A week after the massacre, Haley, then the governor, announced her support for removing the Confederate banner from statehouse grounds. In discussing the issue with Beck on his podcast, Haley seemed to suggest that the Confederate flag was not a symbol of hate before Roof made it so. “Here is this guy who comes out with his manifesto holding the Confederate flag and had just hijacked everything that people thought of,” Haley said, according to a video of the interview on BlazeTV. ADADHaley has frequently sought to strike a balance in her comments about the Confederate battle flag. In her 2015 address to South Carolinians about removing the flag, Haley defended those who see the flag as standing “for traditions that are noble.

Source: Washington Post December 06, 2019 22:26 UTC