Lindsey Graham Tells CNN: Confederate Flag is 'Part of Who We Are'
"The problems we have in South Carolina and throughout the world are not because of a movie or a symbol, but because of what's in people's heart."
In the wake of the racially motivated shooting on a historically black church in Charleston, S.C. this week, a national debate has remerged about the insensitivity of flying the Confederate flag above the Statehouse in South Carolina.
CNN’s Alisyn Camerota confronted Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) on the issue Friday morning, asking whether it was time to take down the flag that has been the symbol of so much hate and violence.
“Well, at the end of the day, it’s time for the people in South Carolina to revisit that decision” said the GOP presidential candidate, “But this is part of who we are.”
Graham admitted that the flag represents different things to different people, including racism and sedition, but stopped short of conceding that it incites violence: “The problems we have in South Carolina and throughout the world are not because of a movie or a symbol, but because of what’s in people’s heart.”
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