States begin removing Capitol's Confederate statues on their own
By Cristina Marcos - 08/05/20 06:28 PM EDT
A growing number of southern states are taking matters into their own hands to remove Confederate statues from the Capitol in the absence of action by Congress.
The House passed a bill late last month to remove statues of people who served the Confederacy or otherwise defended slavery that are displayed around the Capitol complex, but the GOP-controlled Senate has declined to take it up.
Many Republicans say it should be up to states to decide — and some states are doing just that.
Top state leaders in Georgia endorsed the idea of replacing a statue of Alexander Hamilton Stephens, the Confederacy’s vice president, with one of the late civil rights legend Rep. John Lewis (D-Ga.).
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