Flashback: Hillary Clinton once called for flag-burning ban as Trump’s order ignites backlash
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In 2006, then Democratic Senator Hillary Clinton advocated for a law prohibiting the burning of the American flag. (Credit: C-SPAN)
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AssomeDemocratsmockPresidentDonaldTrumpforsigninganexecutiveordercrackingdownonburningtheAmericanflag,acliphasresurfacedofthen-NewYorkDemocraticSen.HillaryClintoncallingforaverysimilarprohibitionagainstflagdesecration.
Inaresurfacedclipfrom2006,ClintontooktotheSenatefloortoadvocateonbehalfofabilltitledthe“FlagProtectionAct”thatshesaidwouldmakeitacrimetodesecratetheAmericanflag.
AddressingtheSenatepresident,Clintonsaid,“Ihope,Mr.President,thatwecanpassalawthatcriminalizesflagburninganddesecration.”
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FormerSecretaryofStateHillaryClintondeliversherconcessionspeechin2016. (GettyImages)
Clintonsaid,“Iagreewholeheartedlythatmaliciouslyburningo
