All posts tagged "Confederate Flag"

Hundreds of Confederate flag-bearing men marched into Washington, D.C. on July 4th, according to multiple reports.

In a post on X, journalist Mitchell Miller, a reporter for WTOP News, shared a video of what he described as "a group of masked men gathered at Union Station" with Confederate flags and calls for "reclaiming the country and getting rid of immigrants."

Miller added, "They have been marching across Capitol Hill."...

A North Carolina pickle company has pulled the plug on supporting President Donald Trump's Great American State Fair after a Confederate flag display ignited a firestorm, according to reports on Tuesday.

Mt. Olive Pickle Company, a 100-year-old business from the Tar Heel State, ended its participation last week after the interactive exhibit at the North Carolina booth featured the controversial flag, The Daily Beast reported. The North Carolina state government did not sponsor the display, and instead companies statewide sponsored the installation.

The brand released a statement on X describing its decision....

A Confederate flag display at the Great American State Fair in Washington, D.C. was under fire on Friday, according to reports.

The flag was part of an interactive exhibit for North Carolina and shared in a viral video shared on X by Reuben Jones, Spectrum News Washington Correspondent.

"I stopped by the North Carolina booth at the 'Great American State Fair' on the National Mall today. The state decided not to participate because of the high costs so the booth is sponsored by private orgs," Jones wrote. ...

What may have been a routine stump stop for Republican Senate candidate Kari Lake hemorrhaged into a controversy.

Lake was seen addressing supporters in a campaign event who packed into the Trumped Store in Show Low, Arizona, with a Confederate flag draped on the wall behind her, The Guardian reported.

“So many incredible patriots in Heber-Overgaard, Show Low and the White Mountains,” Lake said when she spoke at the shop, according to the outlet who observed the footage. “America is stepping up. Arizona is stepping forward. It’s time to save this great Republic. I’m honored to be in this fight with all of these amazing patriots.”...

A Mississippi Republican lawmaker is calling for the return of the state’s retired Confederate-themed flag, The Mississippi Free Press reports.

State Sen. Kathy Chism issued the call to bring back the flag during a June 3 speech at a Tishomingo County political rally.

“That flag, a lot of our people fought and died under that flag,” Chism said, according to the report....

A southwest Ohio teenager could be disciplined if he doesn’t stop wearing his Confederate flag belt buckle to school.