Virginia Democrats Bury Confederate Statue Removal in Budget Line Item

Contractors removed three Confederate statues from Virginia's Capitol Square on Friday under a line item written into the state budget passed by the General Assembly in June.

Crews began removing the final three Confederate-linked statues from the grounds of the Virginia State Capitol on Friday after Democrats buried a provision in the budget that set up the removal. The statues depict Confederate General Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson, Confederate General and two-time Virginia Governor William