Congressman Abe Hamadeh is trying to restore a little dignity to the People’s House after growing tired of walking past flags strewn along the halls of Congress representing what he says are “woke ideologies.”
As a result, Hamadeh has introduced the Flag Standards Resolution, which prohibits any flag other than American flags from being displayed in Congressional buildings with
exemptions for the Prisoner of War (POW) flag; U.S. Armed Forces flags; flags for visiting diplomats; the state flags of members of Congress; and Tribal flags.
Upon taking office, President Donald Trump instituted his “One Flag Policy,” which instructs the State Department to ban the Black Lives Matter flag, LGBT pride flag, or any other flags representing “divisive, anti-American ideologies over any U.S. government buildings across the globe.”
“As a former U.S. Army Intelligence officer, I proudly bore the American flag on my sleeve while fighting for the right of my colleagues to wave any flag espousing anti-American ideologies they so choose, however, the halls of Congress should not be littered with silly symbols of their misguided choices,” stated Hamadeh. “President Trump just cleaned up our embassies with the One Flag policy; time we do the same in
the People’s House.”
“When visitors walk through the hallowed halls of Congress, they shouldn’t be forced to see flags that represent radical ideologies. This is the people’s house, and there’s only one flag that represents all the citizens of our country,” stated Congresswoman Diana Harshbarger, an original co-sponsor of the resolution. “I recently introduced the One Flag for All Act, and I’m happy to see Rep. Hamadeh go the extra mile with this resolution. I’m proud to support it.”
Hamadeh says his resolution sets “reasonable guardrails that protect personal freedoms while ensuring that any flag other than American flags are prohibited from being displayed in Congressional buildings.”
Cosponsors of the Resolution include Rep. Diana Harshbarger (TN-01), Rep. Addison McDowell (NC06), and Rep. Claudia Tenney (NY-24).