The Civil War ended 155 years ago on April 9, 1865.— Keith Boykin (@keithboykin) June 10, 2020
The south lost.
Name another country -- anywhere on earth, I challenge you -- that has ever named military bases after and raised statues to, traitors who took up arms and war upon that very country. America is a strange, strange place. https://t.co/3J0fKP5BCQ— Joy Reid (@JoyAnnReid) June 10, 2020
Confederate statues weren't put up to "remember history." They were erected during periods of civil rights activity to teach black people their place and to celebrate the leaders of a racist pro-slavery revolt against the USA.— Alex Cole (@acnewsitics) June 10, 2020
Put them in a museum, or—better yet—melt them down.
To repeat: confederate statues aren’t some ode to military galantry. They are depictions of men who turned against their own country when the president said you can’t own humans in just the WEST. The statues were messages to the enslaved’s descendants, that you are owned FOREVER. https://t.co/3IiGLUQ0zz— Joy Reid (@JoyAnnReid) June 10, 2020
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) -- NASCAR bans display of the Confederate flag at its events and properties.— Yamiche Alcindor (@Yamiche) June 10, 2020
The Navy will prohibit the Confederate battle flag from all its military installations. https://t.co/WrYJ8RoHls— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) June 10, 2020
Make this Viral!!! MAKE THIS HAPPEN!!! https://t.co/rbNOFakr9I— K-1 Haze🇺🇸🇵🇦 (@Mr_Sir_Raider) June 9, 2020
And on targeted voter suppression:
This is what voter suppression looks like in 2020. Dateline: Brian Kemp’s Georgia: pic.twitter.com/sbx7CHquHP— Joy Reid (@JoyAnnReid) June 10, 2020
1. This is voter suppression.— Spencer Althouse (@SpencerAlthouse) June 10, 2020
2. This is illegal.
3. This was deliberate.
4. This will happen again in November if we don’t do something about it.
5. This better anger the hell out of you. https://t.co/jykBR0jHqi
I want everyone to see and hear this incredible black woman sitting in the rain in Georgia with her son for 3 hours to vote. And then I want you to ask yourself why in this day and age - with America having the ability to put a man on the moon & land a space shuttle back on earth pic.twitter.com/TOrvtbMy4j— Ayman Mohyeldin (@AymanM) June 10, 2020
They called the police on Black people trying to vote. https://t.co/XWh3Fpj0ON— Renee Bracey Sherman (@RBraceySherman) June 10, 2020
Sometimes I wake up, see that black people can’t vote and are getting killed by police while others defend confederate statues and wonder what it would be like if the Union had won the Civil War.— Kashana (@kashanacauley) June 10, 2020
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