Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - CNN - 20170818:10:54:00
You who is taking the side of preservation right now? you have white supremacists down there, you have the president who seems intent on playing identity politics. remember, this is a man when he was campaigning who said the confederate flag's time had past and should be put in a museum. now he sees them as a beautiful piece of history that shouldn't be disturbed. do the motivations suggest this is not as pure a principle as you're putting it out as? >> i think it's very important who is advocating. i think con federal flags obviously had to come down because they were -- that's something you ...