U.S. President Donald Trump points at the crowd as he enters his first re-election campaign rally in several months in the midst of the coronavirus disease outbreak, at the BOK Center in Tulsa, Oklahoma, U.S., June 20, 2020Trump said that people who burn a flag should be sentenced to jail for at least one year at a rally in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
The US Supreme Court, however, ruled that burning an American flag is constitutionally protected speech under the First Amendment in 1989. President Donald Trump said that Congress should pass a federal law mandating that people who burn an American flag should go to jail for at least one year during his Saturday night rally in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
At the Tulsa rally, Trump blasted "left-wing anarchists" for tearing down statues of historical figures like Thomas Jefferson and Christopher Columbus, mentioning one incident in Portland, Oregon where a group of people took down a statue of George Washington, wrapped it in an American flag, and set it on fire. "We ought to come up with legislation that if you burn the American flag, you go to jail for one year...we ought to do it.
He's been doing that for 4 years...
I love every minute of President Trump speech. Finally something sensible, uplifting and hopeful in the air waves after three weeks of total madness.
Can’t limit freedom of speech and expression
I don’t like with or agree with burning the flag, but it falls under freedom of speech and (maybe) right to peacefully protest
We're all going to die
Ruled unconstitutional by the Supreme Court in Texas v Johnson (1989), but why sweat the small stuff?
Fascist
I Wonder what happens if you burn the Koran in Iran... Irac... Saudi Arabia.... Afghanistan...
Add one for draft dodgers.
If this happens.. American freedom is done!
WHAT ABOUT THE PANDEMIC? WHAT ABOUT THE MILLIONS OF AMERICANS OUT OF WORK & NO PAYCHECK? WHAT ABOUT 'SYSTEMIC RACISM' & POLICE BRUTALITY AGST BLACKS IN AMERICA? *IS TRUMP ON DRUGS? HAS HE SUFFERED A STROKE SO AS TO NOT KNOW WHAT'S HAPPENING IN AMERICA?
I don’t agree with burning the American flag personally but it is a freedom of speech and freedom of expression and must be defended even though I hate seeing someone do it I will still defend their right to do so.
I would be happy if the law further extended to deport those culprits or cancel their citizenship of America as they no longer deserve to be in the country.
As a leftist I would love for this to happen 😂 It would be an opportunity of a lifetime. Only people complaining about this would be liberals as they know the second this law passes their entire structure that they adore so much would become universally unjustified.
Why? Not only were the entrances blocked by protestors, AOC had been bragging how the left had reserved seats in hopes to make the event look emptier than it was.
StreatorHenry What if trump sells an American flag to the Russians and they burn it? Then tries to sell it to China and they burn it? Sounds like real American Patriots need unite and take back your country before this asshole sells it to the highest bidder. Vote in November Biden 2020
So much for freedom of speech.
About time Someone stood up for America.
Imagine a country that jails it's citizens for burning a small piece of fabric, Pakistan? Nope, America, land of the free... Lol
The freedom of expression should not overthrow the dignity of the national flag no matter what. This is just a universal logic! if you cannot value your national flag, how could you by any mean be loyal to that country?! 🤷🏽♂️ Opinion
So much for reducing the whole prison population and the new crime bill he was proud of........oh wait he don't care.....AT ALL!
100 years would be better.
Wouldn’t a fine be better for debt holders? And if no money public service cleaning up city.
Well I guess you’re going to have to rewrite the etiquette for the flag 🤷🏻♂️
I’m actually okay with this. As long as there is a caveat saying you don’t have to serve the sentence if you have bone spurs.
Good! It's called being PRO America.
He always wants to punish people for everything under the sun. The nerve with this con man.. he belongs in prison himself. realDonaldTrump
Definitely tells you a lot about the person who burns the flag.
Excellent idea, they should also get a one way ticket to Venezuela.
Which I doubt would stop them, even if he could get it through. (His track record say nope...) Still, people get arrested at protests all the time.
Welcome to 🇰🇵
How much time for hugging it/
Tick tock said the clock.
That will never ever happen.
When authoritarians wish to shore up support, they choose arguments that promote nationalistic prejudices. Trump uses the tactics of strong-man leaders. They will prey on prejudices and reward loyalty to him. Those that show no loyalty will be punished by Trump abusing power.
Great 👍 idea and I would support and vote 🗳 for any legislators who would enact the law! 🇺🇸
If we're going to criminalize speech we should criminalize conservative speech. Really bring their paranoid conspiracy theories to fruition since they've earned it so much
Mygypsytoes Which flags? The ones made in China or the ones made in another country? Not even sure an American company even makes American flags.
so what happens to those that rape it?!?
Good
What about people who make American flags with their big dumb face on it?
Sounds very authoritarian given the fact it shits all over the first amendment, but he wouldn't understand that.
Totally unconstitutional, but Trump has never read the Constitution and that's the first amendment 🙄
Just like a Neanderthal President.
Makes sense
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