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Klansman, Racist, and Democrat Robert Byrd’s Name and Portrait Must be Removed

In the early 1940s Robert Byrd recruited 150 of his friends and associates to create a new chapter of the Ku Klux Klan in Sophia, West Virginia…. In 1946 Byrd wrote the following to segregationist Mississippi Senator Theodore G. Bilbo:

“I shall never fight in the armed forces with a negro by my side… Rather I should die a thousand times and see Old Glory trampled in the dirt never to rise again than to see this beloved land of ours become degraded by race mongrels a throwback to the blackest specimen from the wilds.”

“In 1946 Byrd wrote a letter to a Grand Wizard stating ‘The Klan is needed today as never before and I am anxious to see its rebirth here in West Virginia and in every state in the nation.’”

His portrait needs to be removed from the lobby of the capitol.

Here’s a list of all the places named after former Klansman and racist Robert Byrd that need to be removed if Democrats are going to be consistent: 

  • Robert C. Byrd Academic and Technology Center Marshall University in Huntington.
  • Robert C. Byrd Academic and Technology Center Marshall University Graduate College in South Charleston.
  • Robert C. Byrd Auditorium National Conservation Training Center in Shepherdstown.
  • Robert C. Byrd Biotechnology Science Center Marshall University in Huntington.
  • Robert C. Byrd Cancer Research Laboratory University in Morgantown
  • Robert C. Byrd Center for Legislative Studies Shepherd University in Shepherdstown
  • Robert C. Byrd Center for Pharmacy Education University of Charleston in Charleston
  • Robert C. Byrd Center for Rural Health Marshall University in Huntington
  • Robert C. Byrd Clinical Teaching Center Charleston Area Medical Center Memorial Hospital in Charleston
  • Robert C. Byrd Green Bank Telescope Green Bank
  • Robert C. Byrd Hardwood Technologies Center Princeton
  • Robert C. Byrd Health and Wellness Center Bethany College in Bethany
  • Robert C. Byrd Health Sciences Center University in Morgantown
  • Robert C. Byrd Health Sciences Center Charleston Division Charleston
  • Robert C. Byrd High School Clarksburg
  • Robert C. Byrd Institute for Advanced Flexible Manufacturing (RCBI) Bridgeport Manufacturing Technology Center Bridgeport
  • RCBI Charleston Manufacturing Technology Center South Charleston
  • RCBI Huntington Manufacturing Technology Center Huntington
  • RCBI Rocket Center Manufacturing Technology Center Rocket Center
  • Robert C. Byrd Institute for Composites Technology and Training Center Bridgeport
  • Robert C. Byrd Library Wheeling
  • Robert C. Byrd Library and Robert C. Byrd Learning Resource Center University of Charleston in Beckley
  • Robert C. Byrd Life Long Learning Center Eastern Community and Technical College in Moorefield
  • Robert C. Byrd Life Long Learning Center University in Morgantown
  • Robert C. Byrd Metals Fabrication Center Rocket Center
  • Robert C. Byrd National Aerospace Education Center Bridgeport (affiliated with Fairmont State University)
  • Robert C. Byrd National Technology Transfer Center Wheeling Jesuit University in Wheeling
  • Robert C. Byrd Regional Training Institute Camp Dawson near Kingwood
  • Robert C. Byrd Science and Technology Center Shepherd University in Shepherdstown
  • Robert C. Byrd Technology Center Alderson — Broaddus College in Philippi
  • Robert C. Byrd United Technical Center
  • Robert C. Byrd Hilltop Office Complex Rocket Center
  • Robert C. Byrd Industrial Park Moorefield
  • Robert C. Byrd Community Center Pine Grove
  • Robert C. Byrd Community Center Sugar Grove
  • Robert C. Byrd Rooms Office of the Senate Minority Leader State Capitol in Charleston
  • Robert C. Byrd United States Courthouse and Federal Building Beckley
  • Robert C. Byrd United States Courthouse and Federal Building Charleston
  • Robert C. Byrd Federal Correctional Institution Hazelton
  • Robert C. Byrd Clinic School of Osteopathic Medicine in Lewisburg
  • Robert C. Byrd Clinical Addition to Veteran’s Hospital Huntington
  • Robert C. Byrd Addition to the Lodge at Oglebay Park Wheeling
  • Robert C. Byrd Conference Center (also known as the Robert C. Byrd Center for Hospitality and Tourism) Davis & Elkins College in Elkins
  • Robert C. Byrd Visitor Center Harpers Ferry National Historical Park in Harpers Ferry
  • The Robert C. Byrd Bridge crossing the Ohio River between Huntington and Chesapeake, Ohio.
  • Robert C. Byrd Appalachian Highway System Appalachian Development Highway System
  • Robert C. Byrd Bridge crosses the Ohio River between Huntington and Chesapeake Ohio
  • Robert C. Byrd Bridge Ohio County
  • Robert C. Byrd Drive Routes 16 and 97 between Beckley and Sophia
  • Robert C. Byrd Expressway United States Route 22 near Weirton
  • Robert C. Byrd Freeway United States Route 119 between Williamson and Charleston (also known as Corridor G)
  • Robert C. Byrd Highway United States Route 48 between Weston and the Virginia state line near Wardensville (also known as Corridor H)
  • Robert C. Byrd Interchange on Interstate 77
  • Robert C. Byrd Interchange on United States Route 19 Birch River
  • Robert C. Byrd Intermodal Transportation Center Wheeling
  • Robert C. Byrd Locks and Dam Ohio River in Gallipo
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