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The president waded back into the racially charged monument debate on Twitter, bemoaning 'history and culture being ripped apart.'
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RELATED STORY: Stonewall Jackson descendants call for monument's removal
On Tuesday in the wake of the Durham Confederate statue toppling, Gov. Roy Cooper announced in an online op-ed that he was in favor of the state's Confederate monuments coming down.
The governor wrote:
"Some people cling to the belief that the Civil War was fought over states' rights. But history is not on their side. We cannot continue to glorify a war against the United States of America fought in the defense of slavery. These monuments should come down."
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