WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) yesterday joined David Asman on Fox News’ “Your World” where she discussed Democrats blocking the JUSTICE Act and the
willful destruction of historical statues and monuments across the country.
HIGHLIGHTS:
SLAMMING THE DOOR SHUT: “I’m more disappointed in the fact that the Democrats
wouldn’t join together to bring debate to the Senate floor on probably the most
important issue that’s facing us and one of the most difficult ones. We had a
lot of common ground here. We were going to have a very open process, and they
[Democrats] slammed the door shut. I think that tells the American people they
rather score political points than really make a difference, and I don’t blame
people for being turned off by that.”
BEING RESPONSIVE TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE: “There should be more conversation, and there will
be. But I don’t consider this a minor stumble when we see protests, we see
people crying out for action, wanting us to be responsive to racial
discrimination and police issues and improvements in that way. We’re talking
about really saving lives here. We’ll continue conversations like we always do,
but it’s been a big door slam in the American people’s face.”
ON THE DESTRUCTION OF HISTORICAL STATUES: “The lawlessness of putting down statues—let’s do
this the way it’s supposed to be done. Let’s report to commissions, remove the
statues. You see this happening in other cities across the country where the
community has said, ‘No, we don’t want these statues in our town square
anymore.’ That’s the way it should be done, not destroying property.”
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