Your tax payer dollars are going to another Democrat project. It will be funding a statue for Ruth Bader Ginsburg at the Capitol. The House oked it yesterday after the Senate passed it in December. People can think what they want about former SCOTUS Justice Ginsburg. I was not a fan, and I don’t think my tax payer dollars should be funding a statue of her. But when you are ruled by people who think they are royalty, this is what happens.
On Monday, the House passed legislation to honor former Supreme Court Justices Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Sandra Day O’Connor with statues in the Capitol. The bill previously passed the Senate by unanimous consent in December. The bill was authored by Senate Rules and Administration Committee Chairwoman Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.). The legislation now awaits Joe Biden’s signature.
“The United States Capitol is a global symbol of democracy. This iconic building where we debate and craft law is also a museum of American art and history, with a rich collection of portraits, paintings and statues. Among the hundreds of sculptures, just 14 honor women leaders,” said Rep. Mary Gay Scanlon (D-Pa.), who sits on the House Administration Committee. “By adding statues of these two pioneering Supreme Court justices, we will honor their legacy and inspire all who pass through these halls.”
Something seems very off about this. A statue honoring the first woman to the Supreme Court makes some sense—you could certainly make a case for that.
O’Connor was nominated by Ronald Reagan to the Supreme Court in 1981 and was the first woman Supreme Court Justice. Does anyone really believe that Democrats would have put forth a bill honoring just O’Connor (who generally sided with the conservative wing of the court, though she was an occasional swing vote), or was this really about getting a statue of liberal icon Ruth Bader Ginsburg at the Capitol?