Texas reacts to Confederate imagery statewide

AUSTIN (Nexstar) — The discussion about whether or not to remove statues that honor Confederate leaders has come to the forefront in Texas, following the attack in Charlottesville, Va.
Petitions to rename schools and remove statues of Confederate heroes are popping up across Texas.
“There are people of good faith of good morals on both sides of the issue,” United States Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, said in New Braunfels, before a town hall and tour at Sysco Central Texas, Inc.