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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 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.

'''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; her current third term 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 (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.

In June 2020, her opponents, mostly [[African-American]] activists and four school board members, 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 to which she has been elected three times.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/news/education/article_0c052cc6-b4d3-11ea-99d8-2330ff375dfa.html|title=Connie Bernard: 'I'll continue to serve' on EBR school board despite calls for my resignation|publisher=''The Baton Rouge Advocate''|date=June 22, 2020|author=Katelyn Umholtz|accessdate=July 17, 2020}}</ref>

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>.

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>.