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Begala: Hillary ‘Absolutely’ Needs To Answer For Confederate Flag History [VIDEO]

Al Weaver Reporter
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Longtime Clinton aide Paul Begala said Tuesday that Hillary Clinton “absolutely” has to answer for her history concerning the Confederate flag.

In an interview on CNN’s “New Day,” Begala told co-host Chris Cuomo that while she does need to take responsibility for her time as Arkansas’ first lady, “times change and circumstances change,” especially from 22 years ago.

“The Hillary Rodham Clinton campaign comes out says, as she had said back in 2007, ‘I don’t like the Confederate flag. You should take it down,’” Cuomo told Begala. “Does she have to answer for her time as first lady in Arkansas with Bill, standing by the Arkansas flag proudly when, it too, is said to borrow from the Confederate symbology?”

“Well, sure, absolutely. Times change and circumstances change,” Begala told the host. “22 years ago, Zell Miller was the first governor, that I know of, to take on that Confederate flag, in Georgia. The Confederate flag, at the time — the old battle flag was part of the Georgia flag. And 22 years ago Zell Miller tried to take that off with, by the way, the help and support of his friend Bill Clinton. And we failed. The people of Georgia kicked our butt, and Zell Miller was as good a politician as I’ve ever known.”

“So, this is a very, very difficult issue. I am really thrilled at the rapid progress, after 20 years of waiting, that South Carolina has made and the fact that corporate America is now weighing in,” Begala said. “This is a completely different country than it was 20 or 30 years ago.”

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[h/t: Free Beacon]