(AP, Reuters)The work to redesign the $20 bill and affix an image of Harriet Tubman as its centerpiece was well underway before the Trump administration delayed the plans, according to a new report from the New York Times. “In the case of the $20 bill, that timetable is consistent with the previous Administration and has not been changed. Here’s an early design of the Harriet Tubman $20 bill created by the Bureau of Engraving and Printing. Hogan tells Trump administration]During the 2016 campaign, then-candidate Donald Trump described the Tubman redesign as an act of “pure political correctness.”Earlier this week, Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan (R) urged Mnuchin to reconsider the delay and to place Tubman’s likeness on the $20 bill immediately.

Source: Washington Post June 14, 2019 16:05 UTC