A 200-Year-Old Thomas Jefferson statue is to be removed from the chambers of the New York City council after a unanimous vote by the nine members of the Mayoral appointed Public Design Commission.
Several lawmakers testified that the statue is ‘offensive’, with Democratic Assemblyman Charles Barron of Brooklyn even declaring that Jefferson was a “slaveholding pedophile.”
Barron added “I think it should be put in storage somewhere, destroyed or whatever.”
Exactly As Trump Predicted: ‘Racist’ Jefferson Statue To Be Removed At NYC Council
Thomas Jefferson by Gage Skidmore is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0
Thomas Jefferson by Gage Skidmore is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0
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