The Republican candidates were being asked about the flag in order to connect their party to the Charleston church massacre by way of the flag. The whole premise of the question was guilt by association. There was no practical reason to ask Scott Walker, running for president from the notorious Southern outpost of Wisconsin, about a flag flying in South Carolina.
What they were really being asked is, “Have you racist Republicans ended your support for killing black people.”
The first thing Republicans need to understand is the press hates them. Every question they're asked needs to be analyzed with liberal hatred in mind.
And the first result of the analysis should be that every "question" they ask isn't so much a question as a setup for "Gotcha!". Our candidates need to be smart enough not to step into the trap. We lost two sure Senate seats when Mourdock and Aiken walked into the ambush with the abortion question set-up. Take a lesson from Cruz who was smart enough to throw it right back into the 'Rat reporter's ugly face.