In a recent podcast, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., an independent candidate for the presidency, expressed his strong disapproval of the removal of Confederate statues. What Happened: Kennedy Jr. voiced ...

Kennedy, Jr., presidential ... thoughts on the removal of Confederate monuments around the country...“I have a visceral reaction against, against the attacks on those statues,” he said.

The statue of Lee was already slated for removal by the city, but the Battle of Charlottesville should be an inflection point in the broader debate over Confederate statuary. The monuments should go.

A statue of Confederate president Jefferson Davis was torn down by protesters in Richmond, Virginia, on June 11, while another another one of general Robert E. Lee is set for removal by the city.