GOP Rep. Lynn Westmoreland is a talker not a thinker.
After House Republicans
completely disgraced themselves Thursday by standing up for use of the Confederate flag in national parks, one GOP representative offered his reflections on the flag (via
Tierney Sneed):
"I don't think it’s a racist symbol, I think people have misused it," Rep. Lynn Westmoreland (R-GA) told reporters Thursday. "I haven't given it much thought because it's something in the South you kind of grow up being around, just seeing it at different venues or whatever. But I have never thought of it as a racist flag."
Let's repeat that back: "I haven't given it much thought [...] But I have never thought of it as a racist flag."
Right. Let's just stick with he hasn't given it much thought.
Perhaps in lieu of thinking, Westmoreland can just ask his colleague Rep. John Lewis about that time he got beaten so badly during a march in Selma, Alabama, he thought he might die.
Nah, forget that. Too much trouble. Besides, Westmoreland knows his way is the white way... er ... right way.
Westmoreland also responded to the criticisms made by Rep. John Lewis (D-GA) that the flag was a racist symbol.
"The question is does he understand where I'm coming from?" Westmoreland said, when a reporter asked if he understood where Lewis was coming from. "If I believe it comes from heritage, does he understand why, where I'm coming from?"
Maybe he just hasn't thought about it, Congressman.