{"id":2001221,"date":"2023-08-15T12:29:01","date_gmt":"2023-08-15T16:29:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/texas-gov-greg-abbott-tells-foreigner-complaining-about-too-many-american-flags-to-go-back-to-australia\/"},"modified":"2023-08-15T12:30:35","modified_gmt":"2023-08-15T16:30:35","slug":"texas-gov-greg-abbott-tells-foreigner-complaining-about-too-many-american-flags-to-go-back-to-australia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/texas-gov-greg-abbott-tells-foreigner-complaining-about-too-many-american-flags-to-go-back-to-australia\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas Gov. Greg Abbott tells foreigner upset about &#8216;American flags&#8217; to &#8216;return to Australia&#8217;."},"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\">28<\/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%2Ftexas-gov-greg-abbott-tells-foreigner-complaining-about-too-many-american-flags-to-go-back-to-australia%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=2001221&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>Texas Gov. Greg Abbott Tells Foreigner Complaining About &#8216;Too Many American Flags&#8217; to &#8216;Go Back \u2064to Australia&#8217;<\/h2>\n<p>Texas Republican Gov. Greg Abbott had a \u2062fiery response\u200b for\u2062 an Australian woman who complained \u2064about the prevalence of American flags in the U.S. \u2063In a video that went \u200cviral on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/why-this-average-american-is-voting-for-donald-trump\/\" title=\"Why This Average American Is Voting for Donald Trump\">social media<\/a>, the woman,\u2062 identified as Mia Chloe, expressed her frustration with the abundance of American flags\u200b on houses, cars,\u200d and even <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-washington-post-faces-backlash-over-headline-praising-biden-did-joe-biden-write-this\/\" title=\"The Washington Post Faces Backlash Over Headline Praising Biden: \u2018Did Joe Biden Write This?\u2019\">couch cushions<\/a>. She claimed that she could draw the \u200bAmerican flag from memory, but couldn&#8217;t say the same \u200cabout her own country&#8217;s \u200bflag.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Australian girl doesn\u2019t like that there are so many American flags in America:<\/p>\n<p>There are too \u200cmany American flags. Like they\u2019re on houses, they\u2019re on cars\u2026 I think I can draw the American flag from memory. The only time I think I\u2019ve ever seen an Australian flag \u2063is on the\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/XFk9pWxltB\">pic.twitter.com\/XFk9pWxltB<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 wilder (@wilderpatriot) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/wilderpatriot\/status\/1690811181227757569?\">August 13, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Abbott, clearly unimpressed with Chloe&#8217;s comments,\u2062 took to Twitter to respond. He <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/court-threatens-to-jail-alleged-capitol-rioter-for-wearing-a-mesh-mask-lawyer-says-she-got-the-idea-from-lana-del-ray\/\" title=\"Court Threatens To Jail Alleged Capitol Rioter For Wearing A Mesh Mask. Lawyer Says She Got The Idea From Lana Del Ray.\">simply told<\/a> \u200dher to &#8220;Go back to Australia.&#8221; The governor&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/baseball-team-pulls-shirt-after-fans-notice-what-city-nickname-looks-like\/\" title=\"Baseball team changes shirt after fans spot unfortunate city nickname resemblance.\">tweet quickly gained attention<\/a> and sparked a heated debate on social media.<\/p>\n<p>While Chloe&#8217;s criticism \u2064of American patriotism may have struck a nerve with some,\u200d it&#8217;s important to remember the \u200chistorical significance of the\u200d American flag. Americans \u200ctake pride in their country&#8217;s founding \u200cand the struggles they endured to establish a nation that would become one of the greatest in\u2062 history. \u2063Australia, on the other hand, was founded as a colony for English criminals and has\u200d a different origin story.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s \u200dworth noting \u2064that many Americans proudly display \u2063the flag\u200c as a symbol of their love for their country. The flag represents American industrial might, patriotism, \u200band resilience. It&#8217;s a reminder of \u200bthe sacrifices made\u2064 to protect freedom and democracy, including the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/texas-gov-greg-abbott-tells-foreigner-complaining-about-too-many-american-flags-to-go-back-to-australia\/\" title=\"Texas Gov. Greg Abbott tells foreigner upset about 'American flags' to 'return to Australia'.\">pivotal role played<\/a> by the U.S.\u2064 in stopping the Japanese military from\u200d invading Australia\u200b during the Battle of Midway in 1942.<\/p>\n<p>While everyone \u200cis entitled to their opinion, it&#8217;s\u2063 important to approach \u2062cultural criticism with respect and understanding. Criticizing a country&#8217;s culture on \u200bsocial\u200c media can\u200b often lead to backlash, as\u2063 Chloe \u2062experienced when her accounts were \u2064taken down following her video.<\/p>\n<p>In the end, Abbott&#8217;s response to Chloe&#8217;s complaints serves as\u200d a reminder that while visitors are welcome in\u2064 the U.S., it&#8217;s important to show respect for the customs and symbols \u200cof\u2064 the country you are visiting.\u2064 As for Chloe, she learned the\u2062 hard way that criticizing American patriotism can\u2062 have consequences.<\/p>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/texas-gov-greg-abbott-tells-foreigner-complaining-many-american-flags-go-back-australia\/\">Texas Gov.\u2063 Greg Abbott Tells Foreigner Complaining About &#8216;Too Many American Flags&#8217; to &#8216;Go Back to \u2063Australia&#8217;<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\">The Western Journal<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, a Republican, responded to an Australian woman&#8217;s complaints about American flags in the U.S. on X (formerly Twitter). He advised her to return to her own country. The woman, identified as Mia Chloe by Yahoo News, expressed her discontent in a video.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2006,"featured_media":2001222,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[548],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2001221","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-conservative-news-daily"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2001221","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2006"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2001221"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2001221\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2001222"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2001221"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2001221"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2001221"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}