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NC gov calls for bringing down Confederate monuments

The Hill: North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper (D) is calling for the state to remove Confederate statues from public property following the violent protest in Charlottesville, Va., over the taking down of one of Gen. Robert E. Lee.

In a blog post on the website Medium Tuesday, Cooper urged the state's legislature to repeal a law barring the removal or relocation of such monuments, which he said glorify the Confederacy's defense of slavery.

"Some people cling to the belief that the Civil War was fought over states’ rights. But history is not on their side," he wrote. "We cannot continue to glorify a war against the United States of America fought in the defense of slavery. These monuments should come down."

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