{"id":2223487,"date":"2024-04-17T16:54:02","date_gmt":"2024-04-17T20:54:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dem-house-candidate-vindman-calls-to-change-virginia-state-flag-after-posing-with-confederate-era-version\/"},"modified":"2024-04-17T16:56:23","modified_gmt":"2024-04-17T20:56:23","slug":"dem-house-candidate-vindman-calls-to-change-virginia-state-flag-after-posing-with-confederate-era-version","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dem-house-candidate-vindman-calls-to-change-virginia-state-flag-after-posing-with-confederate-era-version\/","title":{"rendered":"Democratic House candidate Vindman advocates for changing Virginia&#8217;s state flag following photo with Confederate-themed flag"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/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%2Fdem-house-candidate-vindman-calls-to-change-virginia-state-flag-after-posing-with-confederate-era-version%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=2223487&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--><p>Virginia Democratic congressional candidate\u200d Eugene Vindman faced criticism for posing with\u200c a\u200b Confederate-themed flag, prompting his \u200dcall to change Virginia&#8217;s \u200d<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/citing-fear-that-someone-might-fly-a-qanon-flag-county-proposes-rules-that-restrict-american-flags\/\" title=\"Citing Fear That Someone Might Fly A \u2018QAnon Flag,\u2019 County Proposes Rules That Restrict American Flags\">state flag<\/a>. Vindman took responsibility, stating, &#8220;The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mike-lee-garland-wouldnt-condemn-radical-positions-of-other-doj-nominees\/\" title=\"Mike Lee: Garland Wouldn\u2019t Condemn Radical Positions Of Other DOJ Nominees\">buck stops<\/a> with me,&#8221; and apologized for the incident. His actions \u2062stirred controversy, leading to an apology following pressure from prominent Democrats, including \u200cVirginia State Senate\u200b President \u2063Pro Tempore L. \u200dLouise Lucas.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<h2>&#8216;The buck stops with me,&#8217; Eugene Vindman says after top Democrat calls him &#8216;ignorant&#8217; <\/h2>\n<figure><figcaption> \t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t(X\/Twitter)\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Virginia Democratic congressional candidate Eugene Vindman called to change the Virginia state flag while apologizing for posing with the flag of Virginia&#8217;s Civil War-era Confederate government. &#8220;The buck stops with me,&#8221; Vindman said in his apology.<\/p>\n<p>Vindman issued the apology after posing with a Civil War-era flag, used by the Confederate Virginia state government from 1861 to 1865, at a pro-Ukraine event over the weekend. Vindman is seeking to replace Democratic representative Abigail Spanberger in Virginia&#8217;s Seventh Congressional District, which covers parts of the central and northern portions of the state.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Leaders take responsibility. The buck stops with me,&#8221; Vindman said in his apology. He went on to say that he &#8220;did not make the link to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/maryland-legislature-votes-to-repeal-state-song-over-ties-to-confederacy\/\" title=\"Maryland Legislature Votes To Repeal State Song Over Ties To Confederacy\">civil war era<\/a>&#8221; when posing for <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GoadGatsby\/status\/1780242221402411313\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the picture<\/a>. The Democrat appeared to blame the incident on similarities between the Civil War flag and the current Virginia state flag, which he likened to a Confederate monument. &#8220;While monuments to the confederacy have been coming down and roads glorifying traitors are being renamed around the commonwealth, we need to look at all symbols that represent this tragic history including our current banner which frankly too closely resembles the civil war version,&#8221; Vindman said.<\/p>\n<p>Before issuing his apology, Vindman drew criticism from one of the state&#8217;s most powerful Democrats, Virginia State Senate president pro tempore L. Louise Lucas.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;When I saw the news that a Democratic candidate for Congress was campaigning with the confederate era Virginia flag I was angry and stunned. How could someone who wants to represent us be so ignorant of our history?&#8221; Lucas <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SenLouiseLucas\/status\/1780235855774314612\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">wrote<\/a> on X, formerly Twitter, on Tuesday. &#8220;Two days later\u2014he still has not apologized,&#8221; she added. Vindman <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/YVindman\/status\/1780287554178212208\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">posted<\/a> his apology just hours later.<\/p>\n<p>His apology, though, sparked an attack from the leading Republican candidate in the race, former Green Beret Derrick Anderson, who objected to Vindman&#8217;s critique of the existing state flag.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The Commonwealth is my home\u2014the place that raised me,&#8221; Anderson <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/DerrickforVA\/status\/1780319918166086051\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">posted on X<\/a> in response to Vindman&#8217;s statement. &#8220;Don&#8217;t dictate to Virginians to change our flag because of your massive mistake and disrespect.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Neither Vindman nor his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wheres-bill-barr-we-got-your-voter-fraud-ag-barr-its-on-video-and-they-attempted-to-steal-georgia-with-it-how-about-a-few-arrests\/\" title=\"WHERE'S BILL BARR? -- We Got Your Voter Fraud AG Barr -- It's On Video and They Attempted to Steal Georgia with It! -- HOW ABOUT A FEW ARRESTS?\">campaign responded<\/a> to the <em>Washington Free Beacon<\/em>&#8216;s requests for comment.\t<\/p>\n<p>A <em>Virginia Scope<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.virginiascope.com\/the-fec-asked-vindman-to-confirm-he-correctly-itemized-his-campaign-finance-report\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">analysis<\/a> of Vindman&#8217;s campaign contributions found he received more campaign funding last year from donors in California, New York, and Florida than from Virginians. Meanwhile, during the final fundraising quarter of 2023, residents of Virginia&#8217;s seventh district reportedly <a href=\"https:\/\/matthewfoldi.substack.com\/p\/exclusive-top-gop-house-candidate\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">accounted for only four of the hundreds of donors<\/a> who gave to Vindman&#8217;s campaign.<\/p>\n<p>As of April 1, Vindman had $1.84 million cash on hand, far more than any other Democrat he is taking on in the upcoming June primary. Vindman, a retired Army colonel and former senior ethics official on the Trump administration&#8217;s National Security Council, is running largely on name recognition from former president Donald Trump&#8217;s first impeachment trial. Vindman and brother Alexander raised complaints up the chain of command over Trump&#8217;s alleged attempts to pressure Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky to investigate Joe Biden and his embattled son Hunter. Throughout his campaign, Vindman has touted his desire to &#8220;preserve democracy,&#8221; which he says is threatened by Trump.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Virginia Democratic congressional candidate Eugene Vindman vows to change the state flag after criticism for posing with the Confederate-themed flag. In his apology, Vindman took responsibility, stating, &#8220;The buck stops with me.&#8221; Vindman issued the apology<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2088,"featured_media":2223488,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/GLSw3bNWEAA3Vyu_736x514.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[544],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2223487","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-free-beacon"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/GLSw3bNWEAA3Vyu_736x514.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2223487","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\/2088"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2223487"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2223487\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2223488"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2223487"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2223487"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2223487"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}