Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe: Education a bigger priority than Confederate monuments

Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe, D-Va., argued Thursday that it may be difficult for cities to prioritize the dismantling of Confederate monuments given all the other funding priorities they have.

“If I’m the mayor of Richmond or I’m on the city council, I’m facing a tough decision,” McAuliffe said Thursday, according to the Richmond Times-Dispatch. “Do I spend, I don’t know, five, 10 million dollars taking something down? When I got schools. I tell you, my first priority’s got to be schools.”