Mississippi lawmakers vote to remove rebel emblem from flag

[Solar]

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi lawmakers voted Sunday to surrender the Confederate battle emblem from their state flag, triggering raucous applause and cheers more than a century after white supremacist legislators adopted the design a generation after the South lost the Civil War.

Mississippi's House and Senate voted in succession Sunday afternoon to retire the flag, each chamber drawing broad bipartisan support for the historic decision. Republican Gov. Tate Reeves has said he will sign the bill, and the state flag would lose its official status as soon as he signs the measure. He did not immediately signal when the signing would take place.

The state had faced mounting pressure to change its flag during the past month amid international protests against racial injustice in the United States. Cheering and applause erupted as lawmakers hugged each other in the Senate with final passage. Even those on the opposite side of the issue also hugged as an emotional day of debate drew to a close. Bells also could be heard ringing in the state capital city as passage of the measure was announced.

A commission would design a new flag that cannot include the Confederate symbol and that must have the words "In God We Trust." Voters will be asked to approve the new design in the Nov. 3 election. If they reject it, the commission will set a different design using the same guidelines, and that would be sent to voters later.

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[walkstall]

Wow!!! the States are going to hell in a hand basket. 

So around 14% of the  U.S. population will kill U.S. History.

Well I can understand that as their killing their own people by way of abortion or in the big cities.  If they get passed abortions.   

[Solar]

Wow!!! the States are going to hell in a hand basket. 

So around 14% of the  U.S. population will kill U.S. History.

Well I can understand that as their killing their own people by way of abortion or in the big cities.  If they get passed abortions.

The DNC has made it a priority to remove their racist roots.

[joesixpack]

The DNC has made it a priority to remove their racist roots.

the RNC controls Mississippi's government, though...

[supsalemgr]

the RNC controls Mississippi's government, though...

I assume that is an opinion and you have no substance for it?

[Solar]

the RNC controls Mississippi's government, though...

Changes nothing.

[Castle_Bravo]

I assume that is an opinion and you have no substance for it?

Looks pretty Republican.

Governor   
Tate Reeves (R)

Lieutenant Governor   
Delbert Hosemann (R)

President of the Senate
(Lt. Governor)
Delbert Hosemann (R)

Speaker of the House
Philip Gunn (R)

Senate party count:
     Republican (36)
     Democratic (16)

House party count:
     Republican (74)
     Democratic (45)
     Independent (2)
     Vacant (1)

U.S. senators   
Roger Wicker (R)
Cindy Hyde-Smith (R)

U.S. House delegation   
1: Trent Kelly (R)
2: Bennie Thompson (D)
3: Michael Guest (R)
4: Steven Palazzo (R)

[supsalemgr]

Looks pretty Republican.

Governor   
Tate Reeves (R)

Lieutenant Governor   
Delbert Hosemann (R)

President of the Senate
(Lt. Governor)
Delbert Hosemann (R)

Speaker of the House
Philip Gunn (R)

Senate party count:
     Republican (36)
     Democratic (16)

House party count:
     Republican (74)
     Democratic (45)
     Independent (2)
     Vacant (1)

U.S. senators   
Roger Wicker (R)
Cindy Hyde-Smith (R)

U.S. House delegation   
1: Trent Kelly (R)
2: Bennie Thompson (D)
3: Michael Guest (R)
4: Steven Palazzo (R)

Read the entire thread dumb ass. My response was concerning the RNC, not the fact most elected officials are GOP. There is a difference that I realize goes over your head. I can assure you most of them do not buy into much of the RINO RNC.

[Castle_Bravo]

Read the entire thread dumb ass. My response was concerning the RNC, not the fact most elected officials are GOP. There is a difference that I realize goes over your head. I can assure you most of them do not buy into much of the RINO RNC.

And yet they voted to remove the emblem of oppression from their flag. 

[supsalemgr]

And yet they voted to remove the emblem of oppression from their flag. 

So what is your point?