Alabama GOPer Who Spoke At Neo-Confederate Event: It's No Hate Group! (AL)
By CATHERINE THOMPSON
Published OCTOBER 7, 2015, 6:00 AM EDT
... Auditor Jim Zeigler (R) flatly dismissed criticism of the neo-Confederate League of the South as a hate group — and said he'd be happy to speak before the group again ... Earlier this year, Zeigler criticized the removal of Confederate flags from state Capitol grounds ... Zeigler's been most persistent in calling for the return of the Wallaces' portraits to the Capitol rotunda ... The League of the South's .. former website states that one of its core beliefs is advocating for "the secession and subsequent independence of the Southern States from this forced union and the formation of a Southern republic." For his part, Hill described the group as "traditionalist" ... But the group has long held down a spot on the Southern Poverty Law Center's list of hate groups ...
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