“It wasn’t a Confederate flag… I told my wife it probably will raise some eyebrows,” Michigan State Senator Dale Zorn said
The senator went on to insist that the mask was not the Confederate flag, again blaming his wife, saying, “My wife said it’s more similar to the, I think she said Kentucky or Tennessee flag.” But WLNS-TV showed that comparison to be nothing close to the truth when they graphically overlayed those state flags during their airing of the interview.
Gilchrist also took issue with signage and Confederate flags that littered the anti-stay-at-home protests at the capitol last week. “To see those Confederate flags and swastikas in the capitol last week shows you what this was really all about,” Gilchrist said. “This was not about protesting orders to stay home and stay safe. This was about politics and partisanship. That was a Trump rally.”, “I’m sorry for my choice of pattern on the face mask I wore yesterday on the Senate floor. I did not intend to offend anyone; however, I realize that I did, and for that I am sorry.
Zorn made it clear during the interview that he knew what his “choice of pattern” symbolized when he spoke about how the Confederate flag should not be publically shelved. The senator’s behavior seems even more damning when he chose not to define what the flag stood for. Therefore, the senator’s choice of an “I did not intend to offend anyone” apology is simply not good enough.
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