‘I have heard enough about heritage’

Mark Matassa Feb 6, 2018

Feb 6, 2018

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                <h1>‘I have heard enough about heritage’</h1>
                <h2><p>In this week’s historic South Carolina legislative vote to remove the Confederate flag from the capitol grounds, no message could have been more powerful than Rep. Jenny Horne’s speech on the House floor. In a very emotional, very powerful speech, Horne demanded that the House pass the measure</p></h2>
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               <p>By <a href="/author/mmatassa-mac-com/">Mark Matassa</a></p> 
              <p><time datetime="2025-02-04T05:00:00-08:00">Feb 6, 2018</time></p>
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            <figure class="kg-card kg-embed-card"><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/YFTWiltAy8E" width="560"></iframe></figure><p>In this week’s historic South Carolina legislative vote to remove the Confederate flag from the capitol grounds, no message could have been more powerful than Rep. Jenny Horne’s speech on the House floor. In a very emotional, very powerful speech, Horne demanded that the House pass the measure immediately, lest it go into a summer-long conference committee. Horne, a Republican, reminded her colleagues that she is a descendant of Jefferson Davis. <a href="http://www.nationalmemo.com/endorse-this-i-have-heard-enough-about-heritage/?ref=dev.cascadepbs.org">The National Memo</a> has the story and video.</p>
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In this week’s historic South Carolina legislative vote to remove the Confederate flag from the capitol grounds, no message could have been more powerful than Rep. Jenny Horne’s speech on the House floor. In a very emotional, very powerful speech, Horne demanded that the House pass the measure immediately, lest it go into a summer-long conference committee. Horne, a Republican, reminded her colleagues that she is a descendant of Jefferson Davis. The National Memo has the story and video.

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