WATCH: Mississippi governor signs bill to remove Confederate emblem from state fla

PBS ^ | 6/30/20 | Emily Wagster Pettus

[kingu]

Man, who knew that a COVID-19 positive person could violate quarantine while on parole, do drugs, try to pass a fake $20 and change a state’s flag.

Just goes to show you the power of one man.

[NRx]

+1

[aquila48]

Finally!

Now racial peace will reign Supreme!

[Yosemitest]

"That does not appear to be an option for Mississippi voters.
There is no option to keep that flag that existed until this afternoon."

WRONG !

Read the Bill they passed.

HC 79 Mississippi House Concurrent Resolution 2020 Regular Session passed the House 84 to 35 with 1 not voting.
It passed the Senate 36 to 14.
Here's the text of the Bill House Concurrent Resolution 79


MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE
2020 Regular Session
To: Rules
By: Representatives Gunn, Johnson, Karriem, Faulkner, Paden, Hines, Dortch, Denton, Mickens, Foster, McCray, Harness, McGee, Williams-Barnes, Jackson

House Concurrent Resolution 79 (As Adopted by House)

A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION SUSPENDING THE DEADLINES FOR THE PURPOSE OF REQUESTING THE DRAFTING, AND THE INTRODUCTION, CONSIDERATION AND PASSAGE, OF A BILL ENTITLED
"AN ACT TO ESTABLISH A COMMISSION TO REDESIGN THE MISSISSIPPI STATE FLAG;
TO PRESCRIBE THE MEMBERSHIP OF THE COMMISSION AND TO PROVIDE FOR ITS ORGANIZATION AND MEETINGS;
TO PROVIDE THAT THE DESIGN FOR THE MISSISSIPPI STATE FLAG RECOMMENDED BY THE COMMISSION
SHALL NOT INCLUDE THE DESIGN OF THE CONFEDERATE BATTLE FLAG
BUT SHALL INCLUDE THE WORDS "IN GOD WE TRUST";
TO PROVIDE THAT THE COMMISSION SHALL MAKE ITS RECOMMENDATION FOR A DESIGN FOR THE NEW MISSISSIPPI STATE FLAG BY SEPTEMBER 14, 2020;
TO PROVIDE THAT THE DESIGN FOR THE NEW MISSISSIPPI STATE FLAG RECOMMENDED BY THE COMMISSION
SHALL BE PLACED ON THE BALLOT IN A SPECIAL ELECTION TO BE HELD ON NOVEMBER 3, 2020;
TO PROVIDE THAT IF A MAJORITY OF THE QUALIFIED ELECTORS VOTE FOR THE NEW DESIGN,
THEN THE LEGISLATURE SHALL ENACT INTO LAW THE NEW DESIGN AS THE OFFICIAL MISSISSIPPI STATE FLAG;
TO PROVIDE THAT IF A MAJORITY OF THE QUALIFIED ELECTORS VOTE AGAINST THE NEW DESIGN,
THEN THE COMMISSION TO REDESIGN THE MISSISSIPPI STATE FLAG SHALL RECONVENE TO RECOMMEND A NEW DESIGN FOR THE MISSISSIPPI STATE FLAG TO BE PRESENTED TO THE LEGISLATURE DURING THE 2021 REGULAR SESSION;
TO REQUIRE THAT THE SPECIAL ELECTION BE ADMINISTERED BY MEANS OF BALLOTS CONTAINING A COLOR PICTURE OR DRAWING OF THE DESIGN FOR THE MISSISSIPPI STATE FLAG;
TO REQUIRE THE SECRETARY OF STATE TO PROVIDE THOSE BALLOTS TO THE ELECTION COMMISSIONERS OF EACH COUNTY;
TO AMEND SECTIONS 23-15-351 AND 23-15-355, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO CONFORM TO THE PRECEDING PROVISIONS;
TO REPEAL SECTION 3-3-16, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, WHICH PROVIDES THE DESIGN FOR THE OFFICIAL FLAG OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES."




BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI, THE SENATE CONCURRING THEREIN,
That all the deadlines and other provisions imposed by Joint Rule No. 40 are suspended
for the purpose of requesting the drafting, and the introduction, consideration and passage, of a bill entitled
"AN ACT TO ESTABLISH A COMMISSION TO REDESIGN THE MISSISSIPPI STATE FLAG;
TO PRESCRIBE THE MEMBERSHIP OF THE COMMISSION AND TO PROVIDE FOR ITS ORGANIZATION AND MEETINGS;
TO PROVIDE THAT THE DESIGN FOR THE MISSISSIPPI STATE FLAG RECOMMENDED BY THE COMMISSION SHALL NOT INCLUDE THE DESIGN OF THE CONFEDERATE BATTLE FLAG
BUT SHALL INCLUDE THE WORDS "IN GOD WE TRUST";
TO PROVIDE THAT THE COMMISSION SHALL MAKE ITS RECOMMENDATION FOR A DESIGN FOR THE NEW MISSISSIPPI STATE FLAG BY SEPTEMBER 14, 2020;
TO PROVIDE THAT THE DESIGN FOR THE NEW MISSISSIPPI STATE FLAG RECOMMENDED BY THE COMMISSION SHALL BE PLACED ON THE BALLOT IN A SPECIAL ELECTION TO BE HELD ON NOVEMBER 3, 2020;
TO PROVIDE THAT IF A MAJORITY OF THE QUALIFIED ELECTORS VOTE FOR THE NEW DESIGN,
THEN THE LEGISLATURE SHALL ENACT INTO LAW THE NEW DESIGN AS THE OFFICIAL MISSISSIPPI STATE FLAG;

