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Sen. McConnell releases statement on Confederate flag removal

After news of South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley asking for the removal of the Confederate Flag from the state's capitol grounds, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has released a statement.
Mitch McConnell

ID=22613411LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WHAS11) – After news of South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley calling for the removal of the Confederate Flag from the state's capitol grounds, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has released a statement.

"The Confederate Battle Flag means different things to different people, but the fact that it continues to be a painful reminder of racial oppression to many suggests to me at least that it's time to move beyond it, and that the time for a state to fly it has long since passed. There should be no confusion in anyone's mind that as a people we're united in our determination to put that part of our history behind us."

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