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June 23, 2015

Gov. Bryant on Mississippi flag: Majority voted, Legislature shouldn’t supersede will of the people

Speaker Philip Gunn: We need to begin having conversations about changing Mississippi’s flag.” “A vast majority of Mississippians voted to keep the state’s flag, and I don’t believe the Mississippi Legislature will act to supersede the will of the people on this issue,” said Governor Phil Bryant. WLOX WLBT 6/22/15
News  |  Magnolia Tribune  • 
June 23, 2015

Mississippi Speaker Philip Gunn says Confederate emblem needs to be removed

Gunn: Confederate part of state flag ‘needs to be removed’ Mississippi House Speaker Philip Gunn said Monday night that the Confederate emblem in the state’s official flag has to go. “We must always remember our past, but that does not mean we must let it define us,” Gunn, a Clinton Republican, said in a statement.…