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Democratic Rep. Gerry Connolly Calls J. Edgar Hoover 'Racist,' Proposes Renaming FBI HQ
Newsweek ^ | 13 Mar 2021 | BY NATALIE COLAROSSI

Posted on 03/14/2021 6:23:26 PM PDT by blueplum

Representative Gerry Connolly (D-VA) proposed stripping J. Edgar Hoover's name from the Federal Bureau of Investigation's (FBI) headquarters building in Washington, D.C,, and called him a "maligned character" with a history of racism, homophobia and misogyny.

On Saturday, Connolly appeared in a video message on MSNBC's The Cross Connection advocating for the change after he introduced legislation to remove the former FBI director's name on February 25...

(Excerpt) Read more at newsweek.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: cancelculture; congress; connolly; fbi; gerry; gerryconnolly; jedgarhoover; virginia; wokeculture
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1 posted on 03/14/2021 6:23:26 PM PDT by blueplum
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To: blueplum

They should just name it KGB headquarters. They are loyal to the party above the country.


2 posted on 03/14/2021 6:24:44 PM PDT by Husker24
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To: Husker24

When will the go after MLK?


3 posted on 03/14/2021 6:26:01 PM PDT by ActresponsiblyinVA
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To: blueplum

This is CRAZY! J. Egar Hoover was the fist transvestite, cross dressing homosexual to head the FBI! One would think he would be considered a hero of LGBTQ!


4 posted on 03/14/2021 6:26:24 PM PDT by SubMareener (Save us from Quarterly Freepathons! Become a MONTHLY DONOR)
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To: blueplum

How about just shutting down the entire agency?


5 posted on 03/14/2021 6:26:47 PM PDT by Lurkinanloomin (Natural Born Citizens Are Born Here of Citizen Parents)(Know Islam, No Peace - No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: blueplum

But Hoover was black.

And LGBTQX

So let’s examine who must be the racist bigot homophobe.


6 posted on 03/14/2021 6:26:56 PM PDT by ifinnegan ( Democrats kill babies and harvest their organs to sell)
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To: Husker24

Lubyanka West?


7 posted on 03/14/2021 6:26:57 PM PDT by xp38
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To: blueplum

But, but, but, he was a cross dresser that often identified as a woman, so that makes it all okay, right?


8 posted on 03/14/2021 6:27:14 PM PDT by drSteve78 (Je suis deplorable. WE'RE NOT GOING TO TAKE IT ANYMORE)
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To: blueplum

so much for playing his flaming queer card...


9 posted on 03/14/2021 6:30:45 PM PDT by Chode (Ashli Babbitt - #SayHerNAME)
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To: blueplum
Hoover was a cross dresser and closet trannie.

That is a trump card that makes his name untouchable to the Left.

10 posted on 03/14/2021 6:33:41 PM PDT by Deaf Smith (When a Texan takes his chances, chances will be taken that's for sure.)
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To: Chode

Hoover was black.

Connolly is the obvious racist.

https://www.essence.com/news/genealogy-records-may-indicate-that-j-edgar-hoover-was-african-american/


11 posted on 03/14/2021 6:34:15 PM PDT by ifinnegan ( Democrats kill babies and harvest their organs to sell)
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To: blueplum

Hoover was a vindictive prick, which has become their moto.


12 posted on 03/14/2021 6:37:04 PM PDT by big bad easter bunny
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To: Deaf Smith

A lot like Ernst Rohm SA storm trooper furher Fascist bureau of investigation.


13 posted on 03/14/2021 6:43:29 PM PDT by grumpygresh (Civil disobedience by jury nullification. )
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To: ifinnegan

a flaming black racist...


14 posted on 03/14/2021 6:44:55 PM PDT by Chode (Ashli Babbitt - #SayHerNAME)
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To: blueplum

ENOUGH ALREADY !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


15 posted on 03/14/2021 6:48:58 PM PDT by ridesthemiles ( )
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To: ActresponsiblyinVA

Im suprised they haven’t called MLK a White Supremacist yet.


16 posted on 03/14/2021 6:49:58 PM PDT by Husker24
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To: blueplum

The Russel Senate Office Building is named after Dim from Georgia who was an explicit racist. Drunk Gerry hasn’t said a word about that.


17 posted on 03/14/2021 7:01:52 PM PDT by VanShuyten ("...that all the donkeys were dead. I know nothing as to the fate of the less valuable animals.")
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To: ifinnegan

Interesting! Thanks for posting.


18 posted on 03/14/2021 7:07:13 PM PDT by Anti-Bubba182
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To: blueplum

So the current FBI is under suspicion. Apparently FBI agents ordered some votes destroyed because they showed Trump leading. (not widely reported and I believe not proven so far).

The FBI with Wray and Comey led anti-Trump coup work that was shameful.

And their command over our secret medical and financial records and our emails and phone calls means they have the power to blackmail or frame anyone at any time. As bad as the Nazi and Communist secret police.

Is the FBI on China’s side? Russia’s. The mighty Deep State?
One not on my list: The American people.


19 posted on 03/14/2021 7:21:08 PM PDT by frank ballenger (End vote fraud, harvesting,non-citizen votingop & leftist media news censorship or we are finished.)
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To: blueplum
EVERYTHING EVERYTHING Hoover did to MLK was personally ordered by Robert Kennedy in consultation with John Kennedy. So if we're gonna rename the FBI headquarters, then let's get the Triboro bridge back.

"I asked the FBI to make an intensive investigation of Martin Luther King," Robert Kennedy later privately acknowledged to journalist Anthony Lewis, "to see who his companions were and, also, to see what other activities he was involved in. This is also the reason that President Kennedy and I and the Department of Justice were so reserved about him, which I'm sure he felt."

And Idelwild Airport.

https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2011/11/what-really-happened-between-j-edgar-hoover-and-mlk-jr/248319/

20 posted on 03/14/2021 7:26:01 PM PDT by edwinland
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