Hillary Campaign Throws American Flags on the Floor - Granite Grok

Hillary Campaign Throws American Flags on the Floor

From Jason Cato of the Tribune-Review at a Hillary Rally in Pittsburgh. Hand-held flags confiscated by the campaign (from folks entering the event) were discarded on the floor.

Jason corrects his typo in the next tweet. Been there done that.

Contrast that with the lack of American flags on day one of the DNC convention. (There was at least one reported outside the conventions.) Democrats responded on day 2 by adding flags, barely. Rumor has it they had to ransack the city to find them because short of the honor guard none were brought to the convention. Snopes then lied about the lack of flags on day one and got caught.

There was a Palestinian flag, and some flags from China outside in the nads of Bernie supporters, so the reporting goes.

But back to Pittsburgh. If you look at some of the other images Jason captured, he notes that the crowd is big but the press pool is not.

When asked about the flag confiscations, Jason replies,

Waving flags in the crowd will not, apparently, be tolerated at Clinton events. Probably to avoid offputting any Democrats in the audience offended by displays of American patriotism.

Or, it could be one of those diva things. Hillary doesn’t want to have to control her facial expressions should she witness any flag waving, so it is easier to avoid the embarrassment to the campaign and the candidate by confiscating them.

There were “flags” on the walls in Pittsburgh. I don’t suppose they want to have to explain that mistake away again. But should this choice of storage methods for the confiscated American flags tell you anything about the Clinton Campaign’s “feelings” for the flag, and by extension the nation, it flies over?

 

H/T Weasel Zippers c/o Susan Olsen

 

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