 In early February 2020, Walker proposed a bill to remove a statue of Harry F. Byrd, a prominent Democrat who is often infamously remembered for his racist opposition to desegregation, in response to efforts from state Democrats to remove more Confederate statues in the state.Such measures were undertaken across the country in the aftermath of the Charleston church shooting in 2015 and they were increasingly facilitated with in the aftermath of the Unite The Rally in 2017.After the Democrats agreed to support his measure to remove the statue which serves as a tribute to Byrd, Walker requested that the state legislature should not consider his own bill.