Fact check: McDonald's US flags have not been removed for BLM and antifa

The claim: McDonald's has a nationwide edict related to flags and Black Lives Matter. Our rating: False

"We see them in our customers."And this is why the entire McDonald’s family grieves.McDonald's announced a donation to the National Urban League and the NAACP, and closed the message by stating:"Black lives matter."who monitor white supremacists and neo-Nazis. Antifa and Black Lives Matter are two separate movements that sometimes are conflated by opponents on the right.

Not all McDonald's have flags. But on Monday, a reporter found one in New Smyrna Beach, Florida, flying the U.S. flag at half-staff in honor of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who died on Friday. In an email to the USA TODAY Network, McDonald's USA responded:"McDonald's unequivocally stands behind the need for equality and social justice, and these rumors are not true."We rate this claim as FALSE, based on the company's statement and our research. There has been no nationwide removal of U.S. flags at McDonald's restaurants.

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