Confederate Flag Fan Scott Earns Trib Jeer
In his weekly Cheers & Jeers column, Opinion Editor Marty Trillhaase of the Lewiston Tribune gives JEERS ... to freshman state Rep. Heather Scott, R-Blanchard:
"She just wrapped herself in the symbol of racism and slavery -- the Confederate Battle Flag. Literally. Consider the timing -- July 25 at Priest River Timber Days:
- As in more than a month after the massacre of nine black churchgoers in Charleston, S.C., by an alleged assassin who posed with the battle flag and posted a racist screed jarred the Old South into reality.
- As in more than two weeks after South Carolina Gov. Nikki R. Haley and that state's Legislature removed the flag from the Statehouse grounds, providing the nation a ray of hope toward racial reconciliation.
In case you missed it, Scott made sure to drape a campaign banner - with her name and title in life-size letters -- beneath her. In case you missed it, Scott posted a photo of the event on her Facebook page. "Protecting and promoting our freedom of speech is an honor," she wrote. Free speech? Hardly." Full Cheers & Jeers column here.
Question: How do we end up with characters like this representing North Idaho?