quipped sports writer Craig Calcaterra, referring to the fact that Lee and the Confederate army lost the war. Many in the South see the statue as a memorial to racism, then, as it’s not standing in honor of a winning team, but rather a losing side that fought against the emancipation of slaves.
Fred Wellman, a senior advisor with conservative group the Lincoln Project, posted a photo of the statue and noted he was “glad to see it go away finally.”Virginia Governor Ralph Northam posted a link to the livestream of the removal (seen below) and Daily Beast editor at large Molly Jong-Fast simply called the removal “good.” Historian Kevin M.
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