Dem Rep. Calls On S.C. To Remove Confederate Flag From The Citadel

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Now that the South Carolina legislature voted to remove the Confederate flag from the statehouse grounds in Columbia, Rep. Jim Clyburn (D-SC) says that lawmakers next need to remove the flag from The Citadel’s Summerall Chapel.

“I think it’s a bad omen,” Clyburn told reporters on Wednesday, according to Charleston newspaper The Post and Courier. “When the Legislature gets back here in January, they would do well in removing that flag, because it’s a ticking time bomb.”

Citadel officials voted to remove the flag in June, but the state’s Heritage Act keeps the school from removing the flag without lawmakers amending the legislation. Clyburn said that The Citadel should remove the flag, but that statues honoring Confederate soldiers can remain at The Citadel.

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