FILE - In this April 14, 2015 file photo, Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Sen. Bob Corker, R-Tenn. speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington. Even if Congress rejects his final Iranian nuclear deal, President Barack Obama could use his executive pen to offer Tehran a hefty portion of sanctions relief. Legislation is being ushered through Congress by Corker, to give Congress a say on a potential agreement. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File) Sen. Bob Corker said this morning that he would vote to remove the Confederate flag that flies over the grounds of the state capitol in South Carolina.
He made the remarks 5 minutes and 40 seconds into the video of his appearance on MSNBC's Morning Joe.
Corker was born in the Palmetto state.
Sen. Lamar Alexander's office also released the following statement:
"It is up to the people of South Carolina, but I hope they remove a flag that many see as a symbol of racial intolerance."