Mayor Levar Stoney of Richmond, Virginia weighs in on the issue of Confederate statues after he invoked his emergency powers on July 1 to order removal of the statues from the city. Aired on 7/06/2020.
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Richmond, Va. Mayor: 'Past Time' That We Remove Confederate Statues | MTP Daily | MSNBC
Interesting that the old Confederate capital has a black mayor now.
@Shouqian Shi Those soldiers were hero’s you buffoon.
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@Tracy Garcia I know and Democracts like to say Republicans are racist when in reality it’s them.
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Why..”interesting” the majority of peoples minds and hearts change…over time…but the racist…stay the same !!!
@William H
No, it’s still you
Remove the Founding fathers from our history and replace them with another old white man, the socialist Karl Marx himself.
If this land was stolen, why are we still here?
I guess Karl Marx would be our next accomplice on this stolen land.
Why have statues of evil men and traitors ?
@SPZ Aruba You are trying produce a false equivalence fallacy, I corrected you…It isn’t stupid for an individual to adhere to their private rights and beliefs…
@Logic B4Religion Anyone in private can be just as stupid as all of us in public. And at some point, putting those statues up was done through public ballot or elected representatives.
There statues here of Lenin and Marx. They were the embodiment of evil. Tear them down.
@SPZ Aruba Yes, private individuals can be stupid… Look at the 23% of the electorate that voted for the orange turd.
Where you are incorrect is, the statue was placed on private property – period. The government had no place or recurse. This is EASILY researchable for everyone… You are trying to make a false equivalence fallacy and now a strawman…
Fact, the Confederate statues that SHOULD be torn down were government funded and on PUBLIC property…
Now, run along and go chew on your crayons.
Exactly if they wanted statues up of their leaders they shouldn’t have surrendered
t’rump has spent more time and energy protecting confederate statues than offering sympathy for the thousands of Americans dying every week from the Corona.
Think about that for a second.
@Sammy Honn wow, clearly you don’t.
@StoneMonkey3D you hit the nail on the head with that one
@Sammy Honn I would keep going but you compared socialism to slavery. Other than a lot of people died couldn’t be any further apart.
@Christopher Bowling ahahaha! I don’t listen to Fox news
Maybe you stop listening to MSLSD
@Sammy Honn well your saying fox talking point. And no I don’t watch msnbc, all corporate media is corrupt. But more so to the point after everything I said in the comments about your propaganda. If the only thing you can come up with is hahaha I don’t watch fox new. You have no argument. Thanks for helping my point
Sounds good to me. I’m all for elected officials going through a process to take down symbols they find offensive or racist…they are ultimately accountable to voters, unlike mobs.
@constantine well on July 3 he was going to create a museum for these statutes
@constantine
Who said you have to offended by these monuments? Put them in your back yard. Elected officials serve a wide community. Not one entitled individual.
What process? He never ran on taking down statues.
He used his power to go above the people. Whether you wa t statues taken down or not nobody should support the way this man went about it
@constantine – They are symbols of traitors that rose up against the United States of America. That’s a fact. They still call it the War Between the States … or The North vs The South. It was …. The United States of America vs The Confederate States of America.
@constantine the confederates were treasonous and were crushed. They have been long gone and will never return. Those artifacts belong in museums and are not to be celebrated by Patriots. Those who glorify the confederacy are traitors. They will face justice. Its happening now. You can say or think whatever you choose, but the consequences may not be to your liking.
The confederate rag is a direct insult to the American flag.
don’t worry, the marxists will be telling you that the american flag is racist too
it is only a matter of time
@citizenxgen
No. Only putin lovers like you say stuff like that.
Remove the Founding fathers from our history and replace them with another old white man, the socialist Karl Marx himself.
If this land was stolen, why are we still here?
I guess Karl Marx would be our next accomplice on this stolen land.
@Sammy Honn
We are gonna let putin lovers, Russia lovers trumpunzees to put up Carl Marx statue any where anytime.
William H liar
tRump “let 130,000+ people die, forget the highest unemployment in history, if ore how I made America a laughingstock but don’t touch these statues I know nothing about “
Gotta defend that racists heritage.
All of that was due to a 6 month CCP cover up. And when Trump took action in January, Biden and the Democrats berated him for it and did nothing until March. Credit where credit is due.
Only morons believe the Shamdemic… Liberals are the most naive and unintelligent people I’ve ever met.
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You have to wonder, why people choose to celebrate the worst part of their heritage.
Very true. It’s faux white-guilt promoted by the MSM and Marxists. Communist takeover, 101.
@john emeigh “Marxist” must be the new Alex Jones buzzword. That’s adorable.
@CShield you morons didn’t care about statues under obama. Brainwashed idiots that get your fake outrage orders via the media.
Has you idiots support biden. The politician who is responsible for building the most prisons in us history.
