Late Thursday, Nancy Pelosi had four of her predecessors removed from a Portrait Collection that adorns the Speaker's Lobby in Congress.
These Democratic Speakers were ostensibly banished from the halls of Congress pursuant to their Confederate ties.
Before we get to the more subtle racism currently practiced by Speaker Pelosi and her accomplices, a brief history of the four men whose likenesses have disappeared from the Portrait Collection is in order.
First, it should be noted that the Democratic commitment to slavery was such that they elected each of these people Speaker of the House.
James Orr served as a Democratic Congressman from South Carolina from 1849 to 1859, serving as Speaker during his last term in the House.
All were Democrats, all served the Confederacy in some capacity, and all preceded Pelosi as Speakers of the House.
Is Madam Speaker really worried about tainting "The hallowed halls of Congress" by "Memorializing men who embody the violent bigotry and grotesque racism of the Confederacy"? Or is she concerned that the Democratic record on race is so egregious that the urgent call for the removal of portraits and statues will look more like the need to remove the evidence of her party's multifarious racial sins?
These Democratic Speakers were ostensibly banished from the halls of Congress pursuant to their Confederate ties.
Before we get to the more subtle racism currently practiced by Speaker Pelosi and her accomplices, a brief history of the four men whose likenesses have disappeared from the Portrait Collection is in order.
First, it should be noted that the Democratic commitment to slavery was such that they elected each of these people Speaker of the House.
James Orr served as a Democratic Congressman from South Carolina from 1849 to 1859, serving as Speaker during his last term in the House.
All were Democrats, all served the Confederacy in some capacity, and all preceded Pelosi as Speakers of the House.
Is Madam Speaker really worried about tainting "The hallowed halls of Congress" by "Memorializing men who embody the violent bigotry and grotesque racism of the Confederacy"? Or is she concerned that the Democratic record on race is so egregious that the urgent call for the removal of portraits and statues will look more like the need to remove the evidence of her party's multifarious racial sins?
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