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| South Carolina State Senate Votes to Remove the Confederate Flag |
| 2015-07-07 |
| [NATIONALJOURNAL] After a tragic shooting at a Charleston church, the South Carolina state Senate voted to remove the Confederate flag, which some politicians say symbolizes the motivation behind the crime, from the statehouse grounds. Lawmakers voted 37-3 to take down the flag, although a third reading is still needed. Following the shooting rampage at Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church last month that claimed nine lives, South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley ...first woman to serve as Governor of South Carolina, and the second Indian-American governor in the country, after Bobby Jindal of Louisiana. At the age of 39, Haley is the youngest current governor in the U.S., a distinction formerly held by Jindal. She is a Republican, which really grates on the Dems... , along with politicians in both parties, called for the Confederate flag flying on statehouse grounds to be removed. A day later, a bill was introduced in the Legislature calling for the "permanent removal" of the flag "from its location adjacent to the Confederate soldier monument" and transfer to a museum. The state Senate convened Monday morning to debate the bill. State Sen. Larry Martin, R-Pickens, reflected on the state's history on the floor, saying that the flag "had more to do with what was going on in the 1960s, as opposed to the 1860s." "It is part of our past," he said. "I think we need to leave it at that." State Sen. Thomas McElveen, D-Sumter, recognized the absence of the Rev. Clementa Pinckney Jr., his fellow senator who was one of the nine people killed in the shooting. "We lost a brother that I thought was the conscious of the Senate," McElveen said. State Sen. Vincent Sheheen, D-Kershaw, said Pinckney's death should not be the sole motivation behind taking the flag down. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #7 |
| Posted by: Blossom Unains5562 2015-07-07 21:34 |
| #6 Why doesn't the ghetto get better? It's Clearly the ghosts of Confederates Who spook the electorate, Hoodwink and hector it... You Good Ol' Progressive degenerates! |
| Posted by: Zenobia Floger6220 2015-07-07 21:12 |
| #5 Minnesota’s State Flag Is Racist Too Told ye. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2015-07-07 10:54 |
| #4 As a flag of a (defeated) government, it belongs in a museum and not flying as a government display. As a flag of rebels.... individuals should be free to display it anywhere and in any way they wish. |
| Posted by: Glenmore 2015-07-07 07:38 |
| #3 Obviously not truly southern. |
| Posted by: Redneck Jim 2015-07-07 02:11 |
| #2 First they came for the confederate flag. But I didn't care because ... |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2015-07-07 01:13 |
| #1 A democrat flag removed by republicans. |
| Posted by: whitecollar redneck 2015-07-07 00:22 |