• "The abomination of slavery divided our nation, deprived people of their God-given inalienable rights, and led to the Civil War," the statement said. "Slavery was an evil, vicious and inhumane practice which degraded human beings to property, and it has left a stain on the soul of this state and nation."

Yet McDonnell proclaimed April to be the month for celebrating the Confederacy. Nice. That's the Virginia Republican party showing its true colors - and they aren't red, white, and blue.