TO PROVIDE THAT IF A MAJORITY OF THE QUALIFIED ELECTORS VOTE AGAINST THE NEW DESIGN,
THEN THE COMMISSION TO REDESIGN THE MISSISSIPPI STATE FLAG SHALL RECONVENE TO RECOMMEND A NEW DESIGN FOR THE MISSISSIPPI STATE FLAG TO BE PRESENTED TO THE LEGISLATURE DURING THE 2021 REGULAR SESSION;

TO REQUIRE THAT THE SPECIAL ELECTION BE ADMINISTERED BY MEANS OF BALLOTS CONTAINING A COLOR PICTURE OR DRAWING OF THE DESIGN FOR THE MISSISSIPPI STATE FLAG;
TO REQUIRE THE SECRETARY OF STATE TO PROVIDE THOSE BALLOTS TO THE ELECTION COMMISSIONERS OF EACH COUNTY;
TO AMEND SECTIONS 23-15-351 AND 23-15-355, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO CONFORM TO THE PRECEDING PROVISIONS;
TO REPEAL SECTION 3-3-16, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, WHICH PROVIDES THE DESIGN FOR THE OFFICIAL FLAG OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI;
AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES."

[The Pack Knight]

Is there something in the Mississippi Constitution that limits the legislature only to issues that were foreseeable to the voters when they were elected?

[Trump20162020]

After a white gunman who had posed with the Confederate flag killed Black worshipers at a South Carolina church in 2015

PBS is trash. Defund them before the police, please.

[buckalfa]

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=hID5Hu-SHxg

[Yosemitest]

"They will take it to an ACLU, Black, Obama appointed BLM judge who will over rule the people and that wil be that!"

And just what do you think they will do IF they pass the Bill with the provision of :

... TO PROVIDE THAT THE DESIGN FOR THE MISSISSIPPI STATE FLAG RECOMMENDED BY THE COMMISSION SHALL NOT INCLUDE THE DESIGN OF THE CONFEDERATE BATTLE FLAG
BUT SHALL INCLUDE THE WORDS "IN GOD WE TRUST"; .../

[Trump20162020]

They elected a legislature and a governor.

Except he lied in 2018. Kind of like that GOP Governor of Vermont (Phil Scott) that ran on no new gun laws and then signed a bunch of gun control post-Parkland.

In 2001 they gave Mississippi voters a direct vote on it, and that was the position the current Republican Governor took in 2018, that if it was to change it'd have to be at the ballot box.

This time, absolutely no direct vote allowed, almost like they were scared out of their minds it'd win again.

[QBFimi]

>> How about a single white star on a blue background.

The bonnie blue flag that wears a single star. Love it!

[fwdude]

This is blood in the water for the left. They will now be in a frenzy demanding all kinds of other outrageous changes, affecting all citizens. If the stupid legislature and governor thought that this would placate the barbarians, they have a hell of a lot to learn.

[DiogenesLamp]

That does not appear to be an option for Mississippi voters. There is no option to keep that flag that existed until this afternoon.

Then it is anti democratic. The people are always the final voice. If they want the flag put back, it will be put back.

[Yosemitest]

WRONG !
Read the Bill they passed that I posted in comment #64 .
It'll be on the Ballot on Nov 3, 2020.

[Yosemitest]

It’ll be on the Ballot on Nov 3, 2020.

[Meatspace]

Ping me when they raise that old Mississippi Flag over the University of Mississippi and at the State Capitol.

[sport]

Mississippi, like Esau sold their birth right for a bowl of stew. Esau's was a literal bowl. Mississippi's bowl was figurative. Mississippi now basks secure that they have appeased and satisfied the Dragon now and forever more. In that they have only fooled and deluded themselves. Because very soon the Dragon will be back with his hand out demanding more and more. Neville Chamberlain and others through history have learned this the hard way. Now, the State of Mississippi is about to.

[Trump20162020]

No, it won’t. They’re voting on some new flag, with a simple “yes” or “no.”

The 1894-2020 flag will not be on the ballot. Same deal in Georgia back in 2003, they don’t want it to win.

[Meatspace]

“Then it is anti democratic. The people are always the final voice. If they want the flag put back, it will be put back.”

Yes, the voters of Mississippi can elect a new governor and a new legislature and make the old flag the official once again.

However, I would not bet on that.

[Yosemitest]

That's not what the Bill, they passed, says.

[Batman11]

“That is, SAINT George Floyd the Great, sir.”

of course....