Candidates for governor. Phil scott is vermonts incumbent governor serving two terms already. A republican, scott served for a decade in the state senate and was Lieutenant Governor when he was elected governor. Until he became governor, he worked in the Construction Industry and sold half of the Construction Firm he owned after being elected. David zuckerman is vermonts lieutenant government. Having served two terms in that role, hes hoping youll elevate him to the states top position. He ran in the democratic primary, he got enough writein votes to be the nominee for the democratic and progressive parties. Prior to becoming Lieutenant Governor, he served in the vermont house and senate for a combined 14 years. He runs an organic farm with his wife. Welcome to you both. Its a pleasure to have you on this debate with us today. Thanks for being here. Thank you for having us. Thank you. Were going to have a round of questions that i ask to start off and then youll be able to ask question
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Correspondent joins us. Tell us about the efforts coming from speaker pelosi. Guest Speaker Nancy Pelosi is renewing the call on removing a number of the statues in the in the collection that honor people who either fought for the confederacy or otherwise involved with the confederacy. The most notable name on the list of people actually honored in the capitol with a statue from the collection of statues where each state gets to send, would probably be Jefferson Davis, who was the confederate president during the war. And so each state gets to send , the statues. Speaker pelosi basically wants them to be removed by what is called the joint committee on the library. It is a Standing Committee that is the leadership of the rules and Administration Committee in the senate and the house Administration Committee in the house and it wants to remove those statues anyway. What we have heard from republicans, at least, is that is Kevin Mccarthy and mitch mcconnell, i believe have said that do y
It, 202 7488001. If you are unsure, 202 7488002. You can also text us at 202 7488003, message us on twitter at cspanwj, and on facebook at facebook. Com cspan. A harris it was from poll that was released on the 23rd of june. 58said that at the time, percent of respondents said the statues should remain, while 42 say they should be removed. A number of confederate monuments were torn down in cities across the United States recently. If you go to the u. S. News website this morning, an activity that took place yesterday in georgia this is reuters reporting a predominantly black group of heavily armed protesters stormed through a park in atlanta, calling for the removal of the confederate rock carving that the site that civil rights activist consider a monument to racism. Many were dressed in paramilitary style clothing and wearing face scarves, quietly parading down the sidewalk at the park. Supremacists have historically used Stone Mountain as a rallying spot of their own. Thats in stom
Wj. cspanwj. You can go to cspan. Org and find a lot of information. Most recently, was on the senate floor. New jersey senator cory booker calling for the removal of confederate statues. Thee cannot separate confederate statues from this history and legacy of White Supremacy. Indeed, in the history of our nation, those confederate statues represent roughly four years of the confederacy. In the history of our country, hail heroes, hailed as heroes people who took up arms against their own nation who sought to keep and sustain slavery. Who let us into the bloodiest war of our countrys history. Battlet battle after until they were defeated soundly. The relics of that fouryear space, giving the sacred to these traitors upon our assault toot just an the ideals of america as a whole , they are painful, insulting injuries being compounded to so Many American citizens. Desireerstand the very to put people represent four plus years of treason, the desire to put them there in an , with vast ter