The scumbag Republicans gleefully criticize President Biden when he follows US code for our flag.

[Towlie]

Biden orders flags flown at half-staff — then orders them back up, as two events collide

President Biden initially ordered flags on Saturday to be flown at half-staff. Then he ordered them back up at full-staff.

It’s because of a quirk that comes up every half dozen years or so, when a day that honors two groups collides — with two different protocols for the American flag. For Peace Officers Memorial Day, which falls on May 15, flags are supposed to be at half-staff. But the third Saturday in May is marked to honor Armed Forces Day — and on that day, flags are supposed to be full-staff.

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“The flag shall be flown at half-staff on Peace Officers Memorial Day, unless that day is also Armed Forces Day,” reads the U.S. code pertaining to the flag.

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Still, a number of Republicans have criticized Biden, saying that his decision was done to offend police officers.

“In his opinion they aren’t worthy of lowering the flags,” Rep. Brian Mast (R-Fla.) wrote on Twitter. “Unacceptable!”

Several other members of Congress and prominent Republicans amplified his message.

“In case you had any question as to where President Biden stands on police, now you know,” said Kayleigh McEnany, who was White House press secretary during the Trump administration.

New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu (R) called Biden’s decision “outrageous” and said his state would continue flying flags at half-staff.

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The text, "The flag shall be flown at half-staff on Peace Officers Memorial Day, unless that day is also Armed Forces Day", can be found at the link above in section §7. Position and manner of display, subsection (m).

[CurtEastPoint]

1. One word to describe these SOBs.

[TheBlackAdder]

16. This coming from the traitors who wear the flag as hats, shirts, pants and shoes.

[Cosmocat]

17. Y E P!

nm

[TheBlackAdder]

19. Don't forget door mats.

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Well, this is the only one to wipe dog shit from your feet, but it would still send a negative message about the homeowner.



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[Cosmocat]

20. I sat at a 4th of July fireworks event at our minor league baseball stadium

and spent the night watching some fat ass con wearing shorts which were a big US flag print bending over at the railing 10 rows in front of us spreading his ass sweat and showing his crack most of the night.

That sums these loons up in a nutshell.

[lastlib]

24. "Nutshell" has a double meaning here....

[Cosmocat]

25. HA!

In a droopy, shriveled in of way ...

[Girard442]

2. Amazes me that people who deify the flag know nothing about the Flag Code and never observe it.

How many times have you been passed by a pickup truck proudly flying a raggedy, faded flag, in a downpour?

[RVN VET71]

21. The image itself is defiled daily by the Right Wing

On t-shirts, briefs, shorts, tank-tops, hats. It’s flown with images of Flubbo-Trump superimposed on it. It’s even used as a weapon to harm the defenders of the Capitol Building and taken down, dropped to the ground for christ’s sake at the Capitol Building by “peaceful visitors" and replaced with a flag bearing loser-45’s name and image.

The GOP complainers don’t know, can’t know, don’t wanna know the truth because it hurts their shriveled brains. More to the point, the drooling morons who watch Fox (a case of droolers watching droolers) have so little intellectual curiosity they merely accept what they are told to accept.

And Biden gets attacked by our nation’s law-givers and their moronic constituents for following the flag protocols laid out in the law that was written, yep, by our nation’s law givers.

[GoCubsGo]

28. Yep. Most of these yahoos probably don't even know it exists.

How many times have you passed a flag pole with a raggedy, faded flag, in a downpour--or not? Or, at night, with no lights on it?

[Champp]

3. republiQons don't honor Old Glory

they hump it.

[dawn5651]

4. so now we are supposed to believe repubs care about cops...where was that caring

on january 6th when they were beating cops with the american flag and thin blue line flags . hypocrisy thy name is republican

[COL Mustard]

12. Mast At Least Served Under The Flag

Not excusing anything the man says, but he did lose his legs to an IED serving our country.

So I guess you could say he's half-Mast.

Sorry not sorry I went there.

[Traildogbob]

5. Come on

The flag is to used to BEAT police with on a pole during an insurrection. Read the damn code. It says it right in there. Ask Tuckums Snarlson. That’s how you honor old glory and respect police at the same time.
Ka-Lee MAGAninny, shut the fuck up with use lower case “t” for Trump on a chain. Christian cu.........lt.

