Virginia Republican Under Fire For Defending Confederate Monuments

Virginia Republican Comes Under Fire For Defending Confederate Monuments

Corey Stewart, a gubernatorial candidate, says the politicians removing the monuments won’t stop until they erase Confederate history.

The first of four monuments to the confederacy marked for removal in New Orleans was dismantled under police protection in the “wee hours” of Monday morning, as The Times-Picayune described the scene.

One of the loudest voices protesting the removals came miles away, from a conservative Republican who is running for governor of Virginia.

https://twitter.com/CoreyStewartVA/status/857031479288672256

A statement from Stewart’s campaign calls the removal of the Confederate monuments a “blatant destruction of U.S. history” that is sweeping across the South.

https://twitter.com/CoreyStewartVA/status/857060420128878592

Many folks on Twitter didn’t care for his comments:

https://twitter.com/pastalememe/status/857097325658943493

Stewart is also catching fire for criticizing “Yankees” who deride Southerners for their monuments.

https://twitter.com/CoreyStewartVA/status/856699414907367424

The Minnesota Star Tribune pointed out that Stewart is a native Minnesotan, which brought this criticism:

SOURCE: Times-Picayune, Minnesota Star Tribune

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