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Take Down the Flag has the video and a transcript up of SC GOP candidate Congressman Gresham Barrett being interviewed by the Sons of the Confederate Veterans. As Barrett is a member, the interview went swimmingly. An excerpt:

SCV#1: Alright, we’ll just start.

Barrett: Sounds good.

SCV#1: We have questions. And all … Since I know you better than the rest of them, I may ask the first 3 or 4 anyway.

Barrett: Yes, sir.

SCV#1: Kinda get us started.

Barrett: Yes, sir.

SCV#1: Are you a Christian?

Barrett: Yes, sir, I am.

SCV#1: And that goes beyond just a faith, you actually know personally the Lord Jesus.

Barrett: Pastor, I am a sinner saved by grace.

SCV#1: Good. That’s a great answer. And you, since you do, since you are, you believe the bible. And do you believe the Constitution?

Barrett: Yes, sir.

SCV#1: And believe that it is a document that simply can’t change because the thinking of some people does?

Barrett: Absolutely. Absolutely. And one of the … can I…

SCV#1: Sure. Absolutely.

Barrett: You know, one of the things that I think that this country needs, Pastor, is a governor or governors that stand up and question some of the constitutionality of what’s going on in America today. There’s an amendment called the Tenth Amendment, which is the State’s Rights Amendment.

SCV#1: Right. We’re familiar with the concurrent resolution, the State Sovereignty Act.

Barrett: Yes, sir.

SCV#1: What would you do if a law were passed or even a federal court decision made that directly affected South Carolina that was obviously contrary to the Tenth Amendment?

Barrett: Anything within my powers, I would do to challenge it, Pastor. Because, you know, having served in Washington over the last 7 ½ years, I can tell you gentlemen, the answers for this nation are not in Washington, D.C. And that’s not the way our Constitution designed it. That’s not the way our forefathers laid out the Constitution of the United States.

SCV#1: The states made them.

Barrett: Absolutely. And they laid it out that the states should be the hotbeds of freedom and experimentation. You can’t tell me that people in Washington, D.C. can solve problems in South Carolina better than people in South Carolina.

SCV#1: No.

Barrett: It can’t happen.