{"id":1779,"date":"2023-01-12T20:12:10","date_gmt":"2023-01-12T20:12:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/greatamericanewsdesk.com\/?p=1779"},"modified":"2023-01-12T20:12:10","modified_gmt":"2023-01-12T20:12:10","slug":"gop-bill-says-only-us-flags-will-fly-over-our-embassies-abroad-but-what-about-fed-buildings-at-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/greatamericanewsdesk.com\/opinion\/gop-bill-says-only-us-flags-will-fly-over-our-embassies-abroad-but-what-about-fed-buildings-at-home\/paul-crespo\/2023\/01\/","title":{"rendered":"GOP Bill Says Only US Flags Will Fly Over Our Embassies Abroad \u2013 But What About Fed Buildings at Home?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

ANALYSIS<\/em><\/strong> \u2013 As a former Marine Corps officer and military attach\u00e9 who served at several embassies overseas in the 1990s, it has infuriated me to see partisans and ideologues impose their radical agendas on our foreign embassies during Joe Biden\u2019s tenure at the White House.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Flying extremely divisive, and to many host countries, offensive, flags representing controversial sexual agendas (LGBTQ+), which includes the extreme \u2018trans\u2019 movement, and private groups which espouse hate toward one race and law enforcement (Black Lives Matter \u2013 BLM), has been an egregious abuse pushed hard by the Biden State Department since last year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Our embassies and consulates are official extensions of the United States. They are even considered sovereign U.S. territory. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

They are there on behalf of the entire U.S. nation, as represented by our national flag, not sectarian views, or radical and controversial agendas. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is true, even when these same radical agendas are being forced on our executive branches of government. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thankfully, the new GOP House is proposing to quickly change that abuse.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Old Glory Only Act,<\/a> introduced Monday by South Carolina Republican Rep. Jeff Duncan would prohibit any flag other than the American flag to be flown over U.S. embassies and consulates.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Newsmax reported<\/a>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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“Our beautiful flag, Old Glory, should be the only flag flying and representing our country over our diplomatic and consular posts worldwide,” Duncan said in a press release announcing the bill’s introduction in the House Monday. “The American flag is a beacon of liberty, and no other flag or symbol better portrays our shared values than the Stars and Stripes. It is important to ensure that Old Glory only is flown at American embassies to represent our ideals abroad.”<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

The New York Times previously reported<\/a> that Biden Secretary of State Antony Blinken authorized U.S. embassies to fly \u2018gay pride\u2019 flags in April 2021, prior to May 17, which is the International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia, and to continue displaying the flag through the end of the month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The push to fly the rainbow \u2018gay pride\u2019 flag actually began in 2014, under the Obama-Biden term. That flag has flown over U.S. embassies in more than a dozen countries since then, including Russia, Spain, Sweden and South Korea.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

President Trump\u2019s Secretary of State banned the \u2018pride\u2019 flags from being flown but his order was quickly  reversed by Blinken.

In May, another cable from Blinken\u2019s State Department authorized flying Black Lives Matter flags at U.S. diplomatic facilities worldwide, Foreign Policy reported at the time.<\/a>

The BLM flag<\/a> has been flown at U.S. embassies in Brazil, Greece, Spain, Bosnia, Cambodia and South Korea, according to Duncan\u2019s office.

This, even though violent BLM rioters had spent months attacking the federal courthouse in Portland and laying siege to dozens of cities nationwide just months earlier in 2020.

The BLM riots caused over $2 billion in property damage, more than any other similar event in U.S. history, injured over 2,000 local and federal police officers, and resulted in numerous deaths of civilians. 

According to the NYT, a cable from the State Department at the time gave the chiefs of missions (COMs), who lead our overseas diplomatic stations, a “blanket written authorization” to display the flags if it was “appropriate in light of local conditions.” 

While the Times noted this was an “authorization, not a requirement,” few COMs will ignore the pressure to follow the boss\u2019 lead, and the more woke embassies and consulates quickly started flying these unofficial flags.

Republicans are optimistic the new GOP leadership will hold a vote on the bill since there is broad GOP support for the idea.

But why stop there? Why not ban these divisive flags from being flown over any federal buildings, period \u2013 including all of the ones here at home?

According to the General Services Administration (GSA), More than 40 federal buildings across the country opted to raise the Pride Flag to show their support of \u201cdiversity, equity, and inclusion\u201d in the federal workforce.

What they are actually doing is flying the flags of exclusive, divisive and radical private groups on federal property paid for by the U.S. taxpayer.

This too must end. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Opinions expressed by contributors do not necessarily reflect the views of Great America News Desk.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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