Rep. Kat Cammack (R-Fla.) introduces a bill in the House of Representatives that would ban the display of foreign flags as Democrats celebrated passage of a $61 billion foreign aid package for Ukraine. Revealed the plan.
House Democrats could be seen celebrating by waving miniature Ukrainian flags on the floor of the House chamber ahead of the bill’s passage.
“I was furious when I saw a member of the U.S. House of Representatives fainting and waving a Ukrainian flag,” Cammack wrote in the article. post “As we speak, my team is drafting a bill that would ban the display of foreign flags on the House floor.”
I was furious to see an American representative passed out and waving a Ukrainian flag on the floor of the US House of Representatives. As we speak, my team is drafting a bill that would ban the display of foreign flags on the House floor.
If you have one room… pic.twitter.com/BcIKP5CDou— Kat Cammack (text KAT to 50138) (@Kat_Cammack) April 20, 2024
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-Louisiana) admonished Democrats for waving Ukrainian flags. “It is disrespectful to wave the flag in the chamber,” Johnson said.
“As we all know, these are not normal times here in the House of Commons or around the world,” Johnson said. Said reporters. “And then there was an uproar here on the House floor a while ago. I just want to simply say, what I think most people across the country understand and agree with, is that the flag that should be waved on the House floor. There’s only one flag. And I think I know which flag it is.”
Republican lawmakers, including Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-Fla.), Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.), and Rep. Eric Burleson (R-Missouri), said Democrats were holding the Ukrainian flag in the House of Representatives. criticized for waving.
Congressman Bill Pascrell (DN.J.) votes while wearing the colors of the Ukrainian flag during the House Speaker election process at the Capitol on Friday, October 20, 2023 in Washington. (AP Photo/J) Scott Applewhite)
“Please put that damn flag away. It’s a disgrace to fly any flag other than the American flag in the House of Representatives!” Luna wrote. post With X.
“Democrats abandoning the Ukrainian flag on the House floor tells you everything you need to know about their priorities,” Burlison wrote. post. “Ukraine first, America last.”
