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Thu Dec 31, 2020, 02:07 AM Dec 2020

SC lawmaker wants Confederate flags off license plates

By Patrick Phillips
December 30, 2020 at 2:00 PM EST
Updated December 30 at 10:14 PM

COLUMBIA, S.C. (WCSC) - A South Carolina House member wants the make sure the Confederate Battle Flag no longer appears on state-issued license plates.

State Democratic Minority Leader Rep. Todd Rutherford is sponsoring House bill H 3091, which would call for changes in the state’s Sons of Confederate Veterans specialty license plates.

“Each special license plate shall not contain a Confederate flag,” the bill reads.

If the bill passes, anyone who has one of the current specialty plates, which include the square Confederate battle flag design, will receive a new plate without the banner if they renew their license plate. No new plates would be issued that bear the banner ...

https://www.wmbfnews.com/2020/12/30/sc-lawmaker-wants-confederate-flags-banned-state-license-plates/

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SC lawmaker wants Confederate flags off license plates (Original Post) struggle4progress Dec 2020 OP
About fucking time! And shouldn't that be "Great Grandsons of Southern Traitors"? TreasonousBastard Dec 2020 #1
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