Greene said she is 'so proud' to co-sponsor the Old Glory Only Act, which seeks to prohibit any flag other than the U.S. flag from flying over American diplomatic and consular establishments.
granted a blanket authorization for embassies to fly the Pride flag on the same flagpole as the U.S. flag, according to a State Department cable reported by multiple news outlets.
Greene went on:"And first of all, Black Lives Matter is a domestic terrorist organization, so that is no flag that should ever fly over any of our government buildings. The LGBTQ flag, that's not a flag that needs to be flown over our government buildings either." "The American flag represents all Americans and that is the only flag that should ever be flown, period."
The Old Glory Only Act was introduced to the House in January by Rep. Jeff Duncan of South Carolina, who had previously introduced it in 2018 and 2019. Aside from Greene, the bill's 17 GOP co-sponsors include other controversial representatives, such asWhen first announcing her co-sponsoring of the bill in February, Greene only mentioned an opposition to embassies displaying Black Lives Matter flags, saying the U.S.
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene speaks at a press conference on May 20, 2021, in Washington, DC. Greene has co-sponsored the Old Glory Only Act, which seeks to prohibit U.S. embassies from flying any flags beside the American flag.
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