Politicians pander when they believe that it is to their political advantage to do so.
But sometimes, right or wrong they take principled stands. Its hard to know what is in someone’s heart.
I don’t presume to divine what is in anyone else’s heart. But when I see histrionics like that from a public figure - and apparently ‘out-of-the-blue’, though timely with regard to politics - I wonder ‘What’s up?’
Has this woman ever, in the past, objected to the display of the Battle Flag? If she has, I will stand corrected.
I thought it was a very undignified display, under any circumstances (and, speaking as a woman, I feel that her hysterics reflected poorly on my gender!)
I also don’t think that it convinced anyone of anything - except for other politicians who may have thought that THEY should ‘score some points’ too.
-JT