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struggle4progress

(118,301 posts) Mon Jul 11, 2016, 10:57 PM Jul 2016

House GOP leaders block votes to restrict Confederate flag

July 11, 2016, 10:11 pm
By Cristina Marcos

House GOP leaders opted against allowing votes this week on measures to restrict display of the Confederate flag in the aftermath of racially charged police shootings.

Two House Democrats, Reps. Jared Huffman (Calif.) and Hakeem Jeffries (N.Y.), submitted amendments to a 2017 Interior Department spending bill that would prohibit decorating graves in federal cemeteries with Confederate flags and would ban federal contracts within the National Park System to sell Confederate flags at any facility. Their proposals were not among the 131 amendments made in order by the House Rules Committee Monday night ...

http://thehill.com/blogs/floor-action/house/287325-house-gop-leaders-block-votes-to-restrict-confederate-flag

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House GOP leaders block votes to restrict Confederate flag (Original Post) struggle4progress Jul 2016 OP
"Gee guys, why aren't we getting more of the black vote?" gratuitous Jul 2016 #1
Why inhibit glorification of a symbol of treason for sake of extending slavery? merrily Jul 2016 #2
It is a symbol of a proud southern heritage.......... guillaumeb Jul 2016 #3

gratuitous

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1. "Gee guys, why aren't we getting more of the black vote?"
Reply to struggle4progress (Original post)
Mon Jul 11, 2016, 11:01 PM
Jul 2016

SHHHHHHH! Don't tell them. See if they can figure it out.

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3. It is a symbol of a proud southern heritage..........
Reply to struggle4progress (Original post)
Mon Jul 11, 2016, 11:06 PM
Jul 2016

that just happened to be based on the chattel slavery system.

The US civil war never really ended. It just evolved.

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