Despite the clear margin of victory, the bill proposing the removal of the flag saw resistance on the house floor.
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Charleston Mayor Joseph Riley Jr. said the flag had been an insult to many people, and its removal would help heal those wounds.
Republican governor of South Carolina Nikki Haley signed a Bill on Thursday to remove the flag from the statehouse grounds on Friday. After a short speech, she then addressed the crowd and stated the bill will be signed. “We will bring it down with dignity and we will make sure it is stored in its rightful place”.
The House of Representatives voted 94-20 early Thursday to remove it.
What’s happening in South Carolina is making waves in San Diego. The Confederate flag was first raised in the South Carolina House of Representatives chambers in 1938 but was not raised over the Statehouse until 1962. Speaking to NBC’s Today before the debate, she said, “When something like this happens, you reflect, and you say, ‘Have we changed enough?'”. “I thought maybe my grandchildren would get it down”, he said.
DUNCAN MCFADYEN, BYLINE: Well, the governor took note that South Carolina is a state that values its history.
Beyond historic significance, the removal of the flag could lead to an economic boost for the state, as Scott said that the next step for the NAACP is to lift their suggested boycott by certain organizations, including the NCAA. A number of people, though, seemed to be coming by to see the flag on its last full day.
The man charged in the shooting, Dylann Roof, brought that view home, telling survivors of the attack that he killed blacks because they were raping white women and taking over the country, according to witnesses. Police said it was racially motivated, and photographs emerged showing the suspect posing with Confederate flags.
Debate in the House had been raging on for hours Wednesday as Confederate flag defenders pushed one amendment after another that could have delayed the issue for weeks or months. Some lamented that the flag had been “hijacked” or “abducted” by racists.
The flag, carried by Confederate troops on the losing side in the 1861-1865 Civil War, is seen as a symbol of racism and slavery by many. Dig up the state flower bed. Other sports with open slots less likely (or not likely at all) to be filled by the state include ice hockey, lacrosse, rifle and skiing.
Jeffries said the Republican amendment, if passed, would reverse House action earlier in the week, when lawmakers adopted by voice vote Democratic amendments to restrict further the flag’s display on National Park Service land.
It was too much for Horne, who unleashed a tearful admonition on her colleagues.
It’s a measure she urged legislators to adopt after a white supremacist gunned down nine African-Americans at a church in Charleston. And she was still bereft.
“I cannot believe that we do not have the heart in this body to do something meaningful such as take a symbol of hate off these grounds on Friday”, Horne said.
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“We are going to be doing this all summer long”, she protested. “And for the widow of Sen”.
