Mitt Romney thinks the South Carolina Capitol should take down its Confederate flag

Following the tragic church shooting in Charleston, South Carolina earlier this week, two out of the three flags at the State Capitol building were brought to half-staff. The one that wasn't? The Confederate flag.

This has sparked outrage across the country, as the flag itself remains an incredibly controversial symbol of our country's history.

Early Saturday morning, Mitt Romney became the most prominent Republican leader to take a stand on the issue thus far in a widely-circulated tweet that has garnered more than 20,000 retweets:

Will Romney's words, calling the flag a "symbol of racial hatred," put pressure on the candidates in the running for the 2016 Republican nomination? That remains to be seen.