Conservative Magazine's New Samuel Alito Flags Spark Backlash

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Source: Newsweek

Published Jun 08, 2024 at 12:06 PM EDT | Updated Jun 08, 2024 at 12:57 PM EDT


Conservative editorial magazine National Review is facing backlash online for selling flags honoring embattled Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito. According to the magazine, one flag is loosely based on the "Appeal to Heaven" flag commissioned by George Washington during the American Revolution. The other is based on the Bennington battle flag, a banner associated with a revolutionary battle that took place in Vermont in 1777.

Both flags prominently feature a photo of Alito who has faced calls for his impeachment over the controversy surrounding the inverted American flag seen flying outside the justice's home in Virginia in January 2021 just days before President Joe Biden's inauguration. In a recent statement emailed to The New York Times, Alito placed all the responsibility on his wife, Martha-Ann Alito.

The justice wrote he "had no involvement whatsoever in the flying of the flag" and that it was "briefly placed by Mrs. Alito in response to a neighbor's use of objectionable and personally insulting language on yard signs." In addition, Alito faces heat about his wife also displaying the "Appeal to Heaven" flag outside the couple's New Jersey vacation home in 2022, which had become a symbol of the "Stop the Steal" campaign aimed to overturn Biden's 2020 election win against Donald Trump.

"National Review is delighted to announce new 'Alito flags' based on honored colonial-era American flags and fashioned to show support for the Supreme Court justice," National Review published in a Friday article in a promotion of the flags. National Review publisher Rich Lowry called the banners, which cost $197, "beautiful flags" that "hearken back to some of the most stirring symbols of the American Revolution." The magazine's promotion mentions the recent controversies surrounding Alito and his wife.

Read more: https://www.newsweek.com/conservative-magazine-national-review-samuel-alito-flags-spark-backlash-1910024

[jvill]

1. It's weird to see an entire political party just straight up embrace treason.

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[BumRushDaShow]

3. What's even wilder is seeing "National Review" stooping down so low to hawk "flags"

William F. Buckley would be rolling in his grave.

[paleotn]

13. Absolutely. The Buckley days are long gone.

[Irish_Dem]

4. Yes, completely selling out their country and democracy.

Aligning with our enemies.

Mind boggling.

[manicdem]

11. Go all the way

Their thinking is if you're going to do treason, they may as well go all the way.

[paleotn]

14. It was taken over by those who've never been fans of democracy.

Money, power and control are their driving principles. Kleptocracy and fascism are their preferred systems.

[Hekate]

2. For a mere $197 apiece, these rags can be yours

[Deminpenn]

5. I got a real flown over the Capitol

US flag from Sen Casey for $17, iirc.

[Hekate]

6. 💕 The real deal

[azureblue]

7. Made in China, no doubt

NT

[Upthevibe]

8. Kick. N/T

[StClone]

9. What is the most confusing Day for a MagaCon?

Trick question! Flag Day and the 4th of July. Which to Fly!?

Me? I am old-fashioned with my stars and strips up right!

[LudwigPastorius]

10. Careful. Trump is going to get jealous.

MAGAts can have no other god before him.

[Icanthinkformyself]

12. Grifters R Us

should be the new name for conservatives. It seems that everything they do is attached to a scam, con or some deceit. People should take vacations with the money they spend buying the rights useless junk.

[Wonder Why]

15. Can you "groom" them to be upside down?

[maxsolomon]

16. Straight up trolling.

That's what's most important to Cons.