Protesters Greet Obama With Confederate Flags in Oklahoma City

Protesters in Oklahoma City are making national headlines for reportedly waving Confederate flags when U.S. President Barack Obama arrived with his motorcade on Wednesday evening for a one night stay.

Local media outlets report that about ten protesters stood across from the hotel where the president was staying and waved Confederate flags as the Commander-in-Chief's motorcade approached the hotel.

The president is visiting Oklahoma's capital this week to visit a federal prison on his current campaign calling for prison reform.

Andrew Duncomb, an activist who organized the Confederate flag-themed protest, told the local TV news station KFOR that they chose to wave the flags because they don't believe the flags are a symbol of racism.

"We don't believe it's a symbol of racism," Duncomb said, adding "They're blaming the racist problems on the flag and not on the real problems of America."

Others stood in front of the president's hotel to express their support for the Commander-in-Chief, holding signs that said "I Love Obama" and other positive phrases.

Sequoya Turner, a resident of Oklahoma City, told Politico that she felt the president should have had a better welcome than the Confederate flags.

"He should've had a better welcome than he had," Turner said, adding that she only sees Confederate flags in her state "maybe every blue moon."

Earlier this month, the South Carolina legislature vote to remove the Confederate flag from the Capitol building after 54 years. Some opponents of the flag argue that it is a symbol of racism, while proponents of the flag argue that it represents southern heritage.