Comment on The NFL dispute isn't the first time Trump has weaponized the American flag against a community

The NFL dispute isn't the first time Trump has weaponized the American flag against a community

When Donald Trump decided to accuse NFL players protesting police brutality of "disrespecting" the American flag, it wasn't his first turn with using nationalistic jingoism to divide a community against itself for his own benefit. In fact, the case of a 70-foot flagpole he illegally erected at one of his golf courses in 2006 likely served as a dry run for the way he has weaponized the American flag against people of color in his ongoing attack on First Amendment rights.

 

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