Always need a squirrel in politics.
Via The Hill
Former Gov. Mike Huckabee (R-Ark.) said on Sunday that the Confederate flag should not become a 2016 presidential campaign issue.
“I still feel like it’s not an issue for a person running for president,” Huckabee told host Chuck Todd on NBC’s “Meet the Press.”
“For those of us running for president, we’re getting baited with this question as if it has something to do with running for president,” said Huckabee, a 2016 GOP presidential candidate.
“It most certainly does not,” he added.
Debate over presenting the Confederate flag reignited last week following a mass shooting in Charleston, S.C.
Dylann Storm Roof, the alleged gunman, reportedly displayed the historic emblem on his car’s license plate.
Huckabee said on Sunday that the issue is one South Carolina should handle on its own.
He added that Americans did not like White House hopefuls like himself dictating their states’ affairs.
“I don’t think they want us to weigh in on every issue in all 50 states,” Huckabee said.