South Carolina Democrat Mullins McLeod believes that the Confederate
flag must be removed from the State Capitol building if the state is to
attract more jobs.
According to South Carolina's The State, McLeod, a Charleston-based
attorney who is running for governor, released a plan on Thursday,
November 19th to create jobs and reopened the age-old debate about the
flag.
"We are not going to compete in a 21st century economy by
prolonging 19th century arguments," McLeod wrote in a prepared
statement. "It is time for us to send a clear and unambiguous signal to
the rest of the country, and the entire world, that South Carolina is
better than what people see on the news, and that we are ready to make
progress.
"By agreeing to move past this old argument once and for all,
we will be telling the world that South Carolina is ready to lead
again."
Fellow Democratic contender, Sen. Vincent Sheheen, said he too has
believed for the past decade the flag should come down.
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