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Stinky The Clown

(68,959 posts)
Wed Aug 16, 2017, 09:37 PM Aug 2017

More Confederate Statues Get Their Gone On. [View all]

Baltimore mayor Catherine Pugh ordered four of them removed. Last night city crews just got'er done.



https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/md-politics/baltimore-begins-taking-down-confederate-statues/2017/08/16/f32aa26e-8265-11e7-b359-15a3617c767b_story.html?utm_term=.cdd0f2c53f1f

Not to be outdone, GOPee MD guv calls for removal of another objectionable monument.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/md-politics/hogan-calls-for-removing-the-statue-of-roger-b-taney-calling-it-the-right-thing-to-do/2017/08/15/3a84dec0-81eb-11e7-ab27-1a21a8e006ab_story.html?utm_term=.7d9ff3c4bae1


The statue of Chief Justice Roger B. Taney on the grounds of the State House in Annapolis. Taney is best known as the author of the 1857 Dred Scott decision, which upheld slavery and said African Americans were not citizens. (Greg Dohler/The Gazette)

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More Confederate Statues Get Their Gone On. [View all] Stinky The Clown Aug 2017 OP
... shenmue Aug 2017 #1
white "supremecists" ironically hastened this happening. flibbitygiblets Aug 2017 #2
i like your 45! pansypoo53219 Aug 2017 #3
Amen uponit7771 Aug 2017 #4
Mayor Pugh on with O'Donnell now Stinky The Clown Aug 2017 #5
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