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Flags altered in a similar way have surfaced around the Capitol.

Several Republican Hill offices received American flags bearing “obscured” swastika symbols, Rep. Dave Taylor said a day after an image surfaced of one hanging in his office.

Taylor, an Ohio Republican, said in a statement Thursday that it was part of an orchestrated campaign.

But the Hill aide — granted anonymity to speak openly — said that flag was “obvious and unusual enough for us to take a photo before throwing it out.”

“It was plainly obvious to us that there was a swastika on the flag with the naked eye,” the staffer said. There was no investigation, and the flag was thrown away, “like we would hate mail,” the staffer said.

  • NuXCOM_90Percent@lemmy.zip
    61·
    6 个月前

    In a past life, the office down the hallway would definitely get some REALLY strange and fucked up stuff in the mail. And it was very common to have that “Hey, you gotta come see this” email. And taking photos wasn’t uncommon.

    But those were photos of it in the box or on the table. Not hung up and displayed on a bulletin board.

    • Bristlecone@lemmy.world
      15·
      6 个月前

      Yeah let’s just hang it up on my office wall real quick so we can get a picture of the crazy hate mail flag hanging on my office wall!

  • Optional@lemmy.world
    45·
    6 个月前

    “New details have emerged from a coordinated investigation into the vile symbol that appeared in my office,” Taylor’s statement read.

    • [deleted]@piefed.worldEnglish
      15·
      6 个月前

      That article was a perfect example of gaslighting, treating quotes from people who said it was hard to notice and another that said it only showed up while taking a picture as if they were reasonable, but still quoting someone who said it was obvious and they threw it away.

      Then focusing on the optical illusion bullshit for the title. Just giving all the excuses for right wingers to say it wasn’t obvious.

  • wirebeads@lemmy.caEnglish
    15·
    6 个月前

    Anything but admitting you’re a filthy Nazi that deserves to be in the ground. Fucking cowardly yank. Own your racism, chicken shit pussy

  • CobblerScholar@lemmy.world
    13·
    6 个月前

    You know that might be enough reasonable doubt if not for the other dozens of stories showing Republicans being Nazi shitbags including the one this week

  • billwashere@lemmy.worldEnglish
    10·
    6 个月前

    Ruse? You mean because they found it? The ruse was to keep it hidden right? Right next to the pointy hat and robes?

    I mean it’s possible they get fan mail. People used to send Reagan jelly beans because he liked them too.

  • TommySoda@lemmy.world
    9·
    6 个月前

    If you’re gonna lie at least make it believable. If he said one of his staffers put it up one day when he was out and he never noticed then that would actually be a believable story.

  • [deleted]@piefed.worldEnglish
    51·
    6 个月前

    There was no investigation, and the flag was thrown away, “like we would hate mail,” the staffer said.

    Based