You know what I heard that weekend? Not one single comment about Robert E. Lee. But I did hear racial slurs and the chants, "Jews will not replace us!" and "Into the ovens!" Very fine people, indeed. https://t.co/ZoH0U1VC0L
— Larry Sabato (@LarrySabato) April 26, 2019
Robert E. Lee owned slaves and brutalized them.
Lee led an armed revolt against the United States to preserve and expand slavery.
And during that armed revolt, Lee's army captured free blacks in the North and enslaved them. https://t.co/hYRFhcn0tq
— Kevin M. Kruse (@KevinMKruse) April 26, 2019
Robert E. Lee owned 200 slaves (which he famously tortured) then led a rebellion to extend slavery which killed 620,000 people.
Saying you're not a racist, you just love Robert E. Lee is like saying you're not an antisemite, you just love Hitler. https://t.co/K3jEHpZFSD
— Mikel Jollett (@Mikel_Jollett) April 26, 2019