House Speaker Michael E. Busch said Monday the monument to former Chief Justice Roger B. Taney "doesn't belong" at the State House in Annapolis.
Taney, a Maryland native, wrote the 1857 Dred Scott decision that upheld slavery and denied citizenship to black people.
Busch, a Democrat, made his remarks after hundreds of protesters gathered in Charlottesville over the weekend to decry a gathering of white supremacists to rally against plans to remove a Confederate statue. A woman was killed when a car plowed into a crowd.
A spokesman for Governor Larry Hogan told WBAL NewsRadio 1090 that he is willing to discuss the issue.
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25 comments:
We want the removal of the gerrymandering crook busch
Why stop there?!
George Washington was a slave owner.
So why don't we just tear down that monument too?!!
Tear down all monuments that are connected to salvery in any way, shape, or form!!
And don't stop there!! BURN all books that mention the Confederacy, Civil War, and slavery!
And the "left" has the nerve to be calling people "Nazis"
Here we go with the dems being PC AGAIN
And should we change the name of Taneytown to Cummingsville to honor the tax dodger.......?????
Agreed, should have no place on Maryland Capital
I had a feeling this would be next.
What is funny is the fact that most people opposed to the removal of the statue had no clue who he was or have ever been to see the statue.
Whatever happen to the term "Historic Landmark"? Sure looks like it has been there a season or two with the beautiful patina.
And how come it has made it there all these years without and mention?
Did Busch bang his his on it while walking along drunk?
Let's take a poll for Maryland voters to see if it offensive on the next ballot. This turd works for the voters, so let's see what his employers have to say. I'll stop now before I go postal.
10:59 is a moron. Take your meds like a good little liberal.
I hope you are not in my Maryland, 10:59.
Oh, great. Taxpayers pay the bill to create and install these statues. Busch wants us now to to pay for their removal.
Maryland is being run by a bunch of PC Nazis.
When the civil war begins the same idiots will wonder why?
11:53 When did you become the owner and dictator of the peoples republic of MD?
Keep the statue. Get rid of Busch
Destroying history means there was not a lesson learned to improve oneself and that these people are scared of the history they represent. They also comprehend history repeats itself. Should not these statues / symbols remain so we will never return to those conditions? Instead of removing / tear down these statues / symbols, would it not be logical to erect more dealing with our history? I say this because there is Harriet Tubman and George Washington Carver to begin with along with other notable US citizens that helped in the US growing pains. Yes I know Harriet Tubman was a lawbreaker, but she has a big part in our history which made us grow as a nation in a positive manner.
Everyone jumping on the current bandwagon to be "popular" and kowtowing to issues attempting to gain favor and votes. I hope it backfires and bites them in the ass.
what a bunch of posers :(
Probably democrats that put it there.
I think its time to take a trip to Annapolis.
SHAME on Busch...he's doing this for votes.
I am from Maryland and work in the state house. Seeing that statue turns my stomach that we honor a deplorable human being like that
Couple of questions:
Was this the only decision Justice Taney ever wrote? Answer; not likely. He was 5th Chief Justice from 1836 until dying in 1864. Had been Secretary of the Treasury and Attorney General before appointment to the Supreme Court.
Did any of the other justices vote with him? Answer; 7-2 decision with each justice writing an opinion.
Was the statue placed in support of Taney's vote and opinion or because he was a Marylander on the Supreme Court and its Chief Justice?
Dred Scott was a very controversial decision when rendered in 1857. It was effectively nullified by passage of 14th Amendment in 1868 after the Civil War.
Taney deserves his statue!
That is literally what is going to happen.
2:19, you should work elsewhere if the tummy aches. We don't need you as a ward of the state. Move along.
Go to your safe place.
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