//Pelosi orders removal of 4 portraits of former House speakers who served in the Confederacy

Pelosi orders removal of 4 portraits of former House speakers who served in the Confederacy

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi sent a letter to the House Clerk on Thursday asking for the removal of portraits of four former speakers of the House who served in the Confederacy, the latest effort by Congress to reexamine Capitol Hill’s relationship to Confederate leaders and symbols.Pelosi originally said at her news conference that the clerk would oversee removal of the portraits on Friday, but later