it was an error, says florida state lawmaker filing to fly confederate flag

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• Florida State Senator Jay Collins says he mistakenly filed an amendment that would allow the flying of the Confederate flag on public buildings and properties.
• Collins has denied Confederate sympathies and the amendment has been withdrawn.

so how exactly does that work, 'filing by mistake'? fuck off.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/r...&cvid=d39c125c516a404fb8462309e06eadd4&ei=178

Collins had filed in the state senate an amendment, SB 668, that provided a list of flags that would be permitted to be displayed by Florida's governmental entities, such as counties, special districts, departments and public schools.

The legislation said government entities "may expose to public view only the following flags in and on the grounds of public buildings and other public properties".

The list included the "flag of the Confederate States," as well as U.S., state, county, and Olympic flags, as well as those of the military and foreign nations, among others.

In the statement posted to Twitter on Wednesday, Senator Collins' spokesperson said the draft amendment had been filed by mistake and had subsequently been withdrawn.

"Jay Collins is an American patriot who personally sewed his arm back together on the battlefield in Afghanistan as he was hemorrhaging blood along with losing his leg due to injuries sustained in active combat in defense of the flag of the United States of America," the statement said.

he bled for 'murica, dammit, so that naked appeal to sympathy means he CAN'T be a confederate sympathiser, so there