NAACP Pres. on Confederate Flag: Americans ‘Don’t Feel Safe with this Racist Symbol’

BLITZER: “Yes, Jeb Bush, the Republican presidential candidate, the former governor of Florida, who brought down the flag in Florida when he was governor, he is now saying that that Confederate battle flag is a symbol, and it's the symbol that is racist, that Confederate battle flag is racist, in effect, is what he's saying. You hear that from Jeb Bush. What's your reaction?” 
BROOKS: “I think Jeb Bush is right on point. The question I pose to the viewers of this program is this -- if you walked into a room filled with swastikas and Nazi paraphernalia, would you feel safe? Would you feel comfortable? Would you feel that that's a place for you to be? In the same fashion, Americans of every hue and heritage don't feel safe, don't feel comfortable, with this racist symbol waving in the wind. It has to come down. We've said that for 50 years in South Carolina. We will continue to say it. And we expect South Carolina to bring it down along with other states.” 
BLITZER: “Yes, but you probably didn't expect the Republican governor of South Carolina, Republican governor of Alabama, other Republicans, to move as quickly as they have in recent days to bring -- try to bring those flags down.” 
BROOKS: “Racial enlightenment is bipartisan.”