Ohio Republican Rep. Jim Jordan, chair of the Home Judiciary Committee, stoked controversy on X after resharing the committee’s put up labeling “Democrat-run Los Angeles,” accompanied by video of a motorcyclist circling a burning automotive whereas waving a Mexican flag. Jordan then wrote, “We fly the American flag in America,” regardless of additionally flying an Israeli flag exterior his Washington workplace.
Jordan’s feedback have been criticized as hypocritical for 2 causes: the First Modification protects flying any flag, and he has not condemned MAGA supporters who’ve defiantly flown Accomplice flags.
HuffPost famous that Trump supporters have additionally flown U.S. flags bearing Trump’s picture or MAGA slogans, actions technically at odds with the U.S. Flag Code, which forbids inserting marks or photos on the flag.
Social media responses included California Gov. Gavin Newsom, who reposted photos of the Jan. 6 Capitol riot with the caption, “Like this?”
An X person sarcastically replied, “I can fly no matter flag I need. It got here free with my First Modification.” One other shared a photograph of Accomplice flags, commenting, “Apparently not.” One person tagged Jordan’s assertion, displaying a Trump-branded flag overlaid on U.S. stars and stripes, prompting accusations of hypocrisy.
The Mexican flag rapidly grew to become emblematic of protests reacting to current ICE raids in L.A., the place federal authorities deployed tons of of Nationwide Guard troops and active-duty U.S. Marines underneath Title 10 orders for crowd management. This marks the primary full federalization of the California Guard with out the governor’s consent in a long time, elevating authorized challenges.
Gov. Newsom and California Lawyer Common Rob Bonta have filed emergency lawsuits—Newsom v. Trump—arguing the deployment is an unauthorized and coercive use of federal energy.
Newsom stated, “The federal authorities is now turning the navy towards Americans,” calling the transfer an assault on democracy and demanding that the militarization cease.
