Plaque removed from Jefferson Davis statue in Kentucky state Capitol
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The plaque declares the only president of the Confederacy to be a, "patriot, hero, statesman."
“I believe that the statue of Jefferson Davis should not be in the Rotunda,” Beshear told reporters.
Gov. Andy Beshear called the statue a divisive symbol, saying it has to go.
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