A Michigan state senator has apologized for showing up to the state Capitol wearing a face mask that appeared to depict the Confederate flag.
He initially told the local news station that the face covering, made by his wife, didn't depict the Confederate flag, and was more similar to the Kentucky or Tennessee flag.He also said
that"even if it was a Confederate flag, you know, we should be talking about teaching our national history in schools, and that’s part of our national history." "It’s something we can’t just throw away because it is part of our history. And if we want to make sure that the atrocities that happened during that time doesn’t happen again, we should be teaching it. Our kids should know what that flag stands for,”Zorn told WLNS-TV on Friday."I will learn from this episode,”Nicole Acevedo is a reporter for NBC News Digital. She reports, writes and produces stories for NBC Latino and NBCNews.com.
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