Wanna hear my hot take?
If I were an important, potentially political, figure, and any of my supporters were holding confederate or nazi flags, that should be a huge red flag for others who are on the fence about me. Like there is no justifying it. You can't say "Well I dont support nazis, so those people don't represent me" but they obviously do though.
If they feel comfortable doing that because they support you, you're a big part of the problem.
Like I dont want nazis or bad people supporting me. And if they did follow me and believe in me, then something along the way went very, very wrong - on my part.