Rep. Don Beyer @RepDonBeyer
Glad to see this finally come down. Lee himself said he did not want to be commemorated this way, but that was disregard amid the wave of Confederate monuments built during the Jim Crow era to reinforce white supremacy. That’s the history. — PolitiTweet.org
The Recount @therecount
And there it goes: Charlottesville VA's Robert E. Lee statue has been removed. https://t.co/qI4xhnIqJ3