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Photo of McConnell: (Original Post)
applegrove
Feb 2019
OP
The goal of the Confederate states was to overthrow the "Unites States"
world wide wally
Feb 2019
#21
FirstLight
(13,362 posts)1. who is that guy?
I'm not getting it...
oberliner
(58,724 posts)3. Are you asking who Mitch McConnell is?
FirstLight
(13,362 posts)4. no...the guy he's with!
I am not able to remember him
oberliner
(58,724 posts)8. I think the point is that he is standing in front of a giant Confederate flag
Getting an award from some representative of the Sons of Confederate Veterans.
FirstLight
(13,362 posts)10. I knew the flag was god awful...
just wondered who that other guy was...
oberliner
(58,724 posts)15. Gotcha
I don't think the other person in the photo has been identified.
Iggo
(47,559 posts)19. It's the wall-covering in the background.
DemocratSinceBirth
(99,710 posts)2. That does it. I'm never voting for that clown.
EffieBlack
(14,249 posts)5. Wow! Thanks for posting! I had no idea McConnell wasn't a bigot
It's important to know since that surely should make a difference in how we deal with racism in our own party.
Thanks!
TDale313
(7,820 posts)6. He should resign.
He wont, but he should.
applegrove
(118,712 posts)9. The right has no shame.
WhiskeyGrinder
(22,362 posts)7. Gosh, I wonder what *his* base thinks about that?
applegrove
(118,712 posts)11. I know. They like traitors.
Fuzzpope
(602 posts)20. "My hero!!!"
"Sw000000nnnnnn"
paleotn
(17,931 posts)12. Par for the course
for a modern Rethug. They've been doing this shit since the development of the southern strategy and incorporating the dixicrats.
Kingofalldems
(38,461 posts)13. Kick and rec.
treestar
(82,383 posts)14. He's a Republicans, so it helps him
And stupid. KY was not a seceding state.
BigmanPigman
(51,613 posts)16. I just noticed that Lawrence O'Donnell posted it.
Hotler
(11,428 posts)17. Kicking nt
procon
(15,805 posts)18. Posing with a terrorist flag, how is that
any different than if he stood with a Nazi flag or the ISIS flag?
At the least ethics should investigate. But his resignation is warranted.
world wide wally
(21,748 posts)21. The goal of the Confederate states was to overthrow the "Unites States"
Is that considered treason?