"Playing 'Dixie' at a political rally in the year of our lord 2024 is really, really provocative. Playing it feels not unlike donning a Confederate flag."
"In recent years, 'Dixie' has been banned by a number of institutions, including the University of Mississippi because of its history as the unofficial national anthem of the Confederate States of America."
"It's not a racist song," said Clint Joh, arguing that the song shed its racist connotations long ago and is now just a bit of nostalgia for proud Southerners.
"The Trump campaign said that an opening act comedian's comment that Puerto Rico was a 'floating island of garbage' did not conform to Trump's views..."
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