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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsOne southern Republican that gets what the Confederate flag really means
Of the words stirred by passion in the debate that eventually led lawmakers to vote to remove the Confederate battle flag from the State House grounds, hers would burn themselves into memory.
But eventually Horne, a white Republican representative from a town near Charleston, looked over to her black legislative friends. Then she really, tearfully, got going.
"I cannot believe that we do not have the heart in this body," she said, pausing to swallow her sobs, then raising her voice to shout, "to do something meaningful, such as take a symbol of hate off these grounds on Friday."
"And if any of you vote to amend, you are ensuring that this flag will fly beyond Friday. And for the widow of Sen. (Clementa) Pinckney and his two young daughters, that would be adding insult to injury, and I will not be a part of it."
But eventually Horne, a white Republican representative from a town near Charleston, looked over to her black legislative friends. Then she really, tearfully, got going.
"I cannot believe that we do not have the heart in this body," she said, pausing to swallow her sobs, then raising her voice to shout, "to do something meaningful, such as take a symbol of hate off these grounds on Friday."
"And if any of you vote to amend, you are ensuring that this flag will fly beyond Friday. And for the widow of Sen. (Clementa) Pinckney and his two young daughters, that would be adding insult to injury, and I will not be a part of it."
http://www.cnn.com/2015/07/09/us/south-carolina-jenny-horne-speech/index.html
A glimmer of hope.
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One southern Republican that gets what the Confederate flag really means (Original Post)
hack89
Jul 2015
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Gothmog
(145,965 posts)1. This republican state legislator gave a great speech
daleanime
(17,796 posts)2. Hell yes....
AuntPatsy
(9,904 posts)3. A glimmer has the potential to become blinding
WestCoastLib
(442 posts)4. This may have been a watershed moment for South Carolina as a state.
Obviously their hand was forced by this horrific event, but the overall response there has been better than expected and much better than the overall Southern response.
We can only hope this begins to move SC in a positive direction.
stage left
(2,967 posts)5. I'm not a descendant of Jefferson Davis.
But my roots in SC go back to at least 1780 and I'm in total agreement with Horne. I'm proud of South Carolina today and all the South Carolinians moving beyond hatred.
roguevalley
(40,656 posts)7. I am. Sorry. (cousin a few removed)
stage left
(2,967 posts)8. It's all right.
We're not responsible for who our ancestors were.
Bluenorthwest
(45,319 posts)6. She was amazing.
I heard some of this on the radio earlier, very emotional and moving. It's not easy for me to praise a Republican, but she deserves great praise for that statement.