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Lindsey Graham: It's him, not the flag
CNN ^ | 6/19/15 | Walbert Castillo

Posted on 06/20/2015 9:17:07 AM PDT by ek_hornbeck

South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham blames 21-year-old Dylann Roof, the man who shot and killed nine African Americans praying in Charleston, for his actions, and the presidential hopeful doesn't want the Confederate flag to be used as an excuse.

"We're not going to give this a guy an excuse about a book he might have read or a movie he watched or a song he listened to or a symbol out anywhere. It's him ... not the flag," the Republican senator told CNN's "New Day" Alisyn Camerota.

When Graham was asked his thoughts regarding the Confederate flag, he said, "It works here, that's what the statehouse agreed to do. You could probably visit other places in the country near some symbol that doesn't quite strike you right."

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: South Carolina
KEYWORDS: 2016election; charleston; charlestonshooting; confederateflag; dylannroof; election2016; lindseygraham; southcarolina
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To: ladyjane

I hope that he does send you the photo if this comes to pass. Maybe the SC GOP will finally be rid of this embarrassment.


21 posted on 06/24/2015 8:20:26 AM PDT by ek_hornbeck
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To: sickoflibs; Impy; NFHale; GOPsterinMA

“So all those posters who praised him for standing by it are suckers.”

So what else is new ?

: )


22 posted on 06/24/2015 8:59:04 AM PDT by stephenjohnbanker (My Batting Average( 1,000) (GOPe is that easy to read))
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To: ek_hornbeck

It would be great to get a photo of him tearing down the flag.

Interesting - he seems to be keeping a low profile on this. At first he was to appear with Nikki to get rid of the flag at the capital.

He must have heard from the people of South Carolina and others.


23 posted on 06/24/2015 6:52:49 PM PDT by ladyjane
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