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Posted by: Brittany Sims on Jul 1, 2015

Supporters of the Confederate flag protested President Barack Obama's visit to Nashville today, the Tennessean reports. The flag has come under fire as a symbol of hate and racism after the apparently racially motivated shooting at an African-American church in South Carolina. During his remarks today at Taylor Stratton Elementary School, Obama lauded Tennessee's history of bipartisan efforts to expand health care access as an example of how the nation can move past the recent acrimony to make the U.S. health care system better.