Statues Removed in North Carolina-- Part 8: Gov. Cooper Gets His "Reason"

North Carolina's Democratic Governor Roy Cooper said he ordered the removal of the Confederate statues for public safety and blamed the Republican majority in the General Assembly for the danger.

"if the legislature had repealed their 2015 law that puts up legal roadblocks to removal we could have avoided the dangerous incidents of last night,"  Cooper said on Twitter.

Cooper's opponent for a second term in November is Republican Lt. Gov. Dan Forest.  He issued a statement saying Cooper did nothing to stop the destruction of the statues and was either incompetent or encouraging lawlessness.  Well said, Mr.  Forest.  Of course, we know where Democrats stand on Confederate statues.  The hate crimes committed that Friday night gave the guv all the reason he needed.  Public safety indeed.

The fact of the matter is that he has wanted to remove the statues for a long time, but the state's law protecting war memorials prevents the Democrats from getting rid of those Confederate statues.

Sadly, however, I must thank Cooper for his move.  Since there is no protection for the statues anymore and the so-called protesters (rioters)  know they are  at no risk of arrest for destroying the them, it is best they be taken away to places of safety where governmental bodies hopefully will clean the perverse graffiti off of them and make repairs.

Let's Get the Statues to Safety.  --Old Secesh