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TexasTowelie

(112,105 posts) Sat Nov 30, 2019, 07:51 AM Nov 2019

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'This is racist,' IMPEACH TRUMP' spraypainted on Lee statue

CHARLOTTESVILLE -- The downtown statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee has been vandalized again.

Someone painted “this is racist” on the Downtown Mall side of the statue’s base on Thursday night. The other side was tagged with “IMPEACH TRUMP.”

Charlottesville officials placed tarps over the graffiti because city offices were closed Friday and no one was available to clean them.

City spokesman Brian Wheeler said parks and recreation staff will remove the graffiti on Monday and that it could be “time consuming.”

Read more: https://www.roanoke.com/news/virginia/this-is-racist-impeach-trump-spraypainted-on-lee-statue/article_f1d2ab0c-51ec-5d1e-b941-cd41a752fa51.html
(Roanoke Times)

The base of the statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee was covered by Charlottesville officials on Friday after “this is racist” and “IMPEACH TRUMP” were spray-painted on it.
NOLAN STOUT | The (Charlottesville) Daily Progress

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'This is racist,' IMPEACH TRUMP' spraypainted on Lee statue (Original Post) TexasTowelie Nov 2019 OP

UVA beat Tech! underpants Nov 2019 #1

Let's come to agreement on the statues. Perhaps peace should be emphasized. NCjack Nov 2019 #2

As long as they insist on keeping a statue to a man who was a traitor to the US Farmer-Rick Nov 2019 #3

These Confederates are Losers as well as Racists. djacq Nov 2019 #4

underpants

(182,768 posts)

1. UVA beat Tech!

Reply to TexasTowelie (Original post)

Sat Nov 30, 2019, 08:20 AM

Nov 2019

After 15 years. FINALLY!

NCjack

(10,279 posts)

2. Let's come to agreement on the statues. Perhaps peace should be emphasized.

Reply to TexasTowelie (Original post)

Sat Nov 30, 2019, 08:58 AM

Nov 2019

Replace them all with Gen. Grant accepting the sword of Gen. Lee, on one knee and promising "Never again".

Farmer-Rick

(10,154 posts)

3. As long as they insist on keeping a statue to a man who was a traitor to the US

Reply to TexasTowelie (Original post)

Sat Nov 30, 2019, 09:58 AM

Nov 2019

then it will always be full of graffiti.

The same thing would have happened if they had a statue to Hitler or Hirohito.

djacq

(1,633 posts)

4. These Confederates are Losers as well as Racists.

Reply to TexasTowelie (Original post)

Sat Nov 30, 2019, 10:32 AM

Nov 2019

Take them down.

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