Controversial “Appeals” Flags and Christian nationalism, which have recently become associated with the “Stop theft” movement, flew over small business management (SBA) agencies in Washington, DC last week.
June 11th, Kelly Loeffler, former Georgia senator and current administrator of the SBA; I attended the ceremony A new US flag has been published at the agency’s headquarters. Just below that flag, what looked like the same haryard, had a charm to heaven. Sources tell Wired that the “Appeal to Heaven” flag was raised in less than a day.
The flag’s roots have led to the revolutionary war, but in recent years it has become a popular symbol on the far right. The appeal to heaven was dumped by the Capitol’s January 6th rioters in 2021 and became linked to supporters of President Donald Trump, who denies the outcome of the 2020 presidential election. The flag is also tied to Christian nationalists who believe that America should be a Christian nation rather than a secular country.
“It should be shocking for anyone who doesn’t want to live in theocracy to a researcher at George Washington University’s Extremism program that advocates for the heavens fly to government buildings alongside the American flag,” says John Lewis, a researcher at George Washington University’s Extremism Program. “The contemporary use of the appeal to heaven is synonymous with Christian nationalism, a complete halt.”
“The people who raised the heavenly flag in Capitol on January 6th did so because they truly believed there was an opportunity to inject Christian fundamentalism into the foundations of our democracy. The same image of the flag in the SBA gives ample evidence of their success,” adds Lewis.
Other Republicans have previously shared support for appeals to heaven. Home speaker Mike Johnson He displayed the flag outside his office, and the flag was debatable. Samuel Alito of the Supreme Court A villa in New Jersey. In an interview with Associated PressJohnson said he didn’t know that the flag was related to election denial. in Letter to lawmakers Last year, Alito said the same thing. (Allito also fired for a flight of an American flag that was turned upside down at his Virginia home. Upside down flag (This is a pain signal that has become associated with right-wing protesters in recent years).
June 11th Post to her X accountLoeffler wrote: “Today, at the SBA Flag Day ceremony, we proudly raised a new American-made flag at our Washington headquarters. It is the privilege of serving under its stars and stripes on behalf of the 34 million small businesses representing America’s best.” The post includes pictures of appeal to heaven and pictures of Loeffler and others looking up at both flags, but it’s still up.
