Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: N'okwu o kwuru n'ụlọomeiwu steeti ahụ n'ọnwa Julaị afọ 2015, Thurmond kpọrọ oku ka e wepụ ọkọlọtọ ndị Confederate n'ụlọomeiwu steeti ahụ. Ihe butere njem a bụ
ịgba egbe na Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal church na Charleston nke mere otu ọnwa gara aga, nke mmadụ itoolu - gụnyere onye otu Thurmond bụ Clementa Pinckney - nwụrụ. Ọ bụ onye na-akwado oke agbụrụ ọcha bụ Dylann Roof, onye bụ onye ama ama ama ama ama ama ama ama ama ama ama ama nke ọkọlọtọ ahụ, mere mwakpo ahụ.