Rep. Yarmuth: Confederate Flag Belongs in a Museum of Shame

‘It is moral cowardice to ignore this flag’s history of white supremacy and treason, to pretend it symbolizes anything other than a heritage of hate and human oppression’

Rep. Yarmuth: Confederate Flag Belongs in a Museum of Shame (RealClearPolitics)

Today, members of the House of Representatives busied themselves bickering about whether or not Confederate battle flag merchandise should be banned from national park gift shops. 

Before GOP leaders decided to yank the Interior appropriations amendment in question and postpone the vote, Rep. John Yarmouth (Democrat of Kentucky) said Republicans who were defending the flag's sale were ignoring "this flag’s history of white supremacy and treason."

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