In the wake of Donald Trump seeming to ignore Supreme Court precedent and push to criminalize burning the American flag, leaders and commentators on the right are arguing that defacing LGBT+ Pride and Black Lives Matter flags and symbols should be legal.
“While we're talking about flags, we should work to overturn every conviction for those arrested, fined, or otherwise harassed for the ‘hate crime’ of doing donuts over Pride flags painted on public streets,” Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk wrote on X on Monday.
