Sen. Danny Verdin, R-Laurens, speaks during a special session of the state legislature at the South Carolina Statehouse, Tuesday, June 23, 2015, in Columbia, S.C. The shooting deaths of nine people at a historic black church in Charleston, S.C, have reignited calls for the Confederate flag flying on the grounds of the Statehouse to come down. (AP Photo/Rainier Ehrhardt)
