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Fred Onyango

‘Why is he being arrested’: Veteran burns the U.S. flag and Trump’s pride in one swoop right out the White House

A veteran took to the White House and burnt the US flag to prove a point that Donald Trump’s latest executive order outlawing the burning of the American flag was unconstitutional. He was quickly arrested, and now people are questioning whether his First Amendment rights were violated.

The veteran turned up outside the White House, placed the American flag on the floor, doused it with gasoline, and lit it. Strapped with a megaphone, he then started addressing the crowd of tourists, who all had their cameras out, explaining how Trump’s latest executive order is an infringement on First Amendment rights. He then went on to call Trump a ‘fascist.’

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