not hold a special session to discuss the matter. He has not responded to groups such as South Forward, who insists on moving forward, even though they keep dredging up the past. The governor has remained silent on the fact that political pressure is mounting.

The flag has already been removed from the courthouse in Orange County, California, where all other state flags of the U.S. are on display. Representative Bennie Thompson, D-Miss, and Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., have proposed resolutions removing any items from the U.S. House that feature the Confederate battle flag, including the Mississippi state flag.

“You’ve got to understand Mississippi,” said Clyburn. “There’s a victim mentality. The more Mississippi is singled out and ridiculed nationally, as it is, the more you get a lot of white Mississippians who get their dander up.”

If that isn’t a racist statement, Mr. Clyburn, I don’t know what is. The flag represents heritage to most Mississippians, regardless of their color, and they are proud of it. This forced issue is reminiscent of Marxism. Whatever happened to freedom of expression and free speech?

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