Republican state Sen. Dale Zorn apologized Saturday after previously denying that his face mask depicted a Confederate flag.
A Michigan state senator has apologized for wearing a face mask that appeared to depict the Confederate flag during a Michigan state Senate vote at the state Capitol on Friday.
Sen. Dale Zorn, a Republican, previously denied that the face covering — a red mask with blue stripes and white stars — was the Confederate flag, telling CBS affiliate WLNS-TV 6 that his wife made the face covering and told him the mask was more similar to the Kentucky or Tennessee flag. In a statement released Saturday, Zorn said he was sorry for his"choice of pattern" on the face mask.
“I did not intend to offend anyone; however, I realize that I did, and for that I am sorry. Those who know me best know that I do not support the things this pattern represents. My actions were an error in judgment for which there are no excuses and I will learn from this episode," he said in the statement.More: US reopening: Which states have relaxed restrictions? Find out what your state is doingI’m sorry for my choice of pattern on the face mask I wore yesterday on the Senate floor.
"It was not a Confederate flag," he said."I think 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, and 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.
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