State Lawmaker: Sorry For Saying Confederate Statue Removers 'Should Be Lynched'
In a Facebook post over the weekend, Mississippi state Rep. Karl Oliver said New Orleans politicians "should be LYNCHED" for taking down the memorials. He took it back on Monday.
by Kathy Goldgeier
May 22, 2017
2 minutes
A Mississippi lawmaker apologized Monday for saying the Louisiana leaders who supported the recent removal of four Confederate monuments "should be LYNCHED!" Karl Oliver, a GOP state representative, had made the comment in a Facebook post this weekend.
Here is the original statement:
"The destruction of
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