Posted on 07/23/2020 3:51:28 AM PDT by Libloather
Walmart has donated $100,000 towards efforts to replace Arkansas' Confederate-linked statues at the U.S. Capitol with new statues of singer Johnny Cash and civil rights activist Daisy Bates.
The private sector donation comes as the nation is facing a racial reckoning in the wake of protests over the death of George Floyd in police custody that has led to the toppling of many Civil War-era statues across the country.
"We support the effort by the state legislature and Governor Hutchinson to honor two prominent Arkansans, civil rights pioneer Daisy Bates and music legend Johnny Cash, with statues in National Statuary Hall," Anne Hatfield, a Walmart spokesperson, said in a statement to ABC News.
"We are pleased to support the state's action with a gift to the Foundation for Arkansas Heritage and History to help make these new statues a reality," Hatfield added.
Walmart was founded in Arkansas in 1962 and its corporate headquarters remains in Bentonville, Arkansas.
In April 2019, Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson signed a bill into law that would swap out the state's current statues at D.C.'s National Statuary Hall Collection with statues of Bates and Cash, according to the Associated Press.
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Clinton had no experience in such financial instruments.[3] Bill Clinton's salary as Arkansas Attorney General and then Governor of Arkansas was modest and Clinton later said she had been interested in building a financial cushion for the future.[4][5] The Clintons' combined income in 1978 from the governorship and Rose Law Firm amounted to $51,173,[6] equivalent to $200,600 in 2019.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hillary_Clinton_cattle_futures_controversy
Sure, nothing significant has been done, but it's "reckoning" with some statues being relocated and toothless police reforms. Yawn.
Vincent Foster, Webster Hubbell, Hillary Rodham, Mary Jacoby—are there others from the Rose Law Firm?
Uriah Rose must be the ultimate pillar of salt for the Clinton legacy.
notice how “racial reckoning” is the new phrase of the day? The choir all sing from the same songbook.
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