Virginia lawmakers advanced legislation to remove tax breaks from multiple Confederate groups after Gov. Glenn Youngkin (R-VA) vetoed a similar bill last year.
The Democrat-led House of Delegates voted 53-42 on Friday to advance the legislation that would take away certain tax exemptions from the Virginia Division of the United Daughters of the Confederacy and Confederate Memorial Literary Society, among others.
The sponsor of the bill, Democratic state Del. Alex Askew, said it is not aimed at saying the organizations cannot exist but rather that the groups should not be getting tax breaks.
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“It’s not about free speech. It’s not about taking down monuments. That’s something we did a few years back. It’s about fairness and financial and fiscal priorities of Virginia,” Askew told WTVR.
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