President Trump is cleaning up Biden’s mess. That has Democrats furious.
And Donald Trump’s State Department makes an announcement that has Leftists screaming with rage.
Over the past decade, Democrats have been obsessed with promoting their woke, radical agenda.
They don’t care if Americans don’t want to accept it, they’ll shove it in their faces anyway.
One way they would do this is by flying the LGBT pride Black Lives Matter flags on government building for all to see.
It’s a major slap in the face for Americans who don’t support this woke ideologies. But the Leftists weren’t concerned about that.
It often felt as though Democrats cared more about those woke flags than they did the American flag. But now that Donald Trump is back in office, things are changing for the better regarding the displaying of these flags.
Trump Administration Limits Flag Displays at U.S. Outposts to American Flag
The State Department, now led by Secretary of State Marco Rubio, has introduced a policy allowing only the United States flag to be displayed at U.S. government facilities, both domestically and abroad.
This new directive marks a significant departure from practices under the Biden administration, which permitted the display of flags such as the LGBT pride flag and Black Lives Matter flag at U.S. embassies and consulates.
According to The Washington Free Beacon, which obtained a copy of the directive, the order emphasizes the symbolic unity represented by the American flag.
It states: “Starting immediately, only the United States of America flag is authorized to be flown or displayed at U.S. facilities, both domestic and abroad, and featured in U.S. government content. The flag of the United States of America united all Americans under the universal principles of justice, liberty, and democracy. These values, which are the bedrock of our great country, are shared by all American citizens, past and present. … The U.S. flag is a powerful symbol of pride and it is fitting and respectful that only the U.S. flag be flown or displayed at U.S. facilities, both domestically and abroad.”
While the policy bans displays of other symbolic flags, it makes exceptions for the Prisoner of War/Missing in Action (POW/MIA) flag and the Wrongful Detainees flag.
However, any employee found in violation of the new rule will “face disciplinary action, including termination of employment or contract, or reassignment to their home agency.”
This move represents a shift from the previous administration’s approach. In April 2021, then-Secretary of State Antony Blinken ordered U.S. embassies and consulates to display the LGBT pride flag on the same pole as the American flag.
The New York Times reported at the time that Blinken allowed this display in advance of May 17, the International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia, and extended the practice through the month of June, celebrated as Pride Month.
In June 2021, the U.S. embassy in Nassau raised the pride flag “to honor the human rights of LGBTQI+ persons in The Bahamas and around the world,” the State Department announced.
Similarly, in February 2022, during Black History Month, the U.S. embassy and consulates in Brazil flew the Black Lives Matter flag.
The Rubio-led State Department’s new policy signals a clear departure from these practices, reaffirming the centrality of the U.S. flag as the sole emblem flown at government facilities worldwide.
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