Sen. Roy Blunt, R-Mo., blocked a bill presented by Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J., and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., who requested unanimous consent to remove confederate statues from the Capitol Thursday. The bill called for the removal of all statues of individuals that voluntarily fought for the Confederacy from the U.S. Capitol building. Currently 11 statues of Confederate generals and leaders are placed in the Capitol's National Statuary Hall, where each state is permitted to place up to two statues of its choosing. Booker said to the existence of the statues in the Capitol was a "painful, insulting, difficult injury." “We need to dismantle institutional racism piece by piece, brick by brick, statue by statue, starting with the people’s house—the nation’s Capitol.

Source: Fox News June 19, 2020 02:37 UTC