Conservatives slammed liberal politicians and members of the media for branding an enduring and popular Revolutionary War-era flag as a "MAGA battle flag," in their attempt to tie Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito to rioters who stormed the Capitol on Jan. 6.
The head of a prominent conservative organization, along with multiple conservatives on social media, rebutted the attempt to call the flag a Jan. 6 symbol and link Alito to the riot. They pointed to the flag’s history as a patriotic symbol flown by Americans living in the thirteen colonies, and its more modern appearances – like it being on a 1968 U.S. postage stamp, and 2019 appearance at San Francisco City Hall – as proof it’s not a MAGA symbol of insurrection.
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