Calls to remove Confederate statues continue after Hero Protection Act fails

AUSTIN (NEXSTAR) — Should they stay or should they go? That’s the question at the center of controversies over Confederate statues.
Known as the Texas Hero Protection Act, a bill that would have protected memorials for Confederate leaders, failed to pass this session.
A 100-year-old statue of a Confederate soldier towers over Georgetown’s square. The city answered calls to take it down with another statue — the goal was balance.
“I don’t see how he balances th