3 Nevada Democrats want ex-senator statue out of US Capitol

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Associated Press

3 Nevada Democrats want ex-senator statue out of US Capitol
Updated 3:15 pm, Sunday, January 15, 2017


CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — Three Democratic congressional representatives are asking state lawmakers to act to remove a statue of former Nevada senator from the U.S. Capitol's Statuary Hall, alleging that he left a "legacy of racism, anti-Semitism, and xenophobia."

Nevada Reps. Dina Titus, Ruben Kihuen and Jacky Rosen raised their objections to the statue of former Sen. Patrick McCarran in a letter this week to Republican Gov. Brian Sandoval, state Senate Majority Leader Aaron Ford and Assembly Speaker-designate Jason Frierson.

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The statue of McCarran, a Democrat in the Senate from 1933 until his death in 1954, was added to the hall in 1960, the Las Vegas Review-Journal reported (http://bit.ly/2j6nend).

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The Reno native was a fervent anti-communist who advocated for severe immigration laws and was one of a few Democrats to oppose President Franklin Delano Roosevelt's New Deal program.

Read more: http://www.chron.com/news/us/article/3-Nevada-Democrats-want-ex-senator-statue-out-of-10859129.php

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Patrick McCarran

[madokie]

1. Dem or not

if what is said here is true get him the fuck out of there

I'm sick of racist, bigoted assholes

[NCjack]

2. I suggest renaming McCarran airport to FDR Airport

[Drumron]

3. Really?

Oh for Christs sake,,,,with all the other shit going on, this bunch of democrats are worried about a fucking statue of somebody that's been dead for decades.... this is what's wrong with the party,,,, its priorities are screwed up...... if this is the big concearn then we might as well throw in the towel and give up....

[BumRushDaShow]

4. All politics are local.

[DRoseDARs]

5. Nevadan representatives are weighing in on a Nevadan matter.

It matters to us.

[secondwind]

6. They can still do other stuff, but apparently it is important to them... n/t