PROTESTERS TOPPLE CONFEDERATE STATUE IN VIRGINIA CAPITALA few feet down, 38-year-old Mike Maxwell looked up at the big, bronzed version of Lee. Ralph Northam announced on June 3 that he would order the removal of Lee's statue. She also shared a petition on Facebook to save the Lee statue, writing that "removing the Robert E. Lee statue is a cowardly capitulation to the looters and domestic terrorists." Virginia Senate GOP leaders quickly denounced Chase's comments but said they supported keeping Lee's statue up. Northam began taking steps this week to take down Lee's statue — the only Confederate one on state property.

Source: Fox News June 12, 2020 15:59 UTC