Speaker McCarthy Addresses Democrats’ Issues With Statues, Portraits

Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy says he is fine with Democrat demands that statues, portraits, and other artwork depicting former Confederate politicians, military figures, and slave owners be removed from public display.
“I thought they should have gone farther,” he said.
The subject came up during a press briefing on Feb. 2, when a reporter pointed out that, as speaker, McCarthy had the authority to determine what type of art was displayed in the House of Representatives. McCarthy said Democrats’ efforts to remove past symbols of racism need not stop with art.
“They should remove the name of their party as well,” the Republican speaker said….}