In protest, Virginia lieutenant governor leaves dais again

Virginia Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax stopped presiding over the state Senate for the second year in a row in protest when senators again honored a Confederate general.

News outlets report Fairfax left the dais Friday just before Republican Sen. Richard Stuart spoke in support of Gen. Robert E. Lee and adjourning Friday's session in Lee's honor. Lee's birthday was Saturday.

History repeats itself. I will be stepping off the dais today in protest of the Virginia Senate honoring Robert E. Lee. I’ll be thinking of this June 5, 1798 manumission document that freed my great-great-great grandfather Simon Fairfax from slavery in Virginia. #WeRiseTogether pic.twitter.com/tG0QB9hHdR
— Justin Fairfax (@FairfaxJustin) January 18, 2019

Heads Up: They may try to honor Confederate General “Stonewall” Jackson in the Virginia Senate on Monday. On #MLK Day... #WeRiseTogether
— Justin Fairfax (@FairfaxJustin) January 19, 2019