Remember, it was just a few statues of Confederates. The Woke/Cancel Culture renaming of stuff may have chilled for a bit, but, they will never give up on this
Democrat calls for renaming of Russell Senate Office Building
Rep. Al Green (D-Texas) is urging senators to rename the Russell Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill because of former Sen. Richard Russell’s history of opposing civil rights and avowing white supremacy.
“Throughout his career, Senator Russell engaged in constant lobbying on behalf of opponents to Civil Rights,” Green wrote in a letter to senators Thursday about the Georgia Democrat who died in 1971. “Perhaps most telling of his beliefs, during a lengthy filibuster against anti-lynching legislation, Senator Russell professed a willingness to uphold ‘white supremacy in the social, economic, and political life of our state.’”
“His public assertions, including ones that declared America ‘a white man’s country’ and his outspoken opposition to ‘political and social equality with the Negro,’ further underscored his divisive ideology,” Green added.
Russell, who was Georgia’s governor from 1931-33, held his Senate seat for nearly four decades until his death.
Green asked senators to revert to using the name “Old Senate Office Building” for the structure built in the early 1900s that 33 senators and five committees currently occupy. It was named in honor of Russell the year after he died.
So, um, will Green call for all the things named of Robert “Sheets” Byrd be renamed? A lot of these receive federal money.
Oh, and you know what is missing from Green’s letter? That Russell was, in fact, a Democrat. Surprise!
Just skip the middle men and name everything after MLK. It will be confusing at first, but we will adjust. And global warming is going to kill everyone soon so it’s not a decision we need to live with for very long.
The Russell Senate Office Building is a federal building, the buildings in West Virginia named after Senator Byrd are not.
Democratic Senators Russell and Byrd opposed both the Civil Rights Act and Voting Rights Act. Russell voted nay and Byrd didn’t vote on the Civil Rights Act. Every Southern Democcrat voted nay (AL, AR, GA, FL, LA, MS, NC, VA, SC). Two Republicans voted nay – Strom Thurmond (SC) ad John Tower (TX). The Act was approved 77-19.