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RandySF

(83,286 posts) Thu Jun 18, 2020, 11:21 AM Jun 2020

Pelosi Orders Removal of Four Portraits [View all]

Speaker Nancy Pelosi has directed the Clerk of the House to remove portraits of four former speakers who served in the Confederacy, the Wall Street Journal reports.

The Speakers: Robert Hunter (1839-1841), Howell Cobb (1849-1851), James Orr (1857-1859), and Charles Crisp (1891-1895).

They will be removed on Juneteenth.

https://politicalwire.com/2020/06/18/pelosi-orders-removal-of-four-portraits/

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Pelosi Orders Removal of Four Portraits [View all] RandySF Jun 2020 OP

Time to review the statues in Statuary Hall. n/t delisen Jun 2020 #1

Yup. InAbLuEsTaTe Jun 2020 #13

She's already done so, and is pressing to remove some. lagomorph777 Jun 2020 #34

Thanks for the information. n/t delisen Jun 2020 #43

It's been said recently that Trump is the second president... 3catwoman3 Jun 2020 #2

I think Pres Biden should refuse to allow NewDayOranges Jun 2020 #10

It could certainly be hung in some downstairs bathroom. calimary Jun 2020 #28

Hang it in the bathroom, in this format: lagomorph777 Jun 2020 #36

How about in the bunker AnotherDreamWeaver Jun 2020 #41

tRump is not well hung and has no prospect of becoming well hung. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Jun 2020 #37

Also get rid of this traitor: dalton99a Jun 2020 #3

+1 sandensea Jun 2020 #15

That's on Mississippi caraher Jun 2020 #25

Thank you. Can't say I'm all that surprised. sandensea Jun 2020 #32

Open a museum named The Dark Side Of US History lunatica Jun 2020 #24

Name it after Howard Zinn... nt Another Jackalope Jun 2020 #29

I wonder where they will go. fleur-de-lisa Jun 2020 #4

bury them in the basement of the smithsonian. mopinko Jun 2020 #6

Exactly soothsayer Jun 2020 #8

Ha! fleur-de-lisa Jun 2020 #9

ha! gmta. thank you. mopinko Jun 2020 #11

or under meters of volcanic ash to be rediscovered in a couple thousand years jaxexpat Jun 2020 #16

that works, too. but mopinko Jun 2020 #18

Remember Pompeii had portions re-entombed because they were considered obscene? jaxexpat Jun 2020 #33

i did not know that. i'm not surprised, but.... mopinko Jun 2020 #35

If the priests continue their games the whole place may end up a.... jaxexpat Jun 2020 #38

lawyers are already coming. mopinko Jun 2020 #40

Good idea. onecaliberal Jun 2020 #21

In the WH bunker onetexan Jun 2020 #12

Mar-a-Lago? mnmoderatedem Jun 2020 #22

Notice that Charles Crisp ... albacore Jun 2020 #5

Crisp in the 1890's SCantiGOP Jun 2020 #7

There's always a "but......." MyOwnPeace Jun 2020 #14

No doubt SCantiGOP Jun 2020 #19

I don't argue that a bit! MyOwnPeace Jun 2020 #20

One of my Senators from back then SCantiGOP Jun 2020 #27

Wow. Thank you so much for sharing this. nt crickets Jun 2020 #30

"Treason against the United States, shall consist only in levying War against them, struggle4progress Jun 2020 #17

We should not honor traitors and enemies of the nation. Hermit-The-Prog Jun 2020 #23

awesome Evolve Dammit Jun 2020 #26

Thank you, Nancy Pelosi. You are doing such a wonderful job for our country. nt crickets Jun 2020 #31

They'll be stored safely or displayed in a museum, with Hortensis Jun 2020 #39

Now let's get to work on that pesky section of the Constitutional Amendment allowing... Hugin Jun 2020 #42