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February 29, 2016 09:11 AM UTC

County GOP chair says taking down Confederate flag is bowing to "leftist, racist political correctness"

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  • by: Jason Salzman

(Promoted by Colorado Pols)

scflagTrump won in South Carolina because GOP primary voters were angry at establishment Republicans for “submitting to the leftist, racist political correctness and removing the confederate flag without discussion,” according to Anil Mathai, the chair of the Adams County Republican Party.

Mathai: “People are totally missing what happened tonight in South Carolina,” wrote Mathai in an analysis on Facebook. “It doesn’t make sense at all but, wait, it does. It wasn’t about Trump. The Republicans of South Carolina rejected Nikki Haley, Sen. Tim Scott, Sen. Lindsay Graham, and Congressman Trey Gowdy. Why? Because they all endorsed the establishment candidate Rubio, but what’s worse? A few months ago they sold the people of South Carolina out by immediately submitting  to the leftist, racist political correctness and removing the confederate flag without discussion. They cursed out the conservative base in South Carolina by listening to the leftists and tonight the base returned the favor. This wasn’t about Trump. It was about establishment Republican control of once popular but now loser politicians in South Carolina. Tonight, Haley, Scott, Graham, and Gowdy (with Rubio) are urinating in their pants as their time in office is coming to a close really soon! You turn on your constitution loving, Republican platform supporting base, and you will pay a price. Trump and Cruz rode the wave.”

Gov. Nikki Haley signed a law in July, 2015, removing the confederate flag from the SC state capitol, after a massacre at nine black churches in Charleston. The flag’s presence had obviously long been a source of conflict there and nationally prior to last year.

Mathai did not return a call for comment on the Feb. 20 post on the Colorado Tea Party page. He also discussed on conservative talk radio in less stark language.

But by referring to arguments for the removal of the confederate flag as “leftist, racist political correctness,” it appears that Mathai himself sides with those in South Carolina who opposed the removal of the confederate flag.

The Colorado Republican Party has apparently not taken a position one way or the other on the confederate flag, but county chairs like Mathai, elected by fellow Republicans, are free to take positions on issues as long as they don’t endorse candidates in a primary. In his radio interview and Facebook post, Mathai did not endorse a presidential candidate.

Last year, liberals accused Adams County Republican Vice Chair John Sampson of posting racist comments on Facebook, but Sampson said he judges people based on their character, not skin color or anything else.

Key swing state races will take place in Adams County in November.

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4 thoughts on “County GOP chair says taking down Confederate flag is bowing to “leftist, racist political correctness”

  1. Didn't you misspell his first name, Jason? I think it should end with "us"…..

    It isn't about governing with these guys…it's about "getting my way". 

    .They don't compromise and they don't  take no for an answer…That's why they love the Donald…he is their "Great White Hope"….

  2. So, 150 years after the Grand Army of the Republic crushed the treason initiated in South Carolina, the flag of treason no longer flies over the South Carolina capital.  And events are just moving too fast for the poor old right wing nuts,

    I hate to tell you, Mathai, but KING george III's flag doesn't fly over New York any more either.

    The Union forever

    Hurrah boys Hurrah

    Down with the traitors

    Hurrah boys hurrah.

    And we'll rally round the flag, yes we'll rally round the flag

    Shouting the battle cry of freedom

    [And by the flag, we mean  the American flag, nut job, not the traitor's' banner]

    1. Who knew the flag of treason and armed rebellion against the United States represents loving the constitution. They should count themslves lucky all their generals and poitical leaders weren't executed as they would have been in any other country. In any other country that flag would never have seen the light of day again, in public spaces or private ones

  3. With malice toward none with charity toward all, Lincoln welcomed back the traitors to the fold.   And to his eternal credit, Robert E. Lee by speech and example counseled against guerrilla war and urged reconciliation.   For their greatness of spirit. we honor them.  And only 150 years later, Nikki Haley hauled down the flag of treason and led her state back into the union.  She may be Tea Party to the core, but she knows we honor only one flag, the one promising Liberty and Justice for all, not the one demanding slavery for some.

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