Heated exchange on Capitol Square monuments erupts as delegates debate history and removal ahead of SB636 Delegates used points of personal privilege to debate Confederate monuments and how history should be represented on Capitol Square; Delegate Ware urged retaining statues with contextual additions while Delegate Maldonado condemned any equivocation about slavery and advocated removing statues that 'equivocate' the past.

A fiery debate ignited in Virginia as delegates clashed over the future of Confederate monuments, with stark calls for removal meeting passionate pleas for historical context.

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