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House Democrat Schools Marjorie Taylor Greene With A Brutal US History Lesson
Rep. Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) checked Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) after she brought up the removal of a Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee statue while going to bat for an amendment barring the use of funds to remove national monuments.
Greene – who cited George Orwell’s “1984” while rambling about “Communist Democrats” erasing the past – touched on the removal of Confederate symbols in 2020 before noting the recent melting of a Lee statue previously taken down in Charlottesville, the site of the 2017 “Unite the Right” rally.
“This is the Democrats’ and the Biden administration’s effort to erase our history, just as they have done to the statue of Robert E. Lee. This is an outrage,” said Greene, who has stood up for Confederate monuments in the past and was once subject to criticism from Lee’s relative.
Greene’s comments arrived after Rep. Ryan Zinke (R-Mont.) – amid debate – said the amendment “only pertains to monuments” recognizing the Founding Fathers, Mediaite reported. It led to Pingree citing the amendment’s provision where “none of the funds made available” by the act “may be used to remove any monument” on land under the Department of Interior’s jurisdiction
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Zinke: This amendment only applies to monuments that commemorate the founding founders
Pingree: It says all monuments
Greene: Yes all monuments… Robert E. Lee
Pingree to Zinke: Robert E. Lee was not a founding father
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