Veterans Call For Democrats to Take Down Flag With President Obama’s Face
The American flag seen in the photo above caused quite an outrage among U.S. veterans. The flag that flew outside a Florida county’s Democrat headquarters displays President Obama’s face in place of the stars.
Veteran Jim Bradford, who first took notice of what he calls a “disgrace,” did some research and found that it was in violation of the flag code passed by Congress. The law states, “The flag should never have placed upon it or any part of it, any marks, insignia, letters, words, figures, designs, picture or drawings of any nature.”
He then went with other veterans and members of the media to the door of the Democratic headquarters
to tell the group to take the flag down. During the interaction the woman who answered told them, “We want to do it in our own time and we’ll check it out.”
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Bradford informs her that the flag is in violation of the code and the situation gets tense when he tells her they’ll take it down for her. Incensed, the woman responds “No you will not. This is private property.”
She also threatened to call the police, which she never did. The woman later stated, “We were given this as a gift. We are proud of our president, we’re proud of the United States, and we felt it was time to display that.”
They have, however, taken the flag down. The veterans gave the group a POW/MIA flag to replace it with, though it’s unclear whether they have done so. Bradford said in a phone interview that he didn’t know or care whether the people were Democrats or Republicans. “If it had been Romney on the flag, I’d have done exactly the same thing.”
