President Donald Trump suggested passing a law to make the burning of the flag illegal during his remarks at his rally in Tulsa, Oklahoma, deploring the protests he saw across the country.
"Tonight, we know that leftist radicals in Portland, Oregon, destroyed a statue of George Washington, wrapped it in an American flag, and set the American flag on fire. Democrats! All Democrats! "Trump told supporters gathered in the half-filled arena.
"And you know, we have to do something, Mr. Senator, we have two great senators, we have to introduce a law that if you burn the American flag, you will go to jail for a year," added the president, turning to the Oklahoma Senators. Jim Inhofe and James Lankford. "Jim and James, you know we have to do it." You know, they talk about freedom of expression, and I believe in freedom of expression. But it's desecration. "
Trump told governors on appeal earlier this month that he believed the Supreme Court ruling protecting the burning flag as freedom of speech should be reconsidered, calling the act "shame."
"We have a different court and I think it's time we reconsider this. Because when I see flags burning - they wanted to crawl flagpoles in Washington and try to burn flags, but we stopped them" said the president. governors, according to the audio of the call obtained by CNN.
