Bye bye, white Democrat Andrew Jackson… Hello, gun toting black Harriet Tubman!

Bye bye, white Democrat Andrew Jackson… Hello, gun toting black Harriet Tubman! April 20, 2016

Screen Shot 2016-04-20 at 3.02.08 PMYou’ve probably heard that news.  Andrew Jackson will be replaced on the twenty dollar bill by Harriet Tubman:

The Treasury Department will announce on Wednesday afternoon that Harriet Tubman, an African-American who ferried hundreds of slaves to freedom, will replace the slaveholding Andrew Jackson on the center of a new $20 note, according to a Treasury official, while newly popular Alexander Hamilton will remain on the face of the $10 bill.

I, for one, am thrilled at this news… and laughed when I saw this tweet:

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