Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I te timatanga o Akuhata 2017, i aro atu a Templeton ki te tautohetohe i tana korero i tetahi huihuinga pakanga i te rohe o Pickens, "Kei te whakapehapeha ahau ki te Confederacy", i a ia e kii ana hoki e tautoko ana ia i te whakatau a te General Assembly i te 2015, whai muri i te
Charleston whare karakia shooting, ki te tango i te Confederate whawhai haki i te take o te South Carolina State Capitol. I oati ano a Templeton, mena ka pootihia ia hei kawana, kaore ia e whakaae ki te tango i tetahi tohu Confederate i te kawanatanga.