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Good on ya, Rep. Horne! Let’s hope the others see sense.
EDIT: Whoops, read those in the wrong order 
I see they did! Well done, all.
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Excellent speech!!! The feds should take note of what she said. Burn it in their thick heads…
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A Southerner with intelligence and compassion and she’s a republican (to say nothing of her roots)?!
Awesome speech. Heartfelt and moving.
Now if only some of the clunkheads would take her words to their hearts, we’d really be getting somewhere.
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Finally! The glory days of the Old South may have been mythologized in countless movies and books but to those living under Jim Crow there was no doubting the symbolism of the Confederate flag. When the flag was adopted by Dixiecrats the segregationist that formed to oppose the civil rights platform of the Democrats in 1948, it solidified it as a banner for white supremacy. http://wp.me/p2qifI-2Vk
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And the whole states rights myth is also disturbing. When northern states started to exercise states rights and pass laws freeing slaves brought into their states the south formed the CSA. When will we replace the myths around southern heritage with educated facts.
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Thank you. Rep. Horne.
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Well done. Glad to see they aren’t all bad.
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I watched this last night on RM’s show and it was heartfelt and impassioned. Gave me some hope
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Agreed. I cried with her
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This is what it means to stand up and lead.
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numerous of her House colleagues
sigh…
A-MAZ-ING! Good for her!
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I can empathize with Representative Horne. Though I live in the North, I’m descended from five generations of slaveowners. My Civil War ancestor was a ruthless Missouri Bushwacker, one of Quantrill’s right-hand men. While I’m compelled to study the Confederacy, the Confederacy will never define who I am. We shouldn’t whitewash history if we wish to avoid repeating it. But there’s a huge difference between understanding the Confederacy and glorifying it. You want to show pride in the South, support for individual liberties, and opposition to government tyranny? I’m all for it. But use a different flag, please.
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THIS IS NEWS!
A republican saying and doing a human, decent thing.
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Although I appreciate Nikki Haley being smart enough to finally do the right thing, Jenny Horne is the real deal–not mincing words, not playing both sides, showing that she takes it personally.