And this is the flag of slavery and treason against the United Kingdom.
Posted on 08/28/2019 4:51:50 PM PDT by PBRCat
Southern rock band Confederate Railroad is “rejecting” payment after being dropped from a Downstate fair by a governor who blasted the band’s logo as a symbol “of racists, of white nationalists, of the alt-right.”
The band was to play the Du Quoin State Fair before Gov. J. B. Pritzker put the kibosh on their performance.
Capitol Fax first questioned the Pritzker administration about the band’s appearance.
“On June 24th, the Du Quoin State Fair agreed to pay us in full. [We] agreed we should give it to a charitable organization that benefits Southern Illinois. On July 19, 2019, we received a multi-page conditional legal release in order to obtain that payment.”
Shirley went on to say that after being referred to as “promoters of hate and racism, without one individual stepping forward to cite any such personal occurrence” [in] a 30-year caree “I simply cannot and will not accept this money that requires their conditional Settlement Agreement and Release.
Pritzker’s decision created a firestorm that found many cheering him on, but some southern Illinois fans complaining that they were under the thumb of Chicago liberals’ political correctness.
Shirley said he’s “grateful and humbled by the people of southern Illinois” and the words of encouragement the band has received.
Pritzker’s office did not immediately return request for comment.
Asked about the cancellation, the governor said the band was yanked from the line-up because the Confederate flag is “a symbol of murder, of kidnapping, of rape.”
“The Confederate flag is a symbol of not just slavery, but of treason against the United States,” Pritzker said at a news conference in Chicago.
“It is the symbol of racists, white nationalists, of the alt-right and so I do not think that the state of Illinois should be sponsoring something that is amplifying that symbol.”
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Shame on Pritzker for taking the bait.
How does the Governor have any authority to tell a county how to run their fair?
Because Illinois has a dictator not a governor.
“ It’s just a flag”
Right.
Is that Pritzker of the family that started the Hyatt Hotel chain with a whorehouse in Vegas?
This is something! The leader of a state filled with murderers and thugs lecturing proud Southerners on how to behave. What an ignoramus the boy is!
And this is the flag of slavery and treason against the United Kingdom.
What about rap “music” that celebrates hatred of whites, violence against women and multiple use of that dreaded N word, Guv?
Oh, Prizkie hates that too
He’s an unAmerican asskissing leftist
Governor Piglet is a trust fund baby who is beyond clueless.
Jelly Belly strikes again!
This is the same guy who pulls working toilets out of space mansions he owns to avoid paying real estate taxes. Only in jllinois. At least he’s an Illinois governor who has not been indicted.
Yet, anyway.
All this PC BS is not going to end pretty....
Nah. Its Jumbo Blagojevich
That works too!
However, Snoop Dogg played at the state fair in Springfield. Good wholesome fun for the whole family. Bring Grandma and the kids!
Illinois voters decided to put their trust in dems controlling all parts of their government. So they quickly got new taxes, abortion on demand up to the moment of cell cluster’s birth, and the banning of bands that have Confederate in their names. I’m going to assume that the voters like what they voted for.
Their best revenge would be to host a concert on private land near the state fair, at the same time as the fair.
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