Harriet Tubman on the $20? Treasury Department to move forward with effort delayed by Trump By Sarah Ewall-Wice Effort to put Tubman on $20 to go forward
The Treasury Department is moving forward with an effort to put abolitionist Harriet Tubman on the new $20 bill after the effort was delayed indefinitely by the Trump administration in 2019. The Treasury Department is taking steps to resume efforts to put Harriet Tubman on the front of the new $20 notes, said White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki on Monday. It s important that our notes, our money … reflect the history and diversity of our country and Harriet Tubman s image gracing the new $20 note would certainly reflect that.
Ed MorrisseyPosted at 12:01 pm on January 26, 2021
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The question here is less whether Paul Waldman bothers to read any conservatives, and more about whether he reads the Washington Post. Last night, Waldman asserted in a WaPo column that conservatives are aghast at the thought of replacing Andrew Jackson with Harriet Tubman on the $20 bill, and that this new reality was part of the Right’s grieving process. As evidence for this, Waldman produces … no examples whatsoever (via Twitchy):
Back in 2016, when Barack Obama was president, the Treasury Department announced that the $20 bill would be redesigned to feature Harriet Tubman, the former enslaved person who led others to freedom. In order to avoid offending people too much, President Andrew Jackson, who currently occupies the front of the $20, would not be banished completely but would have his image placed on the back of the bill, rather smaller in size.