Trump Confederate monument nostalgia clashes with younger conservative’s views

Published July 7, 2020 6:04pm ET



HENDERSONVILLE, North Carolina North Carolina reportedly contributed more troops to the Confederacy than any other state and suffered more losses. But the ancestors of GOP candidate Madison Cawthorn fought for the Union side.

And in a break with President Trump’s stance on monuments to Confederate leaders, the 24-year-old Republican nominee to fill the House seat previously held by Trump White House chief of staff Mark Meadows says it’s time to end the romanticizing.

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