Deal Backtracks on Confederate License Plates

Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal (R) said he “wants a redesign of a state-sponsored license plate featuring the Confederate flag emblem, as a growing list of other Southern governors call for similar changes,” the Atlanta Journal Constitution reports.

“The Republican stopped short of calling for the tags to be phased out or eliminated entirely, as the leaders in North Carolina, Virginia and Tennessee announced Tuesday. He said the redesign, though, would seek to eliminate the bigger visage of the flag that covers the background of the entire tag. The change, he added, wouldn’t require legislative action.”