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FILE - In this June 11, 2020, file photo a statue of Alexander Hamilton Stephens of Georgia is on display in Statuary Hall on Capitol Hill in Washington. The House is expected to approve a bill Tuesday that would remove from the Capitol a bust of Roger Taney, the U.S. chief justice best known for an infamous pro-slavery decision, as well as statues of Jefferson Davis and others who served in the Confederacy. The statue of Stephens would be returned to Georgia. Davis served as the Confederacyâs president and Stephens was its vice president. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)
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GOP Rep. Matt Rosendale of Montana on Tuesday blasted legislation that would remove Confederate statues from public display in the Capitol, decrying the effort as rooted in the concepts of critical race theory.
Rosendale, a freshman congressman who was one of 14 Republicans who voted against the formation of a federal holiday for Juneteenth, described the removal of certain statues as attacks on American history. The South lost, and our Union is strong today, and the great victory of our constitutional government in the Civil War over slavery and secession should be celebrated, he said in a statement. Unfortunately, Democrats, animated by the Critical Race The