Trump says flying Confederate flag is a 'freedom of speech' issue

In an interview with CBS News' Catherine Herridge, President Trump said he considers flying the Confederate flag a "freedom of speech" issue. Watch more of the interview with the president on the "CBS Evening News" at 6:30 p.m. ET, and on "CBS This Morning" from 7-9 a.m. ET.

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[nick]

I don’t like or care for the confederate flag but he is right we do have freedom of speech

[GeorgeRibbon]

I love Confederate flag, it is American pride

[timenloe]

Hope he runs again - love how he didn't take the bait.

[MrPaulwilliamkoehn]

The Confederate States of America went through three different flags during the Civil War, but the battle flag wasn’t one of them. Instead, the flag that most people associate with the Confederacy was the battle flag of Gen. Robert E. Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia.

[michaellyon]

Keep it Flying!! Got mine high and proud..

[ryan]

It’s a symbol of rebellion against tyranny. Rebel till i die

[hrmkdwl]

So he didn’t care about freedom of speech in 2015 when he said they belonged only in the museum?

[chayilv]

of course the news uses the worst thing he said ab it, he did say it should be removed from the house

[truth]

I'm still trying to figure out why people are proud of the confederate flag. The confederate army waged war on the United States where 618, 000 men lost their lives. The population back then was only 31 million so that would be like 6.2 million men dead today. They lost the war and lost their slaves. So I'm still confused on what you're actually proud of. Are you proud that they fought for the right to own slaves or the fact that they lost the war. I hear some say its their heritage, what part of that heritage are you proud of. I truly want to know. In my eyes, it represents a group of people who fought to own other human being as property, like cattle. Maybe it's just a misunderstanding you see it one way and I see it another. I just never had it explained to me on what exactly it means other than it's our "history", "southern pride" or "heritage " without really hearing what specifically what it represents, those descriptions are very broad.

[moth]

If he really believed in freedom of speech especially with flags, he wouldn't have made flag burning illegal. If it's not across the board it's not truly freedom.

[Grenade]

He is not wrong that's what it is.

[harryf]

Displaying a swastikas is also freedom of speech? What about having sex in public? There are many things that are offensive to others that society bans by respect and in some cases by laws.

[rebelforlife]

That's why this president is my favorite

[jrojas]

So I guess there’s nothing wrong with burning the USA flag

[higherthenamofo]

HAHAHAHAHA that's a democrat flag but republicans fly it.

[connormacleod]

What if so many flies to Scotland flag in the south some people may say that the Scotland flag is the Confederate flag he is right God bless the Confederate States of America the Confederate States of America never surrendered it's an occupied country

[markkelly]

Nobody says you can't put one on private property - next to your swastika flag.

[jesusisthemessiah]

He's right! Or we can turn into the soviet Union

[rozeyrose]

You'd think that the leader of our country (also stable genius) would have a little more to say than just repeating "freedom of speech" over and over.

[PrimeRibb]

And rape is freedom of sexual assault according to his logic.