Mississippi lawmakers are renewing calls to change the state flag, which prominently features the Confederate emblem, after violence erupted during a white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, Va., last weekend.
The Republican governor is facing pressure to convene a special session to officially order the change, and even the state's Republican senators are backing the push.
Speaker of the Mississippi House of Representatives Philip Gunn, who would preside over a possible special session, also said he supports the change.
“I want to see the flag changed. But, we must acknowledge that changing our state flag, alone, is not going to solve the problem of bigotry, hatred or racial superiority,” Gunn, a Republican, wrote in a Facebook post. “Only changes in the hearts of men are going to solve these problems.”
The Republican governor is facing pressure to convene a special session to officially order the change, and even the state's Republican senators are backing the push.
Speaker of the Mississippi House of Representatives Philip Gunn, who would preside over a possible special session, also said he supports the change.
“I want to see the flag changed. But, we must acknowledge that changing our state flag, alone, is not going to solve the problem of bigotry, hatred or racial superiority,” Gunn, a Republican, wrote in a Facebook post. “Only changes in the hearts of men are going to solve these problems.”