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First on CNN: Lindsey Graham to call for the Confederate Flag to come down.
CNN ^ | June 22, 2015 | Dana Bash

Posted on 06/22/2015 11:07:29 AM PDT by ripnbang

South Carolina Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham will call Monday for the removal of the confederate flag from state grounds, a source familiar with the decision told CNN.

Graham, a 2016 presidential candidate, will make his announcement during a press conference with South Carolina's Republican governor, Nikki Haley, at 4 p.m. Monday.

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TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: South Carolina
KEYWORDS: confederateflag; dixie; election; southcarolina
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To: ripnbang
I call for this dip-shit “South Carolina Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham” to be REMOVED from Office NOW!!!
21 posted on 06/22/2015 11:24:07 AM PDT by EXCH54FE (Hurricane 416,Feisty Old Vet !!)
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To: ripnbang
Lindsey Graham to call for the Confederate Flag to come down.

Little princess gutless can shut the F*** up. Nobody cares what she thinks.

22 posted on 06/22/2015 11:24:42 AM PDT by DiogenesLamp
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To: ripnbang

Why drag niki Haley into this piece if exhibitionism


23 posted on 06/22/2015 11:24:49 AM PDT by Mamzelle
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To: ripnbang

24 posted on 06/22/2015 11:27:58 AM PDT by McGruff (It's getting ugly around here.)
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To: ripnbang

He can have his opinion. If it gets him further from getting the Republican nomination I’m all for it.


25 posted on 06/22/2015 11:28:42 AM PDT by South40 ("I probably identify more as a Democrat." ~Donald Trump)
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To: Mollypitcher1

As I posted on another thread:

The libs and MSM didn’t get the riots in Charleston that they wanted. Now activists (many from out of state)have come up with a divisive subject to ruin the unity of the people of Charleston.
Couple this with the bozo in the White House using this tragedy to make a move on guns,and you just might have the perfect storm that will lead to the civil war Roof hoped to start.

He wasn’t successful but the lefties might


26 posted on 06/22/2015 11:30:21 AM PDT by Robe (Rome did not create a great empire by talking, they did it by killing all those who opposed them)
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To: ripnbang

Suddenly Graham cares? What a hack.


27 posted on 06/22/2015 11:30:46 AM PDT by SoFloFreeper
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To: Mamzelle

Opening up a WIDE floodgate .....

Soon ANY flag, any symbol that offends will be “ordered” to be removed.

Free speech, freedom of expression -— GONE.

This is not America anymore.


28 posted on 06/22/2015 11:31:17 AM PDT by LibsRJerks
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To: DesScorp

I hope this has ended Tinkerbelle’s career in politics.

Tired of voting against him. Want a conservative I can vote for, next time.


29 posted on 06/22/2015 11:32:05 AM PDT by elcid1970 ("The Second Amendment is more important than Islam.")
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To: All
Lindsey Graham on Charleston shooter: 'It's him ... not the flag'
30 posted on 06/22/2015 11:32:25 AM PDT by McGruff (It's getting ugly around here.)
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To: ek_hornbeck

The media is running this narrative and the RINO;s and left are goimg along with it instead of standing up for once.


31 posted on 06/22/2015 11:34:52 AM PDT by manc (Marriage =1 man + 1 woman,when they say marriage equality then they should support polygamy)
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To: ripnbang

Has he withdrawn his Presidential bid yet? No point in it now. He might have figured more significantly in the south, but not now....


32 posted on 06/22/2015 11:35:39 AM PDT by cincinnati65
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To: Mollypitcher1

EXACTLY.


33 posted on 06/22/2015 11:36:47 AM PDT by manc (Marriage =1 man + 1 woman,when they say marriage equality then they should support polygamy)
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To: Robe

I see your point.


34 posted on 06/22/2015 11:36:50 AM PDT by Mollypitcher1 (I have not yet begun to fight....John Paul Jones)
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To: donna

Yes. Burning all we can find for starters.


35 posted on 06/22/2015 11:37:58 AM PDT by Mollypitcher1 (I have not yet begun to fight....John Paul Jones)
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To: Mamzelle

Haley is also going to be called for the flag to be removed.


36 posted on 06/22/2015 11:40:18 AM PDT by Andy'smom (How many more acts of love can we take?)
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To: upchuck

ENOUGH of this guy already


37 posted on 06/22/2015 11:42:47 AM PDT by martin_fierro (< |:)~)
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To: ripnbang
The writing has been on the wall for some time. Anyone competing nationally must dump the Confederate flag. While Graham is DOA as a presidential candidate is is savvy and wins re-election as a senator. He knows he loses by defending the flag. Nikki Haley, an Asian-Indian has no historical ties to the flag, I'm sure will be happy to have this behind everyone, especially for her state. I know I get flamed and insulted every time I post this on FreeRepublic, but lots of conservatives are not from or in the south, we do not see the flag as anything but divisive, defeated, disrespectful and no different than the NAZI flag. It belongs in a museum, not as a standard for Republicans or conservatives. Politics aside, only a clueless and bigoted racist would continue to insist on flying that flag. And if you are not, do you really want to have to keep explaining that you are not?!

No more than one cannot separate the NAZI flag from the atrocities committed under its banner, the Confederate flag cannot be separated from its history and more recent usage.

38 posted on 06/22/2015 11:43:58 AM PDT by Reno89519 (For every illegal or H1B with a job, there's an American without one. Muslim = Nazi = Evil)
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To: Reno89519

So answer me this as you want the flag down.

The KKK flew the stars and stripes too.
The slave ships flew the stars and stripes.
The Indians were removed, killed, raped, and robbed under the stars and stripes .
The battle flag was designed to distinguish between two sides if you know your history.

So answer this then.

Should the stars and stripes be removed and changed seeing as it flew over the destruction of a mass of people and flew on the slave ships?

If not then tell me why it should not be , but the battle flag should.


39 posted on 06/22/2015 11:47:14 AM PDT by manc (Marriage =1 man + 1 woman,when they say marriage equality then they should support polygamy)
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To: ripnbang

How about if we ban the Crescent Moon symbol? It’s been associated with a lot more murders than the Confederate Flag. /s


40 posted on 06/22/2015 11:48:10 AM PDT by AZLiberty (I identify as me.)
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