Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - A farkon watan Agusta 2017, Templeton ya jawo rikici lokacin da ta bayyana a wani taron kamfen a Pickens County, "Ina alfahari da Tarayyar", yayin da kuma ta ce tana goyon bayan shawarar Majalisar Dinkin Duniya a 2015, bayan harbi na cocin Charleston
, don cire tutar yaƙin Confederate daga filayen South Carolina State Capitol. Templeton kuma ya yi alƙawarin, idan aka zaɓe shi gwamna, ba zai ba da izinin cire duk wani abin tunawa na Confederate a jihar ba.