Posted on 07/05/2020 10:01:25 AM PDT by blueyon
An American flag presented at a Richmond, Va., construction site was taken down almost as soon as it went up Friday after city officials voiced concerns that it could be a "target" for demonstrators and protesters.
Since the death of George Floyd in police custody in late May, protests and marches have continued throughout the nation. While most demonstrations have remained peaceful, officials worried the flag could pose a "safety risk" for the July Fourth weekend, according to The Washington Post.
"Over the past month we've seen buildings and structures around Capitol Square vandalized and flags, dumpsters, a bus and other items set ablaze during demonstrations around the city," Dena Potter, spokeswoman for the Virginia Department of General Services, said in an email Friday.
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America itself is the target of the protesters. I imagine that these officials would be happy to take that down, as well.
I warned when Nikki Haley betrayed us that they would not stop until it was untenable to fly the USA flag in the USA.
Mostly peaceful protesters, except for the ones destroying and burning.............../s
But if they put up a BLM or Antifa flag all would be OK. This s**t is maddening. We’re letting a few deranged homegrown commies dictate our lives!
Remove those Government official as well.
You want us to take the American flag down? Screw you! We're putting up FOUR MORE!
Remove it and we'll kick your ass - we're American citizens, NOT SUBJECTS, dammit!
Have Virginia officials possibly also ordered police to stand-down?
Send "Orange Man Bad" federal and state government desperate Democrats and RINOs home in November!
Supporting PDJT with a new patriot Congress and state government leaders that will promise to fully support his already excellent work for MAGA and stopping SARS-CoV-2 will effectively give fast-working Trump a "third term" in office imo.
I think I just said “they will soon come for your flag” in another post. Now they (demon-Rats) are coming for YOU!!
If you’re my age you remember when the “hardhats” were beating up protesters during the Days of Rage in 1969.
I hear construction workers have some hardwired traditions about displaying the flag during an ongoing project.
They might just stand fast and dare Blackface Babykiller Northam to send his hired goons to seize the flag and make arrests. A melee could result.
Bow down and beg and grovel for forgiveness for being patriotic Americans, because by golly some perpetually outraged criminals on the left might commit crimes-
Are we still a nation being run by the appeaser in chief and apologizer in chief and groveler in chief of the last administration?
Find a spine Virginia lawmakers-
Solzhenitsyn is shaking his head. People living here as ex-pats from communist nations are screaming at us to wake up, but we continue to take a nap.
Also, remove the state officials and vote out those who voted for a Rat government that is colluding with the cancel culture.
While the USA flag may be a ‘target’ for the leftists, how ‘bout we make targets out of the protestors ?
The vast, vast majority of constructions workers in my state aren’t americans and are here illegally so there that.
Why are you cowards giving in to the mob?
Do we have some obligation to hide our signs of national pride from a bunch or whiney snowflakes, who's demands are endless?
Virginia: any questions??
Let’s all live in fear.
Just make the protesters the targets. Problem solved.
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