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Mississippi flag ordered out of park near Statue of Liberty [by NJ governor Murphy]
Associated Press ^
| April 26, 2019
| Mike Catalini
Posted on 04/26/2019 3:57:00 PM PDT by Olog-hai
New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy on Friday ordered that the Mississippi flag, which carries a Confederate emblem, be replaced by the American flag at a state park that overlooks the Statue of Liberty.
Murphy ordered the removal of Mississippi’s flag from a display of each state’s flag at Liberty State Park, a preserve of more than 1,200 acres in Jersey City that overlooks Ellis Island and Lady Liberty.
Murphy is a first-term Democrat and a self-styled progressive who regularly cited the Emma Lazarus poem at the statue’s base that invites immigrants to America.
New Jersey, he said, is rooted in diversity, and the flag doesn’t fit.
“The Confederate symbol displayed on the Mississippi state flag is reprehensible and does not reflect our values of inclusivity and equality,” he said in a statement. […]
Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant, a Republican, said in a statement Friday: “I’m disappointed in Gov. Murphy’s actions. As I have repeatedly said, the voters of Mississippi should decide what the state flag is or is not.” …
(Excerpt) Read more at apnews.com ...
TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events; US: Michigan; US: Mississippi; US: New Jersey
KEYWORDS: aliens; assholeoftheyear; badabing; badaboom; bobmenendez; bryant; confederateflag; corybooker; culturalrevolution; ellisisland; gardenstate; hypocrisy; illegals; jerseycity; jerseyshore; liberalagenda; libertystatepark; murphy; newjersey; philmurphy; sanctuarystate; snookie; statueofliberty; thesituation
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Maybe Murphy ought to actually study history and see how long New Jersey remained a slave state in practice.
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posted on
04/26/2019 3:57:01 PM PDT
by
Olog-hai
To: Olog-hai
Still is a slave state
New Jersey is the most segregated state in the nation.
To: Olog-hai
Virtue signaling.
Ho hum.
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posted on
04/26/2019 4:01:56 PM PDT
by
namvolunteer
(Obama says the US is subservient to the UN and the Constitution does not apply. That is treason.9we)
To: Olog-hai
To: Olog-hai
To: Olog-hai
Is this some power he has by law, or did he just take it upon his enlightened self?
ML/NJ
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posted on
04/26/2019 4:03:42 PM PDT
by
ml/nj
To: Olog-hai
What a pandering, juvenile act
Murphy is scum
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posted on
04/26/2019 4:05:07 PM PDT
by
A_Former_Democrat
(Pussie Smollett, Mizzou, campus fake nooses, fake "protests" FAKE EVERYTHING Hey CNN? lol)
To: Olog-hai
Mississippi should reciprocate wherever NJ’s flag is flown.
To: Olog-hai
I’m betting that a mexican or isis flag(s) would be ok with this jacka$$.
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posted on
04/26/2019 4:07:13 PM PDT
by
mabarker1
(Congress- the opposite of PROGRESS!!!)
To: Olog-hai
If I were a Mississippian, I would not feel insulted that my state flag had been removed from display in New Jersey. Heck, I might enjoy a splash of bourbon at the good news.
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posted on
04/26/2019 4:09:36 PM PDT
by
Charles Martel
(Progressives are the crab grass in the lawn of life.)
To: Olog-hai
Why doesn’t he just declare war on the state of Mississippi?
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posted on
04/26/2019 4:09:39 PM PDT
by
rhinohunter
(Dear Mr. Trump: I'm still not tired of winning)
To: Olog-hai
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posted on
04/26/2019 4:12:09 PM PDT
by
2banana
(Were you)
To: 2banana
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posted on
04/26/2019 4:13:48 PM PDT
by
bryan999
To: ml/nj
The flag display is in a state park.
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posted on
04/26/2019 4:14:54 PM PDT
by
Alberta's Child
("In the time of chimpanzees I was a monkey.")
To: Olog-hai
“who regularly cited the Emma Lazarus poem”
Good grief. Maybe Stephen Miller needs to call him out.
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posted on
04/26/2019 4:14:57 PM PDT
by
cdcdawg
(If white, western culture makes you feel out of place, THAT IS BECAUSE IT IS NOT YOUR PLACE!)
To: rhinohunter
Precisely the thought I was intending to post, but you beat me to it.
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posted on
04/26/2019 4:16:00 PM PDT
by
rockinqsranch
(Dems, Libs, Socialists call 'em what you will they all have fairies livin' in their trees.)
To: Olog-hai
From another of the party, still of slavery, with enemy islamists calling the shots.
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posted on
04/26/2019 4:17:35 PM PDT
by
onedoug
To: Olog-hai
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posted on
04/26/2019 4:17:58 PM PDT
by
Windflier
(Pitchforks and torches ripen on the vine. Left too long, they become black rifles.)
To: 2banana
Is this a national park?
************
From the first sentence of the posted article:
...be replaced by the American flag at a state park that
overlooks the Statue of Liberty....
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posted on
04/26/2019 4:18:20 PM PDT
by
deport
To: 2banana
It’s a state park. Used to be a train station and freight yard.
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posted on
04/26/2019 4:19:32 PM PDT
by
Olog-hai
("No Republican, no matter how liberal, is going to woo a Democratic vote." -- Ronald Reagan, 1960)
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