<i>The Atlantic </i> Politics & Policy Daily: A Monumental Debate
President Trump railed against the removal of Confederate monuments, while House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi called on Speaker Paul Ryan to get them out of the U.S. Capitol Building.
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President Trump the removal of Confederate monuments, tweeting that he is “sad to see the history and culture of our great country being ripped apart.” House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi Speaker Paul Ryan to take down the , but a spokesman for Ryan said Congress should leave the “tragic and unthinkable” events last weekend in Charlottesville, Virginia, and denounced “neo-Nazis and other racist bigots.” At least 13 people and 50 injured after a driver plowed into a pedestrian area in Barcelona in what authorities are describing as a terrorist attack. Trump condemned the attack on Twitter, saying the U.S. “will do whatever is necessary to help.”
