Washington (CNN) House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is renewing a call to remove Confederate statutes from display in the US Capitol -- a move that comes amid a national outcry over police misconduct and racial injustice and as President Donald Trump opposes efforts to remove Confederate commanders' names from military bases. To this end, I request the Joint Committee on the Library direct the Architect of the Capitol to immediately take steps to remove these 11 statues from display in the United States Capitol," the California Democrat wrote in the letter. The United States of America trained and deployed our HEROES on these Hallowed Grounds, and won two World Wars. This is not the first time that Pelosi has called for removing Confederate statues in the Capitol. House Administration Chairwoman Zoe Lofgren, a California Democrat, responded to the letter on Wednesday saying she supports removing Confederate statues and calling on the Architect of the Capitol to take the steps to remove them.

Source: CNN June 10, 2020 22:04 UTC