Upside down flags have become symbols of Republicans protesting Trump’s decision – vopbuzz
after a while New York jury delivers historic guilty verdict against former prez Donald Trump Many Americans chose to rally around the flag on Thursday. Upside down flag. Social media was flooded with these images on Thursday Old Glory with stars at the bottom, hung by selected people RepublicansRight-wing activists and ordinary Americans were upset by the news that a former high priest was now a criminal.
The upside down flag traditionally indicates distress and is occasionally used as a sign of protest. But the symbol gained traction on the right two weeks ago after the NYT revealed that an upside-down flag flew outside the home of Justice Samuel Alito Jr. in the weeks after the attack on the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, and Thursday’s ruling apparently pushed it back into the conservative mainstream. pushed to the center. Just six minutes after a jury in Manhattan found the former abbot guilty of all 34 felony counts of falsifying business records, Republican Marjorie Taylor Greene posted a picture of the upside-down flag on social media. The post was viewed more than 1.8 million times in a matter of hours.
The same photo was soon posted on Telegram by Ali Alexander, one of the key organizers of the campaign that convinced voters that the 2020 election was rigged, along with the caption “No one will come to save us.” Fox News writer Guy Benson also posted one. The response wasn’t limited to public figures, with many low-profile Americans posting photos of upside-down flags hanging from poles outside their homes. The accompanying text generally stated that the flag served as an act of protest against the decision, the US justice system, Biden and the so-called Deep State.
