Treasury wont commit to Tubman on bill

[struggle4progress]

By Damian Paletta
August 31 at 12:50 PM

Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin on Thursday would not commit to carrying out the Obama administration's plan to put Harriet Tubman on the $20 bill, saying he had not made a decision ...

President Barack Obama and then-Treasury Secretary Jack Lew proposed last year to take President Andrew Jackson’s image off the $20 bill and replace it with Tubman's. Tubman, an abolitionist who helped many enslaved people escape, would be the only woman and only African American on commonly used U.S. paper currency ...

President Trump has said he is very fond of Jackson ...

Last year, in an interview with NBC, Trump .. said putting her on the $20 bill was an example of "pure political correctness" ...

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2017/08/31/trump-treasury-secretary-wont-commit-to-put-harriet-tubman-on-20-bill/?utm_term=.d0bab76b9f5f

[madaboutharry]

1. These people are truly despicable.

Hopefully after this debacle of an administration the republicans will be voted out of power.

[bigtree]

2. jesus

...when you think they can't go any lower.

[democratisphere]

3. Creepy Mnuchin at the helm. No African Americans on bills with this

racist administration.