I bet none of you betas can list any biden accomplishments…
@cj p I sure as heck can’t name any Trump accomplishments.
I’m so proud of my state, finally taking action on something that should’ve never been memorialized.
Speak for yourself
you’re so woke – i wish i could be as woke as you
Trumpism has taken a huge blow these last few weeks and I would like to thank all the patriots responsible for it by taking to the streets. Please though, don’t forget to vote.
@mr ady and mim yay Trump retweeted a Mussolini quote and like Mussolini, Hitler and Stalin Trump has repeatedly spewed their anti media “Luggen Presse” propaganda with his “Fake news” schtick. Do you see a connection?
@Sphenn Stansfield Patriots are people who love their country, which does not include those who hero worship some, weak dimwitted, self proclaimed “stable genius”.
Yeah, please vote. Unlike the primary, there’s no such thing as superdelegates so your vote matters. Maybe. Though if Trump steals the election, it’s sorta karma.
@mr ady and mim yay Trump already lost. He will face charges and die in prison. President Biden already stated publicly he would not pardon him.
@John Thomas if trump died screaming from gonorrhea, that would be karma
I am so proud of them for taking down these statues. That’s beautiful. It is long over due. It is beautiful.
Democracts are Anti-American Pro-LGBTQ and everyone knows it.
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@William H You must be a democrat, Princess Willy!!
I find it disgusting
I agree👍Congratulations
@mr ady and mim yay Dude. Seriously? No, it really isn’t. I can say that because I HAVE read a lot about that. Funny how when statues of Saddam Hussein or Stalin and Lenin were coming down, no Republicans compared those iconoclastic moments to Mao. It’s AWESOME when racist nonsense is outgrown.
I am a proud southerner and my ancestors fought for the confederate armies of North Carolina. They were traitors! They surrendered. They signed the Oath Of Allegiance. GET RID OF ANY MONUMENT PUTTING TRAITORS ON A PEDESTAL!
Geth Creator I’m native bro man. Ani-Giduwa!!! Osda. Try again bean brain 🧠
Remove the Founding fathers from our history and replace them with another old white man, the socialist Karl Marx himself.
If this land was stolen, why are we still here?
I guess Karl Marx would be our next accomplice on this stolen land.
@Tony Wilson native would be the European settlers who actually founded a nation.
The ‘natives’ as you call them and claim to be aren’t native at all, they came from East Asia, they didn’t form a nation or secure land instead they fought other and got wiped for it.
However you still dodged the question and even more so now you claim native you should answer.
Washington killed more ‘natives’ than any other president except Lincoln so why do you support Washington but not confederates? Confederates were fighting for to keep what Washington created
@Tony Wilson also bean brain? You’re seriously being racist while pretending to be anti racist?
I’m proud of my Mexican heritage just as much as my European heritage you bigot
@Geth Creator just stop with the nonsense. The confederates were traitors who fought against America to keep slavery. Same as the nazis or al Qaeda
I’m voting Biden 2020 , America can’t handle another 4 years under Russia China trump
You would vote for a pedophile?? You guys are sick
hhhh9579 We already have sexual predator Donnie. What are you whining about?
The people who live in these areas are tired of having to see these monuments to dead racists just to appease a bunch of history revisionists.
@Geth Creator Nobody asked the Jim Crow racists to put them there. 155 years ago the war ended and it’s time it was buried. Put the statues in museums, the damaged ones would still be fine if the neo-confederates didn’t insist on rubbing their ignorance in everyone’s face. 3/4 of a million troops killed for slavery is nothing to honor.
@P & J Poston Well they were erected so somebody wanted them, now they are taken down without anyone’s consent.
Yet another example of how the USA is the least free nation in the west, democracy is no more in the US
Don’t look at them!!
Speak for yourself
Remove the Founding fathers from our history and replace them with another old white man, the socialist Karl Marx himself.
If this land was stolen, why are we still here?
I guess Karl Marx would be our next accomplice on this stolen land.
Trump and his followers should build a museum specifically for the confederate flag and these statues. They can call it “The Museum of Losers & Traitors.”
Not with taxpayers’ dollars , though…Taxpayers have already paid enough enriching the orange turd, while he golfs — doing nothing else…
No no no… He should be kept in it in a glass case. So it’ll be like he’s paying rent.
Also WAAAAAAAAY past time that we REMOVE TRUMP !
Respect your president Punk!!!
@hhhh9579 LOL, you voted for a slobbering buffoon that over half the country despised, who has done absolutely nothing redeeming. Take responsibility for your own actions, but don’t expect anyone to take orders from you.
If you want to glorify traitors keep that stupidity to yourself.
Still want to know what idiots thought statues of a traitors to the United States of America are appropriate or a good idea to put up anywhere in this country.
Well OK now! This is hopeful. Thank you Mr mayor!
It’s about time! There’s hope for America!
The first step in reconciliation is always to take remove the symbols of the conflict in the first place.