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UPI News Brief on Buddy WitherspoonUnited Press International, Monday, January 25, 1999© Copyright 1999 United Press International COLUMBIA,
S.C. – South Carolina Republican leaders have called on Republican
National Committeeman Buddy Witherspoon to resign from a group
they believe holds racist views. Witherspoon says he has
no intention of resigning from the Council of Conservative Citizens,
which was founded by leaders of the segregationist White Citizens
Council. Witherspoon, a former Lexington County GOP chairman
and a close ally of the Christian Coalition, insists the group
is not a racist organization but is simply an advocate of conservative
causes. |