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West Virginia senator says he won’t part with General Lee car or cover its Confederate flagBy LUKE CREASY HD Media
15 hrs ago
WAYNE — A West Virginia state senator who owns a car displaying a controversial symbol said he has no plans to alter, sell or stop driving the vehicle.
Mark Maynard, R-Wayne, purchased a 1969 Dodge Charger in 2006 and transformed it into the General Lee car from a popular television show, “The Dukes of Hazzard.†The car’s name is a reference to American Civil War general Robert E. Lee and bears a Confederate flag on its roof.
In an interview with The Herald-Dispatch, Maynard said he would not consider removing the controversial symbol from the car and would not have a problem driving it because of what the completely restored ’69 Charger means to him.
“My car isn’t a shrine to the confederacy, but a shrine to my childhood of a simpler time, when political correctness wasn’t as important and individuals could be individuals without fear of hurting someone’s feelings,†Maynard said in an emailed statement. ...
Full story at Huntington, W.Va., Herald-Dispatch
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