Posted on 06/22/2015 5:09:44 PM PDT by snarkybob
(CNN)Walmart, the country's largest retailer, will remove all Confederate flag merchandise from its stores, the company told CNN Monday.
The announcement is the latest indication that the flag, a symbol of the slave-holding South, has become toxic in the aftermath of a shooting last week at a historic African-American church in Charleston, South Carolina. Gov. Nikki Haley announced in a Monday afternoon news conference that she supports removing the Confederate flag from the state capitol grounds.
Walmart.com currently carries the Confederate flag as well as attire featuring the flag's design, such as T-shirts and belt buckles.
"We never want to offend anyone with the products that we offer. We have taken steps to remove all items promoting the confederate flag from our assortment -- whether in our stores or on our web site," said Walmart spokesman Brian Nick. "We have a process in place to help lead us to the right decisions when it comes to the merchandise we sell. Still, at times, items make their way into our assortment improperly -- this is one of those instances."
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Tighter flag control laws!
Lunacy.
“Tighter flag control laws!”
It always has and it always will come down to money.
Just the beginning.
For the past six years Ive felt like Ive been living in the Twilight Zone, this pretty much confirms it
Our country has completely gone to hell!
The GOP and the left are one and the same
the slide is about to become a free fall
bone up “Reign of Terror”
Darn! And I was going there later this week to buy a pistol!!
I ask myself what if this loon in Charleston had an American Flag on his shirt and was not burning it vs the Confederate flag...
Absolutely no respect for history. None. Zero.
> Tighter flag control laws!
Bibles next...
I blow my nose with a confederate flag bandana. Does that make me a racist?
More cave to an Emotional Wave.......God Bless America and God Bless to everyone, even the fools who are following this foolish road of blaming people or things other than an insane person for mass murder.
Kid kills 9 and before the bodies are cold and buried they use this to push for their agenda and remove the flag. Next it will be the graves.
Obama supported Lybian rebels locked Black Africans into zoo cages on berated them as monkeys. Ban Obama.
“I blow my nose with a confederate flag bandana. Does that make me a racist?”
Ha. I think that depends on where you bought it.
Did you buy it at Walmart? Lol
He had two flags on his shirt , neither was a battle flag, but no mention of those flags in the media, why not?
This attack goes back to years ago when they wanted to take the flag off the roof of the building and they came to an agreement to remove it and now they want it all gone.
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