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Member of Parliament max miller (R-OH) was extremely furious with the congressman. Rashida Tlaib (R-Mich.) said it would continue to display the Palestinian flag outside its offices and introduced measures to ban the display of such flags at the Capitol.
On Monday, Washington Examiner reporter Reese Gorman took a photo of the flag outside Tlaib’s office and posted it to X/Twitter with an article about it.
“Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib still flies the Palestinian flag outside her House office amid the Hamas invasion of Israel.” He said he would take it down after Hamas carried out terrorist attacks against Israel. tweeted about a Palestinian-American congresswoman, as if to imply that it was her duty. weekend.To Hamas my flagThis is different from the Palestinian one outside Tlaib’s office.
Hamas launched a series of coordinated attacks in Israel this weekend. kill In response, Israel declared it would “encircle” Gaza, the Palestinian autonomous region controlled by Hamas. Israel has already carried out several bombing raids in the Gaza Strip.
Miller quoted Gorman’s tweet and posted a screenshot of the amendment he is sponsoring.
“The Capitol belongs to America,” he wrote. “They should be reserved for flags that represent our great nation. We should not have a Palestinian flag here. That’s why I’m passing this spending amendment to end this stupidity. I supported it.”
Miller’s proposed amendment states: “No funds made available by this Act shall be used to acquire or display the flag of the United States, the flag or pennant of any state or territory, or any flag or pennant other than property of the United States, or any prisoner of war. POW flag.”
Miller said the amendment aims to prevent the display of Palestinian and other non-U.S. flags, but it is unclear whether the measure would eliminate private subsidies for such displays. .
