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Mississippi appears to have enough votes to change state flag, senior lawmaker says
NBC News ^ | 6/26/20 | David C. Ingram and Minyvonne Burke

Posted on 06/26/2020 12:09:13 PM PDT by Meatspace

Mississippi lawmakers who want to remove the Confederate battle emblem from the state's flag appear to have enough votes in the state Legislature to make the change, a senior state lawmaker said Friday.

State Rep. Robert Johnson III, the Democratic leader of the state House of Representatives, told NBC News that all the needed votes “appear to be there."

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To: Meatspace

If the flag is a “direct symbol of terror for our black brothers and sisters.”” then how come the black population of Mississippi is 39% which is the highest of any of the states.

Must be they are too terrorized to leave.


41 posted on 06/26/2020 1:49:24 PM PDT by Ed Condon (subliminal messages here in invisible ink)
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To: Meatspace
B.S.
I recommend everyone take the time to call their State Representative and tell them what they want.
Here's a link to track down the contact numbers or e-mail addresses.

42 posted on 06/26/2020 1:51:00 PM PDT by Yosemitest (It's SIMPLE ! ... Fight, ... or Die !)
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To: freedumb2003
Mississippi appears to have enough votes to change state flag, senior lawmaker says

Once again, the "select" minority dictates to the majority!

43 posted on 06/26/2020 1:52:22 PM PDT by The Sons of Liberty (Until I see them breaking rocks in the hot sun I'll be cleaning my guns!)
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To: Meatspace
Is your other name MeatHEAD?
44 posted on 06/26/2020 1:53:54 PM PDT by The Sons of Liberty (Until I see them breaking rocks in the hot sun I'll be cleaning my guns!)
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To: Karl Spooner

This guy must be reading my posts.


45 posted on 06/26/2020 1:56:00 PM PDT by Crucial
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To: freedumb2003

that’s not it

it’s missing the vagina on it


46 posted on 06/26/2020 1:59:34 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not Averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: Karl Spooner

this guy understands what libtard socialism has done to the blacks in this country


47 posted on 06/26/2020 2:00:41 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not Averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: Secret Agent Man; Crucial

He’s a brave man, very brave.


48 posted on 06/26/2020 2:18:10 PM PDT by Karl Spooner
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To: dfwgator

>>Oh, and by the way, say goodbye to the “Ole Miss Rebels”.<<

Now “The Old Maids.”


49 posted on 06/26/2020 2:19:03 PM PDT by freedumb2003 ("DonÂ’t mistake activity for achievement." - John Wooden)
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To: Meatspace

I am surprised it took this long.


50 posted on 06/26/2020 2:24:56 PM PDT by Freedom_Is_Not_Free (What profits a man if he gains the world but loses his soul?)
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To: FewsOrange

It is there right, but it would be wise to do more than JUST remove the Confederate battle flag fom the corner, or else we will think they have left the USA to become a French colony.


51 posted on 06/26/2020 2:26:52 PM PDT by Freedom_Is_Not_Free (What profits a man if he gains the world but loses his soul?)
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To: Meatspace

So she’s 52, from Mississippi but lives in TN, and is just now offended by the flag?


52 posted on 06/26/2020 3:39:56 PM PDT by pnz1 ("These people have gone stone-cold crazy")
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To: Meatspace

It’s THEIR state; they can do what they want with THEIR flag.


53 posted on 06/26/2020 9:01:18 PM PDT by WASCWatch
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To: Karl Spooner

Without a doubt White Liberals have done more harm/genocide to Blacks than any other group in modern times.

The out-of-wedlock birthrate and destabilization of the Black Family was a direct result of the “great society” project. I believe they intended exactly as it played out.

Wonder if they guy has Confederate roots?


54 posted on 06/27/2020 8:21:45 AM PDT by Roman_War_Criminal (Like Enoch, Noah, & Lot, the True Church will soon be removed & then destruction comes forth.)
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To: Meatspace

The Magnolia Flag is a perfectly fine substitute - but once the hordes realize what the Bonnie Blue flag in the upper left represented they’ll be demanding to change it again.


55 posted on 06/27/2020 8:28:57 AM PDT by Mr. Jeeves ([CTRL]-[GALT]-[DELETE])
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To: WASCWatch

“It’s THEIR state; they can do what they want with THEIR flag.”

Yes, and organizations like the NCAA and other businesses can elect not to conduct business in Mississippi because of the flag.


56 posted on 06/27/2020 8:41:27 AM PDT by Meatspace
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To: Roman_War_Criminal
Yes, he had roots. Looks like it didn't end too well for him though. The old run 'em off the road maneuver.

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Mississippi to Investigate Death of a Black Man Who Raised Confederate Flag

"Both Mr. Hervey and Mrs. Barnum had relatives who were Confederate soldiers."

57 posted on 06/27/2020 2:51:37 PM PDT by Karl Spooner
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To: Secret Agent Man; Crucial

Update on the man with the confederate flag. I didn’t know it at the time, I just grabbed the photo.

https://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3859527/posts?page=57#57


58 posted on 06/27/2020 3:03:29 PM PDT by Karl Spooner
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To: Yosemitest

“B.S.
I recommend everyone take the time to call their State Representative and tell them what they want.”

Keep those phone ringing!


59 posted on 06/27/2020 4:17:26 PM PDT by Meatspace
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