Cika wannan jumla: A shekara ta 2015, bayan
harbi a Emanuel Afirka Methodist Episcopal Church a Charleston, wanda ya kashe 'yan'uwanmu Jihar Sanata Clementa C. Pinckney, Peeler zabe da cire Confederate flag. Peeler ya gwada cire shi da "cire zanen da aka yi a jikin wanda ake ƙauna da tunanin cewa hakan zai canja labarin mutuwar wanda ake ƙauna". Ya kasance daya daga cikin sanatocin jihohi uku da suka kada kuri'a a kan cire shi, sauran biyun sune Danny Verdin da Lee Bright. Shekaru goma sha biyar da suka gabata, Peeler na ɗaya daga cikin sanatoci bakwai ne kawai waɗanda suka yi ƙuri'a a kan cire tutar daga saman South Carolina Capitol Dome da duka dakunan majalisun dokoki na South Carolina zuwa matsayinta na yanzu a kan filayen babban birnin, suna jayayya cewa cire tutar kawai zai tsananta dangantakar launin fata. Kuri'ar 2000 ta kasance sulhu ne tsakanin masu adawa da tutar da masu goyon bayan tutar a bayan kauracewar tattalin arzikin jihar.