SC Chamber calls on House to follow Senate’s example

This came in earlier today from the SC Chamber of Commerce:

SENATE PASSES LEGISLATION TO REMOVE CONFEDERATE FLAG
ALL EYES NOW ON THE SC HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
The General Assembly returned Monday to take up the Confederate flag, and the South Carolina business community wants elected officials to know it appreciates their willingness to add this important issue to this week’s work. A month ago, none of us could have imagined the tragedy that took place in Charleston and the true love and unity South Carolinians have shown in response. On Wednesday, the Senate gave key approval to moving the Confederate flag from the State House grounds to a place of honor in the Confederate Relic Room at the South Carolina State Museum.

“The South Carolina Chamber of Commerce and the state’s business community applaud the Senate’s swift action to remove the Confederate flag from State House grounds to a place of honor in the Confederate Relic Room at the South Carolina State Museum,” said Ted Pitts, president and CEO of the South Carolina Chamber. “We now turn our eyes to the House and urge representatives to also address the issue in a timely fashion and pass a bill that removes the Confederate flag and its 15-year-old flag pole from the State House grounds.”

The business community feels strongly that the time has come to remove the Confederate flag from the State House grounds. The Chamber has also been asked our opinion on a second compromise involving another flag at the Confederate monument or if we would support moving or removing monuments located on the State House grounds. We support neither. The South Carolina business community requests that the House pass a bill that removes the Confederate flag and its 15-year-old flag pole from the State House grounds.

10 thoughts on “SC Chamber calls on House to follow Senate’s example”

  2. Rose

    One of Pitts’ amendments is to fly the US flag upside down over the State House! What an ass!

    1. Bryan Caskey

      What? The US flag should never be displayed with the union down, except as a signal of dire distress in instances of extreme danger to life or property.

      1. Rose

        So disrespectful to have that amendment! He knows it won’t go anywhere and it’s just an effort to delay and grandstand. Shameful!

    2. SBS

      Maybe it’s a threat SC is going to crucify (dissolve) from the Union. It’s a KKK thing — St. Peter was crucified upside-down, you know.

      1. Bryan Caskey

        No, an upside down US flag doesn’t convey a “threat”. It’s a distress signal. Representative Pitts is acting like a total buffoon if it’s true that he proposed that amendment.

        Like you learn when you’re little: It’s important to have class when you lose. (Corollary: It’s even more important to have class when you win.)

        Everyone should remember that in the coming weeks.

    3. Kathryn Fenner

      Why does he think the State House grounds are an appropriate place to “honor his ancestors”? He’s more than welcome to do as he wishes on his property, at their graves, etc. Why do his ancestors get special treatment and not, say, Darrell Jackson’s?

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