On his radio broadcast today, Bryan Fischer urged GOP presidential candidates and the Republicans who control South Carolina’s government not to “accept the premise” that Republicans are responsible for addressing the controversy over the Confederate flag because “this is a Democratic issue.”
“This is not a Republican issue,” Fischer laughably asserted. “They didn’t invent the flag. They didn’t design the flag. They didn’t fly the flag. They didn’t march behind the flag. They didn’t got to war with this flag at the head of their troops. This is a Democratic issue. The Democrats are the ones responsible for the existence of the Confederate flag … This is a Democratic issue. This is a Democrat symbol. This was invented by Democrats. It was flown by Democrats.”
It should be left up to Democrats, Fischer continued, to decide what to do “with your Confederate flag … It’s your flag, it’s your issue. You need to decide what you want to do with it.”
