Sentences with phrase «removal of the statue»

White nationalists and neo-Nazis descended on Charlottesville over the weekend to protest the planned removal of a statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee.

At a truncated Columbus Circle press conference this afternoon Malliotakis sought to restrict questions to her chosen two topics; Mayor de Blasio's unclear position on removal of the statue of Christopher Columbus and his, in her view, insufficient addressing of pay - to - play allegations.

On Aug. 14, Trump issued a stronger condemnation of the white supremacists and nationalists and neo-Nazis who planned the rally to protest the planned removal of a statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee.

Trump repeatedly stressed that the rally started over the potential removal of a statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee.

«I am proud to stand in opposition to the potential removal of the statue with so many other New York City residents.

Of other glaring examples, I refer you to the recent removal of the statue of Cecil Rhodes in Cape Town.

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The Unite the Right rally was nominally planned as a protest against the removal of a statue of Confederate general Robert E. Lee from a city park.

The survey also showed strong, bipartisan majorities of Americans taking an unfavorable view of the marchers protesting the removal of the statue, despite the president's contention that there were «some very fine people» in their ranks.

The white nationalists — including neo-Nazis, skinheads and Ku Klux Klan members — were there to protest the removal of a statue of Confederate general Robert E. Lee.

However, the forces behind the rally run much deeper than the removal of statues.

«The removal of these statues sends a clear and unequivocal message to the people of New Orleans and the nation: New Orleans celebrates our diversity, inclusion and tolerance,» Mayor Landrieu said in a statement.

We are all familiar with stories of the removal of statues and ending of pious practices, as though inappropriate for the truly modern Christian.

In NYC, Italian - American politicians blasted a fellow Italian, de Blasio, for considering the removal of statues of Christopher Columbus as part of a commission to ditch symbols of hate.

Officials in several states are calling for the removal of statues and monuments along with the renaming of buildings and streets associated with the Confederate States of America.

Paladino was removed from the board on Aug. 17, days after violence erupted in Charlottesville amid protests over the removal of a statue of Confederate general Robert E. Lee.

Please hit up the site for an important piece on the removal of the statue of J. Marion Sims in East Harlem.

A group of about two dozen advocates — among them former City Council Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito, City Councilmember Diana Ayala and Community Board 11 Chair Diane Collier, who all campaigned vigorously for years for the removal of the statue — gathered on Tuesday morning to watch its removal.

The debate over statues was sparked earlier this month after violent clashes in Virginia over the removal of a statue depicting Confederate general Robert E. Lee.

Instead of focusing on the removal of statues, let us engage in honest and open discussions, listen quietly and intently to opposing views, and finally, respect and acknowledge what unites us as Americans.»

While the question of removal of statues is a current political matter, the installation of them is historical.

Trump also insisted there would «fine people» who marched to oppose the removal of a statue honoring Robert E. Lee.

In Maryland, workers began the removal of a statue honoring Supreme Court Chief Justice Roger Taney, who presided over the Dred Scott decision.

This week, an online petition calling for the removal of the statue was revived on social media, garnering more than 1,000 signatures by Friday.

A group is calling for the removal of a statue on the grounds of the Alabama Capitol that honors a 19th century doctor who experimented on slaves.

The mayor first tweeted about the initiative following the violence in Charlottesville, Va., sparked by white nationalists who opposed the removal of a statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee.

The violence Saturday at protest marches over the removal of a statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee, left one woman dead, while two Virginia state troopers died in the crash of a helicopter monitoring the clashes.

NEW YORK CITY — Mayor Bill de Blasio said Wednesday the city will conduct a review of its art, statues, and «all symbols of hate» after the violent protests in Charlottesville surrounding the removal of a statue to top Confederate General Robert E. Lee.

Normally, we'd simply be preparing for a new school year, but this year in Albemarle County, the end of summer became something else entirely when a «Unite the Right» gathering of white nationalists protesting the removal of a statue of Robert E. Lee in Charlottesville, the county seat, clashed with counter-demonstrators.

Also in the NYT: a map and annotated list of all the Confederate statues in the US which have either been removed or have been proposed for removal, after fatal violence erupted at a white nationalist rally protesting against the removal of a statue of Confederate general Robert E. Lee in Charlottesville on Saturday.

The removal of a statue of Robert E. Lee was at the center of the violent protests in Charlottesville, Virginia, that shook the country.