{"id":2001024,"date":"2023-08-15T09:25:01","date_gmt":"2023-08-15T13:25:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/australian-girl-mocks-ubiquity-of-american-flags-abbott-fires-4-word-response\/"},"modified":"2023-08-15T09:26:28","modified_gmt":"2023-08-15T13:26:28","slug":"australian-girl-mocks-ubiquity-of-american-flags-abbott-fires-4-word-response","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/australian-girl-mocks-ubiquity-of-american-flags-abbott-fires-4-word-response\/","title":{"rendered":"Australian girl mocks American flags, Abbott responds with 4 words."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Faustralian-girl-mocks-ubiquity-of-american-flags-abbott-fires-4-word-response%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2001024&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Australian Woman Criticizes American Flag, Governor Abbott Responds<\/h2>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">In a TikTok\u200d video that has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/after-commuting-his-sentence-ca-gov-newsom-reverses-parole-for-convicted-double-murderer\/\" title=\"After Commuting His Sentence, CA Gov. Newsom Reverses Parole For Convicted Double Murderer\">sparked controversy<\/a>, a woman from Australia expressed her disdain\u200c for the abundance of American flags in the United States. Texas GOP \u2062Governor Greg Abbott\u200b wasted no time in firing back with a succinct four-word response.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Australian\u2064 girl doesn\u2019t like that\u200b there are so many American \u200dflags\u200d in \u2064America:<\/p>\n<p>There are too many American flags. Like they\u2019re\u2063 on houses, they\u2019re on cars\u2026 I think\u2064 I can draw the American \u200bflag\u200d from \u2064memory. The only time I think \u200dI\u2019ve ever seen an \u200bAustralian flag \u2064is on the\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/XFk9pWxltB\">pic.twitter.com\/XFk9pWxltB<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 wilder\ud83d\ude0e (@wilderpatriot) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/wilderpatriot\/status\/1690811181227757569?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 13, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">The \u200c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/australian-girl-mocks-ubiquity-of-american-flags-abbott-fires-4-word-response\/\" title=\"Australian girl mocks American flags, Abbott responds with 4 words.\">woman boldly declared<\/a>, &#8220;I\u2019m \u2064just gonna say it; there are too many American\u2063 flags.\u2064 Like \u200cthey\u2019re on houses; they\u2019re on cars; saw\u200c them on couch cushions. Like\u200d I \u2063don\u2019t know who\u2019s making these American flags, but they\u2019d be making a bloody fortune, and like, you\u2019re \u200bthe only country I know that does this,\u2063 like.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">She continued, &#8220;The only time I\u200c think I\u2019ve \u2062ever seen an Australian flag is\u200b on the Harbour Bridge,&#8221; referring to the iconic \u2064bridge in Sydney, Australia. &#8220;Could not tell you what\u200c it looks like. Like, I know what it\u2019s like, blue, and it\u2019s got some stars on it, but I think I could draw the\u200d American flag from memory, like I think I can make a bloody sculpture out of\u2062 it. That\u2019s how many times I\u2019ve seen it. It\u2019s enough.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">The\u200d video quickly caught the attention of Governor Abbott,\u200d who responded with a\u2064 sharp \u200bretort: &#8220;Go\u2062 back to\u2063 Australia.&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Go back to \u200dAustralia.<\/p>\n<p>\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8\u2062 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/VsZ9pOWlrA\">https:\/\/t.co\/VsZ9pOWlrA<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Greg\u2063 Abbott (@GregAbbott_TX) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GregAbbott_TX\/status\/1691213784067518464?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 14, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">The debate\u200b over the American flag&#8217;s prevalence\u200c in the United States has been \u2062ongoing. According to the <a href=\"https:\/\/fmaa-usa.com\/index.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Flag Manufacturers Association of America<\/a> (FMAA), 94% of American flags are manufactured\u200d in\u2064 the U.S. The FMAA also ensures that flags with their &#8220;Certified Made in the U.S.A.&#8221; seal have been produced using domestic materials and\u200c labor.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">In a move to further\u200b support American flag manufacturing, Texas GOP Senator Ted Cruz joined forces with several representatives to \u2062<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/heres-how-much-weaponry-the-taliban-are-believed-to-have-seized-from-us-report\/\" title=\"Here\u2019s How Much Weaponry The Taliban Are Believed To Have Seized From US: REPORT\">introduce legislation requiring<\/a> all American flags displayed on federal property or obtained by \u2063federal \u200bagencies to be entirely made in the United States \u2064from\u2063 American\u2064 materials.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">Cruz emphasized the\u200b importance of producing\u200d flags \u2062in \u2064the United States, stating, &#8220;The American flag is a symbol of\u200c freedom and hope for\u2063 Texans, Americans, and the world. We should be making our flags\u200d in the \u200bLand of the \u2062Free&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A woman from Australia criticized the abundance of American flags in a TikTok video. 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