I am proud to sign new laws that repeal discriminatory language from Virginia’s books, give localities control over Confederate monuments in their communities, and begin the process of replacing Virginia’s statue of Robert E. Lee in the U.S. Capitol. https://www.governor.virginia.gov/newsroom/all-releases/2020/april/headline-856052-en.html

Racial discrimination is rooted in many of the choices about who and what to honor in Virginia, and in many of the laws that have historically governed this Commonwealth. That version of history has been given prominence and authority for far too long.