This whole thing is surrender.
The REPUBLICANS are so stupid, they aren’t even making political capital out of this by associating the symbols with the Democrat party.
Pansies.
I’ve been a member of the SCV for years and I have never met another member that voted democrat. Most are God-fearing, pro-family republican voters. The battle flag and other Confederate memorials to them is nothing in the world but a way to honor their ancestors that died in the WBTS. Never met a racist in the SCV in my life. There are many black members of the SCV. When the South went republican in the 70s it’s voted reliably republican ever since. Most Southerners don’t believe in queer marriage and abortion on demand and that is today’s democrat party.