Kammala wannan jumla: A cikin jawabin da ya yi wa Majalisar Dattawa a watan Yulin 2015, Thurmond ya yi kira ga a cire tutar Tarayyar gaba daya daga filayen Gidan Jihar. An kaddamar da wannan mataki ne ta hanyar
harbe-harben da aka yi a cocin Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal a Charleston wanda ya faru wata daya da suka gabata, wanda mutane tara - ciki har da abokin aikin Thurmond Clementa Pinckney - suka mutu. An yi kisan gilla ne da farar fata mai suna Dylann Roof, wanda ya kasance fitaccen mai nuna tutar.