05/10/2021
In last week's candidate forum, Steve Heretick accused the entire Democratic caucus of being unpatriotic for voting to give cities the right to take down Confederate and Jim Crow era monuments.
Steve Heretick was the only Democrat to vote with Republicans on this one, so its time to hold him to his vote.
I grew up in Hampton Roads with monuments of slave holders and confederate soldiers in dominant public view. We have to think about the message these monuments are sending to the next generation of Black kids in the south. Steve Heretick not only doesn't understand this, but he refuses to even try.
We need to tear these monuments down and, more over, we need to replace them with figures that inspire the next generation of Black leaders, not terrorize them. We have a powerful and rich history of in Virginia and it deserves to be celebrated!
To learn more about my platform on Racial Justice, go to clarkfordelegate.com/vision
