Liberal groups MoveOn.org and Color of Change today delivered to South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley an impressive 571,000 signatures demanding that the Confederate flag be taken down — a day after the state Senate voted overwhelmingly to take down the flag, and more than two weeks after the governor held a press conference to say that “it’s time to move the flag from the Capitol grounds” and “we are not going to allow this symbol to divide us any longer.”
The people have spoken! #TakeDownTheFlag pic.twitter.com/rTRqbRzv1C
— ColorOfChange.org (@ColorOfChange) July 7, 2015
http://t.co/3yvDHCyKpI members prepare to march boxes of petitions around state house to Gov. Nikki Haley's office. pic.twitter.com/okxKR0briP
— Kristen Hampton WBTV (@KHamptonWBTV) July 7, 2015
Demonstrators chanting "take down the flag," while delivering signed petitions to governor. #ConfederateFlag pic.twitter.com/DsxJhGLgcM
— Kristen Hampton WBTV (@KHamptonWBTV) July 7, 2015
The delivery of the petitions also follows by weeks the decision of several retailers, including Walmart, to remove all Confederate-themed merchandise from their shelves nationwide, and cable network TV Land’s much-ridiculed decision to pull “Dukes of Hazzard” reruns from the channel.
More than 500k signatures about to be delivered to @GovHaleySC #TakeDownTheFlag pic.twitter.com/X8oQiBh5rt
— ColorOfChange.org (@ColorOfChange) July 7, 2015
Happening now: @MoveOn members deliver 571,000 signatures to #TakeDownTheFlag in Columbia. pic.twitter.com/qNnUV5B5v7
— MoveOn (@MoveOn) July 7, 2015
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MoveOn member @karenhunter: “We’re Americans and that flag does not represent us.” pic.twitter.com/O53A71YRjL
— MoveOn (@MoveOn) July 7, 2015
"This flag is not representative of us, as the America I know." Karen Hunter, petition writer, says about #ConfederateFlag in #SC
— Kristen Hampton WBTV (@KHamptonWBTV) July 7, 2015
Talk about history. #TakeDownTheFlag ??
— talesia. (@talesiasamone) July 7, 2015
History is right. Time to move on?