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Portraits of former Confederate leaders removed from Capitol

by Associated Press
| June 18, 2020 4:03 PM

WASHINGTON (AP) — Portraits honoring four former House speakers who served in the Confederacy were removed Thursday after Speaker Nancy Pelosi declared that the men "embody the violent bigotry and grotesque racism of the Confederacy.″

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