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Jeb Bush Says Confederate Flag a 'Racist' Symbol
NBC News ^
| 6/29/15
| ANDREW RAFFERTY
Posted on 06/29/2015 1:22:15 PM PDT by jimbo123
Jeb Bush said Monday that the Confederate flag has become a "racist" symbol and applauded efforts to remove the flag outside the South Carolina State Capitol after a racially motivated church shooting.
In his first campaign stop in South Carolina since the deadly shooting that killed nine at AME Emanuel Church in Charleston, Bush recalled how he "decided to do something politically incorrect" and removed the flags outside the Florida state house when he was governor in 2001.
"The symbols were racist," the Republican presidential candidate said during a campaign stop at a pharmaceutical manufacturing plant.
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TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Florida; US: South Carolina
KEYWORDS: 2016election; battleflag; bush4mexico; charleston; confederateflag; democraticagenda; deportjebbush; dixie; election2016; florida; gopestablishment; illegals; jebbush; liberalagenda; nomorebushes; purge; rino; southcarolina; uniparty
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To: jimbo123
Jeb is a weak little man.
To: Norm Lenhart
Yep we have wishy washy so called conservatives or liberaltarians who look to infest our side and try to change our platform.
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posted on
06/29/2015 1:55:22 PM PDT
by
manc
(Marriage =1 man + 1 woman,when they say marriage equality then they should support polygamy)
To: jimbo123
The heck with Jeb Bush. Wish you would just shut up.
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posted on
06/29/2015 2:07:20 PM PDT
by
The_Media_never_lie
(The media must be defeated any way it can be done.)
To: Zakeet
Makes me wish I was 30 years younger...
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posted on
06/29/2015 2:11:38 PM PDT
by
Las Vegas Ron
("Medicine is the keystone in the arch of socialism" Vladimir Lenin)
To: Cobra64
To: Zakeet
I would like to fly those Flags from my pole!
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posted on
06/29/2015 2:28:19 PM PDT
by
Red_Devil 232
((VietVet - USMC All Ready On The Right? All Ready On The Left? All Ready On The Firing Line!))
To: telstar12.5
going down in flames with his base
We can only be so lucky!
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posted on
06/29/2015 2:56:14 PM PDT
by
2001convSVT
(Going Galt as fast as I can.)
To: DiogenesLamp
Jeb spouts Jebberish. Dog bites man.Jebberish! Love it!
To: DeoVindiceSicSemperTyrannis
Jebberish! Love it! Pass it on. Use it as often as you can.
To: jimbo123
Gee, Jebbie, lotsa folks find that rainbow flag divisive and hateful.
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posted on
06/29/2015 4:13:54 PM PDT
by
Eagles6
( YValley Forge Redux. If not now, when? If not here, where? If not us then who?)
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