New petition to replace New Orleans' Confederate statues with statue of Sara Lee.
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If New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu needs any new suggestions for what put in place of removed Confederate statues, there's one Change.org petition with its own idea: Sara Lee.
Petition writer Krissie Robodeaux wrote that the cheesecake maven is "an inspiration to millions."
The petition, which as of mid-day Tuesday (Aug. 22) had just cracked the 500 mark on signees, offers a brief moment of relief in an otherwise fraught battle between those who would leave in place all remaining signs of the Confederacy in New Orleans and those who are calling for more statues and symbols to be brought down.
Landrieu's office announced in May plans to replace the statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee with a "water feature," and to install an American flag at the site of the Jefferson Davis monument.
The Sara Lee petition is also reflective of another such request in Portsmouth, Va., which has so far garnered more than 27,00 signatures in the hopes of replacing that town's Confederate monument with a statue of Bruce Lee. The city is the movie star's favorite town for sushi, according to The Washington Post.
Thibodeaux's petition is directed toward Gov. John Bel Edwards and other state lawmakers. Petition signees have left comments lauding Lee, who's cheesecake sales topped $9.1 billion last year.
"She's the hero we all deserve and the icon America needs," wrote 400 lb Rochelle Gilbertson from Pittsburgh, Penn. "I am not being ironic in saying this, I truly believe everybody doesn't like something, but nobody doesn't like Sara Lee."
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