There is a new effort to remove Confederate monuments that have stood for decades at the Texas Capitol in Austin.
One of the House bills aimed at removing the monuments was authored by state Rep. Rafael Anchia (D-Dallas).
"My bill says: State Preservation Board, let's get it offsite, let's not give it a place of prominence," Anchia said. "Let's not put Robert E. Lee at the highest point or Jefferson Davis at the highest point of the Capitol and glorify them -- these non-Texans who in fact ordered young men to go to die for a false cause, an immoral cause."
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