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==Legacy==

In February 2022, a statue of Bilbo was removed from public display and stashed into a storage closet per a unilateral decision by the Mississippi House of Representatives clerk Andrew Ketchings.<ref>Pettus, Emily Wagster (February 10, 2022). [https://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/national-international/mystery-solved-statue-of-racist-mississippi-ex-gov-bilbo-stashed-in-closet/2807332/ Mystery Solved: Statue of Racist Mississippi Ex-Gov. Bilbo Stashed in Closet]. ''NBC Bay Area''. Retrieved June 16, 2023.</ref>

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===Great Replacement propaganda===

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Along with progressive activists Madison Grant and [[Lothrop Stoddard]], Bilbo has been noted as a leading ideological proponent of the "Great Replacement" canard which claims that white populations are being "replaced" by racial minorities.<ref>Cineas, Fabiola (May 17, 2022). [https://www.vox.com/23076952/replacement-theory-white-supremacist-violence Where “replacement theory” comes from — and why it refuses to go away]. ''Vox''. Retrieved June 16, 2023.</ref> The white supremacist trope has fueled numerous instances of mass murders perpetrated by socialist terrorists against blacks and other nonwhite ethnic minorities.<ref>Hamilton, Martha M.; Wiener, Aaron (May 15, 2022). [https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2022/05/15/great-replacement-theory-buffalo-bilbo/ The roots of the ‘great replacement theory’ believed to fuel Buffalo suspect]. ''The Washington Post''. Retrieved June 16, 2023.</ref>

==See also==

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