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Two days after losing the fight to keep a Confederate monument in front of a Tampa courthouse, a group advocating to preserve the status quo is lashing out at Tampa mayor Bob Buckhorn and Hillsborough County Commissioner Sandy Murman.

On Wednesday, Hillsborough Commissioners voted 4-2 to remove the statue, called Memoria In Aeterna, and send it to the Brandon Family Cemetery. That decision came four weeks after the board originally voted 4-3 to keep the statue in front of the Hillsborough County Courthouse, where it stood for over a century.

Revising her original vote, Murman said it was because South Tampa attorney Tom Scarritt came forward with a campaign to privately raise funds to move the statue. There would no longer be any financial obligation to the county, which was her major concern all along.

Idont see how anybody could not support this, Murman said Wednesday.

Among the groups speaking Wednesday at the county commission meeting in support of moving the statuewere members of the Broward County chapter of Black Lives Matter,formed two years ago to fight againstviolence and systemic racismtoward blacks.

Noting that, and the fact that Buckhorn had jokedthat he could sleep well at night knowing he had upset former KKK Imperial WizardDavid Duke by wanting the monument moved,Save Southern Heritage is now attempting to link the two groups in finding fault with both the mayor and Murman.

Buckhorns crack about Duke was an inventive talking point noted Doug Guetzloe, a spokesperson for Save Southern Heritage Florida. But itslaughable to think that its OK to disrespect American veterans just because David Duke does.

Guetzloe said Buckhorns comment regarding Duke was justproviding cover for his decision to support Black Lives Matters and their blatant disrespect of American Veterans.

That raises an interesting contrast, added Save Southern Heritages David McCallister. If Buckhorn sides against Duke and with Black Lives Matter, then Commissioner Murmans flip-flopping puts her right into bed with Black Lives Matter, too.

Save Southern Heritage also made mention in their statement about the relatively slow start for the GoFundMe account being run by Scarritt to raise the private funds to move the statue.

As of 4 p.m. Friday afternoon, the fund has raised just $1,715, with $1,000 of that money coming from Scarritt.

Requests for comment from Buckhorn and Murman were not immediately returned.

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