Former President Donald Trump, who is now officially the GOP’s 2024 presidential nominee, stated on Thursday that the slew of anti-Israeli protesters who were burning American flags in our nation’s capital on Wednesday should all be given a year in prison. I mean, when you think about it, isn’t that the way the left treated folks allegedly involved in the “riot” on January 6, 2021 at the Capitol building?
I believe this is a reiteration of what’s known as the “Golden Rule.” Treat others as you yourself want to be treated. If you don’t want to be both persecuted and prosecuted for protesting and airing grievances, well, you probably shouldn’t do that to others, right?
Our flag, Old Glory, is not just a piece of cloth. It’s a symbol of all that we believe as Americans. Many men and women have fought, bled, and given their lives for the principles and ideals the flag represents. An attack on the flag is an assault on the foundation of our country and way of life. This might not be the same way other nations see their flag, but it’s how we view ours.
via The Daily Caller:
Protesters burned the American flag waving in front of Union Station and hung up a Palestinian flag during Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s state visit to Congress on Wednesday. Trump said the burning was a “disgraceful display” that is being judged by powerful world leaders across the globe.
“Rarely have we seen anything like this. And I think you should get a one-year jail sentence if you do anything to desecrate the American flag. Now, people will say ‘oh, it’s unconstitutional.’ Those are stupid people, those are stupid people who say that,” Trump said during an interview with “Fox & Friends.” “We have to work in Congress to get a one-year jail sentence. When they’re allowed to stomp on the flag and put lighter fluid on the flag and set it afire, when you’re allowed to do that, you get a one-year jail sentence and you’ll never see it again.”
Trump calls on anti-Israel protesters to receive a one-year jail sentence pic.twitter.com/lXtsFzXHrB
— Daily Caller (@DailyCaller) July 25, 2024
The former president said Chinese President Xi Jianping and Russian President Vladimir Putin are viewing Americans “as a bunch of babies” as this act could never take place in their countries.
“What we have, we look so bad to the world,” Trump added. “That was a disgraceful display yesterday.”
Protesters who were out and about outside of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s hotel and at various monuments in the D.C. area chanted “Allahu Akbar” and “burn that sh**” referring to our flag. Along with spewing these vile sentiments the “protesters” vandalized property outside of Union Station. Then they spray painted several landmarks in the city that were located in Columbus Circle, tagging them with phrases such as “Free Gaza” and “Hamas Is Coming.”
Tell me again how radical Islamism is not a threat to our national security and the entire foundation of Western civilization? The ideas that exist in the so-called “religion of peace” are all about world domination, conquest, and forcing others to bow the knee to Islamic belief. Yet the radical left will support Hamas because they themselves are anti-Semitic and refer to Christians as the villains. Never mind that Hamas would gleefully chop their heads off for refusing to convert, for being homosexual or transgender, and any number of other things that progressives hold to.
Trump, who is set to meet with Netanyahu on Friday, said the Israel-Gaza war needs to end fast and the remaining hostages need to be released. The former president estimated that many of the unreleased hostages are dead.
The article concluded, “Netanyahu called for unity between Israel and the United States to stand against the threat of Hamas and to release all of the hostages being held by the terrorists during his speech to Congress on Wednesday. The Israeli prime minister also called on Congress to recognize the threat posed by Iran and called on Western unity to contain hostilities carried out by Tehran.”