A farkon watan Agusta 2017, Templeton ya jawo gardama lokacin da ta bayyana a wani taron yakin neman zabe a Pickens County, "Ina alfahari da Tarayyar", yayin da kuma ta ce ta goyi bayan shawarar Majalisar Dinkin Duniya a 2015, bayan da
Charleston coci harbi, don cire Confederate yaƙi flag daga filayen na South Carolina Jihar 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.