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October 22, 2013
Gov. Nathan Deal quietly signed an order this month to remove the statue of Tom Watson from the prominent west side of the state capitol building.
Watson was an early 20th century state lawmaker and US senator who critics say, represented the worst of Georgia politics in the post-Reconstruction era.
“Tom Watson was a first class hater and it wasn’t just Jewish people, he hated Catholics and Black people too,” said Anti-Defamation League southeastern director Bill Nigut, in a 2010 story on 11 Alive News.
Watson was a prominent voice in the buildup to the 1913 lynching of Leo Frank, a Jewish businessman convicted of murdering of Mary Phagan. “His anti-Semitism and racism was particularly vile,” said Sen. Vincent Fort Monday. Fort says Watson whipped up racist sentiment that led to a riot in Atlanta in 1906.
“I think Tom Watson stands out because of the impact he had on the psyche of the people of this state and the region,” said Rep. Tyrone Brooks (D-Atlanta). “It’s appropriate to remove him from the front door of the people’s capitol.”