[Victor_c3]

6. Republicans don't get to pretend to care about the flag anymore

Especially not since they had their failed insurrection attempt on 6 January

[marble falls]

7. This little flap reeks of desperation to become relevent about anything.

[Cosmocat]

18. That is the 2021 Mission Statement

They are very effectively dragging what was once the greatest nation on the planet into a real life version of Idiocracy.

[oldsoftie]

8. Oh, I MUST go to FB to see if the parrots are squawking!!

[Bullfeathers]

9. I'm a head of you

They are laughing because they think his mind is gone or something like that. You know he lowered the flag then raised it. They don’t read why. I rolled my eyes and virtually walked away

[oldsoftie]

14. Oh, if I see it I'm going to post the Code. Dumbshits. nt

[tavernier]

10. President Joe Biden doesn't give a rat's ass what they think.

That’s what bothers them most.

[paleotn]

11. Yea, like the Jan 6th "tourists"....

saying "kill him with his own gun" doesn't offend police officers. Oh...did I mention I hate Republicans with the heat of a thousand suns?

[dlk]

13. Republicans are addicted to outrage

They use it to distract from their lack of policies or principles.

[CaptainTruth]

26. +1

[AllaN01Bear]

15. half of them dont even know what the flag code ,

[RVN VET71]

23. Half?

I’d change that to most, most of them, because to be a cultist one need not ever know what one is talking about. Just open your yammer-yaw and squawk.

Barely sentient beings accustomed to lying ignorantly to their ignorant constituents.

[Jon King]

22. Anything Repugs on health care, infrastructure, climate, educating kids in tech to compete vs China?

Nope, just more complete and utter worthless nonsense to be angry about. And like usual, they are even wrong about what they think they are mad about!

[usaf-vet]

27. To all right-wing nut jobs who never seem to have a clue about what every kid in scouts learned.

4 U.S. Code § 8.Respect for flag
U.S. Code

No disrespect should be shown to the flag of the United States of America; the flag should not be dipped to any person or thing. Regimental colors, State flags, and organization or institutional flags are to be dipped as a mark of honor.

(a)The flag should never be displayed with the union down, except as a signal of dire distress in instances of extreme danger to life or property.

(b)The flag should never touch anything beneath it, such as the ground, the floor, water, or merchandise.

(c)The flag should never be carried flat or horizontally, but always aloft and free.

(d)The flag should never be used as wearing apparel, bedding, or drapery. It should never be festooned, drawn back, nor up, in folds, but always allowed to fall free. Bunting of blue, white, and red, always arranged with the blue above, the white in the middle, and the red below, should be used for covering a speaker’s desk, draping the front of the platform, and for decoration in general.

(e)The flag should never be fastened, displayed, used, or stored in such a manner as to permit it to be easily torn, soiled, or damaged in any way.

(f)The flag should never be used as a covering for a ceiling.

(g)The flag should never have placed upon it, nor on any part of it, nor attached to it any mark, insignia, letter, word, figure, design, picture, or drawing of any nature.

(h)The flag should never be used as a receptacle for receiving, holding, carrying, or delivering anything.

(i)The flag should never be used for advertising purposes in any manner whatsoever. It should not be embroidered on such articles as cushions or handkerchiefs and the like, printed or otherwise impressed on paper napkins or boxes or anything that is designed for temporary use and discard. Advertising signs should not be fastened to a staff or halyard from which the flag is flown.

(j)No part of the flag should ever be used as a costume or athletic uniform. However, a flag patch may be affixed to the uniform of military personnel, firemen, policemen, and members of patriotic organizations. The flag represents a living country and is itself considered a living thing. Therefore, the lapel flag pin being a replica, should be worn on the left lapel near the heart.

(k)The flag, when it is in such condition that it is no longer a fitting emblem for display, should be destroyed in a dignified way, preferably by burning.

(Added Pub. L. 105–225, § 2(a), Aug. 12, 1998, 112 Stat. 1497.)

https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/4/8