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Rep. Connolly on Push to Rename the FBI Building: J. Edgar Hoover Was Racist, a Homophobe, a Misogynist

‘J. Edgar Hoover was a maligned character in American history’
By Grabien Staff

RUSH EXCERPT:

CONNOLLY: “Hello. Gerry Connolly. I introduced HR1290 to form a national commission to rename the J. Edgar Hoover FBI headquarters building. We need do this because, frankly, J. Edgar Hoover was a maligned character in American history. He was a racist who went after Martin Luther King in extraordinary ways. He was a homophobe, a misogynist. He was somebody who denied the existence of the mafia for decades, allowing organized crime to get a toehold in the United States. It’s time we renamed that building after somebody who deserves it.”

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