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Georgia candidate likens removing Confederate monuments to Taliban regime

During a lieutenant governor candidate forum this week, a Duluth Republican likened talk of removing Confederate monuments to being under Taliban rule.

David Shafer, currently a state senator, told the DeKalb Republican Assembly on Tuesday he believed in protecting Confederate monuments and memorials in Georgia.

Specifically, Shafer said he bristled at the thought of removing a giant carving that depicts three Confederate war leaders on the face of state-owned Stone Mountain, as was proposed by former House Minority Leader Stacey Abrams. Abrams is a Democrat running for governor.

Read entire article at Politically Georgia