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19.06.2020 / 01:59

Portraits of former Confederate leaders removed from Capitol

WASHINGTON – Portraits honoring four former House speakers who served in the Confederacy were removed Thursday after Speaker Nancy Pelosi declared that the men "embody the violent bigotry and grotesque racism of the Confederacy.″Pelosi directed the House clerk to oversee the immediate removal of portraits depicting former speakers from three Southern states: Robert Hunter of Virginia, James Orr of South Carolina and Howell Cobb and Charles Crisp, both of Georgia. Calling the halls of Congress “the very heart of our democracy,″ Pelosi said, “There is no room in the hallowed halls of Congress or in any place of honor″ to commemorate the Confederacy.Hours later, the portraits were gone, taken away by workers and placed in storage.

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Pelosi orders removal of Confederate portraits from US Capitol

Photos: Office of the Clerk, U.S.

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