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Search results for "Virginia strips tax breaks for organizations connected to the Confederacy"

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Andrew Napolitano stated on March 11, 2014 in a broadcast of "The Daily Show":
Says President Abraham Lincoln "tried to arm the slaves."
By Jon Greenberg• March 18, 2014
Social Media stated on February 02, 2025 in social media posts:
Federal websites updated with a nine-star flag that represents the Confederacy.
By Jeff Cercone• February 5, 2025
Bloggers stated on October 09, 2017 in a headline:
"President Trump signs executive order stripping NFL of ‘non-profit’ status."
By Joshua Gillin• October 10, 2017
Brandon Creighton stated on May 07, 2019 in the Texas Senate:
"Texas actually leads in the number of (Confederate) monuments removed."
By Madlin Mekelburg• May 10, 2019
Chuck Baldwin stated on July 09, 2015 in a blog post:
When President Abraham Lincoln signed his Emancipation Proclamation, "there were over 300,000 slaveholders who were fighting in the Union army."  
By Jon Greenberg• July 27, 2015
Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee stated on December 04, 2022 in a tweet.:
“The Virginia GOP education agenda (would) erase slavery from VA history.”
By Warren Fiske• December 14, 2022
Joe Morrissey stated on June 18, 2020 in a radio interview.:
Protest vandalism in Richmond “all started two weeks ago when Mayor Stoney’s police gassed - tear gassed - a peaceful crowd of protesters, moms and children, at 7:30 p.m. sharp.”
By Warren Fiske• June 25, 2020
SEIU stated on September 07, 2011 in a political mailing:
"Republicans fought to protect tax loopholes for corporations that send our jobs overseas."
By Angie Drobnic Holan• September 7, 2011
Progress Texas stated on October 20, 2011 in an opinion column.:
"The Confederate battle flag never flew over Texas, but... you might soon see it on our license plates."
By W. Gardner Selby• November 9, 2011
Bloggers stated on July 09, 2015 in a website post:
"Jay-Z and Beyonce Attempt to Buy Rights to Confederate Flag to Prevent Further Use."
By Anna Bruzgulis, Will Cabaniss• July 9, 2015
David Toscano stated on January 09, 2013 in a speech.:
Virginia "spends less per student today than we did in 2008."  
By Nancy Madsen• January 21, 2013
Jamie Radtke stated on May 04, 2011 in a TV interview.:
George Allen "had 40,000 earmarks" while he was a senator.
By Sean Gorman• May 13, 2011
Sid Miller stated on August 23, 2017 in an interview on Spectrum Cable's "Capital Tonight":
Says a poll showed 70 percent to 75 percent of people want to see Confederate statues "remain up and not taken down."
By W. Gardner Selby• September 6, 2017
Maine Democratic Party stated on October 01, 2018 in a mailer:
Says Bruce Poliquin "voted to strip 117,000 Mainers of their insurance."
By Samantha Putterman• October 5, 2018
Viral image stated on September 18, 2021 in a Facebook post:
“The NAACP wants” the Confederate Memorial Carving “sandblasted off Stone Mountain.”
By Tom Kertscher• September 27, 2021
Susan Stimpson stated on December 02, 2014 in a news release.:
"Bill Howell has been the consistent force behind every major tax increase in Virginia in the last decade."
By Nancy Madsen• December 15, 2014
Tom Perriello stated on August 18, 2010 in a TV ad:
Says Robert Hurt "supports the tax loopholes that send American jobs overseas."
By Michael Martz• October 25, 2010
Chain email stated on August 14, 2014 in a chain email:
Says the former president of the Czech Republic said the American people were a "confederacy of fools" for electing Barack Obama.
By Lauren Carroll• August 14, 2014
Doonesbury stated on April 20, 2014 in the "Doonesbury" comic strip:
Last election, the Koch brothers "spent three times what the top 10 unions spent combined."
By Jon Greenberg• April 23, 2014
Viral image stated on June 22, 2020 in a viral image:
“Joe Biden’s great-grandfather Joseph J. Biden was a slave-owner and fought” for the Confederacy.
By Tom Kertscher• June 26, 2020

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