Cenk Uygur
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Obama Greeted By Confederate Flags In Oklahoma
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July 17, 2015
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3:45Now PlayingPresident Barack Obama was in Oklahoma to give to give a speech on economic issues and to visit a federal prison, which he would be the first president to do so. He was greeted by a small group of protesters that were carrying Confederate flags. Cenk Uygur and Ana Kasparian (The Point) hosts of The Young Turks discuss.
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"The Confederate flag may have recently been removed from South Carolina and Alabama's Capitol grounds and pulled from the shelves of National Park Service gift shops, but it's not gone for good.
The image above shows a group of protesters flying Confederate flags outside the Oklahoma City hotel where President Barack Obama stayed Wednesday night, ahead of his visit to a federal prison in El Reno, Oklahoma.
More protesters greeted Obama near an Oklahoma high school where he spoke Wednesday afternoon. One of the protestors told KFOR the demonstration was not about racism, "it is about history."
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