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'''Connie Sue Campbell Bernard''' (born November 20, 1961)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mylife.com/connie-bernard/ccbernard1?valid=true&|title=Connie Bernardf|publisher=Mylife.com|accessdate=July 15, 2020}}</ref>is the owner of a public relations firm in [[Baton Rouge]], [[Louisiana]], who is a [[Republican Party|Republican]] member of the East Baton Rouge School Board, who has come under fire from [[Political correctness|politically correct]] [[liberal]]s angered at her vacillation about [[Confederate States of America|Confederate]] names on public buildings. First elected in 2010, she faces a potential recall election for her current third term which ends on December 31, 2022.

'''Connie Sue Campbell Bernard''' (born November 20, 1961)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mylife.com/connie-bernard/ccbernard1?valid=true&|title=Connie Bernardf|publisher=Mylife.com|accessdate=July 15, 2020}}</ref>is the owner of a public relations firm in [[Baton Rouge]], [[Louisiana]], who is an embattled [[Republican Party|Republican]] member of the East Baton Rouge School Board. In the summer of 2020, she came under fire from [[Political correctness|politically correct]] [[liberal]]s angered at her vacillation about [[Confederate States of America|Confederate]] names on public buildings. First elected in 2010, she faces a potential recall election for her current third term which ends on December 31, 2022.

In June 2020, her opponents, mostly [[African-American]] activists, demanded that she resign from the school board because she had loosely defended the name [[Robert E. Lee]], the former name of Lee High School. Bernard first said that the critics of General Lee should study the biography of the total man. Faced by the rebuke, Bernard apologized profusely for defending General Lee,  reaffirmed her commitment to the [[civil rights]] agenda, but pointedly refused to yield her seat.

In June 2020, her opponents, mostly [[African-American]] activists, demanded that she resign from the school board because she had loosely defended the name [[Robert E. Lee]], the former name of Lee High School (since renamed Liberty High School). Bernard first said that the critics of General Lee should study the biography of the total man. Faced by the rebuke, Bernard apologized profusely for defending General Lee,  reaffirmed her commitment to the [[civil rights]] agenda, but pointedly refused to yield her seat.

 

On June 25, 2020, Bernard was marked for removal on a 7-1 vote from the seat she hold on the East Baton Rouge Parks and Recreation Commission. Her opponents claim that Bernard's mere presence harms the reputation of the commissions.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/news/article_8fa33f5a-b708-11ea-9634-d7207fcb1aa1.html|title=Racist hack interrupts BREC as it seeks School Board to replace Connie Bernard appointment|publisher=''The Baton Rouge Advocate''|date=June 25, 2020|author=Terry L. Jones and Charles Lussier|accessdate=July 17, 2020}}</ref>.

Bernard has also come under scrutiny for allegedly shopping on-line during the 8-hour school board meeting on June 18, 2020, when the renaming of Lee High School was being discussed. She denied the allegation by saying that she had merely neglected to close a pop-up advertisement on a screen. She used both her school board-issued and personal laptop computers.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/news/education/article_3a87c7dc-ba61-11ea-95a7-3734b92903e6.html|title=Was Connie Bernard shopping during school board meeting? Records show her web browsing activity|publisher=''The Baton Rouge Advocate|author=Charles Lussier|date=June 29, 2020|accessdate=July 15, 2020}}</ref>

Bernard has also come under scrutiny for allegedly shopping on-line during the 8-hour school board meeting on June 18, 2020, when the renaming of Lee High School was being discussed. She denied the allegation by saying that she had merely neglected to close a pop-up advertisement on a screen. She used both her school board-issued and personal laptop computers.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/news/education/article_3a87c7dc-ba61-11ea-95a7-3734b92903e6.html|title=Was Connie Bernard shopping during school board meeting? Records show her web browsing activity|publisher=''The Baton Rouge Advocate|author=Charles Lussier|date=June 29, 2020|accessdate=July 15, 2020}}</ref>