{"id":2226198,"date":"2024-04-20T19:50:02","date_gmt":"2024-04-20T23:50:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/republican-looks-to-ban-foreign-flags-in-house-chamber-after-democrats-celebrate-ukraine-aid\/"},"modified":"2024-04-20T19:54:04","modified_gmt":"2024-04-20T23:54:04","slug":"republican-looks-to-ban-foreign-flags-in-house-chamber-after-democrats-celebrate-ukraine-aid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/republican-looks-to-ban-foreign-flags-in-house-chamber-after-democrats-celebrate-ukraine-aid\/","title":{"rendered":"GOP seeks to prohibit foreign flags in House chamber following Dem&#8217;s Ukraine aid celebration"},"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%2Frepublican-looks-to-ban-foreign-flags-in-house-chamber-after-democrats-celebrate-ukraine-aid%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=2226198&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>A Republican\u200c lawmaker aims to \u2062limit the\u200d display of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/aft-president-randi-weingarten-posts-we-stand-with-ukraine-photo-with-upside-down-ukrainian-flag\/\" title=\"AFT President Randi Weingarten Posts \u201cWe Stand With Ukraine\u201d Photo With Upside Down Ukrainian Flag\">foreign flags<\/a> in the House chamber after Democrats celebrated the passage of a $60.84 billion aid bill with Ukrainian flags. This led to a warning from House Speaker Mike Johnson and sparked GOP efforts to ban such displays through new legislation. The move follows concerns about decorum and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/d-c-statehood-is-a-democrat-power-grab\/\" title=\"D.C. Statehood Is A Democrat Power Grab\">national representation<\/a> in the House. A Republican legislator seeks to restrict foreign flag displays\u2063 in the House chamber following \u2062Democrats&#8217; celebration of \u200da $60.84 billion aid\u200b bill\u2063 with Ukrainian flags. House Speaker Mike Johnson&#8217;s caution and GOP&#8217;s push for a ban highlight decorum and national representation issues in the House.  <\/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<p>A Republican lawmaker is looking to restrict the display of foreign countries\u2019 emblems inside the House chamber after Democrats waved the Ukrainian flag in celebration of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/2973096\/house-approves-foreign-aid-package\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>passage of $60.84 billion aid legislation<\/a> on Saturday afternoon.<\/p>\n<p>Shortly before the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/2973213\/house-gop-hard-liners-blast-lame-duck-johnson-for-foreign-aid-passage-but-dodge-on-ouster\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>foreign aid bills passed the House<\/a>, Democrats were seen cheering while waving Ukrainian flags \u2014 prompting a rebuke by House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA), who warned the display was a violation of House decorum. Now, GOP lawmakers are looking to ban the behavior altogether by drafting legislation that would prohibit the display of foreign flags at any time on the floor.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWatching American representatives pass out &#038; wave Ukrainian flags in the United States House of Representatives chamber infuriated me,\u201d Rep. Kat Cammack (R-FL) said <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Kat_Cammack\/status\/1781769731696914729\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>in a post on X<\/a>. \u201cIf there is one room in our country that should only have the American flag present, it is this room.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It is not yet clear when the legislation could be brought to the floor for consideration, but Cammack noted her staff was drafting the text \u201cas we speak.\u201d Representatives will not return to Washington until April 29.<\/p>\n<p>Several lawmakers were visibly upset with the display of Ukrainian flags, resulting in a brief moment of tension when Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL) went to the microphone during votes to tell Democrats to \u201cput those <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrats-waive-ukrainian-flags-on-house-floor-while-chanting-ukraine\/\" title=\"Democrats proudly wave Ukrainian flags on the House floor while chanting 'Ukraine!\">damn flags<\/a> away.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Johnson also reprimanded members, later releasing a statement referring to \u201cdisturbance on the House floor.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese are not normal times here in the House or around the world as we all know,\u201d Johnson said. \u201cI just want to say simply what I think most people around the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/judge-decides-against-prison-time-for-transgender-former-neo-nazi\/\" title=\"Judge Decides Against Prison Time For Transgender Former Neo-Nazi\">country understand<\/a> and agree, we should only wave one flag on the House floor. And I think we know which flag that is.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Democrats, for their part, stood by their celebration. In fact, several were seen speaking to pro-Ukrainian protesters shortly after the vote to approve foreign aid. Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D-CT) even thanked many in the crowd for their support.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title><strong>CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A list of possible co-sponsors for Cammack\u2019s bill is not yet known, although a handful of House Republicans criticized Democrats for the move, indicating substantial support among rank-and-file GOP lawmakers.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShouldn\u2019t have any other flag but the American flag on the House floor,\u201d Rep. Tim Burchett (R-TN) said. \u201cThat\u2019s ridiculous. \u2026 It\u2019s inappropriate. It\u2019s just lack of order.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After Democrats celebrated the passing of $60.84 billion aid legislation with Ukrainian flags, a GOP lawmaker aims to limit foreign emblems in the House chamber. Cheers and flag-waving preceded the passage of foreign aid bills, sparking the Republican lawmaker\u2019s call for restrictions<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2640,"featured_media":2226199,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/wex-s3.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/AP22239845010634-1024x683.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2226198","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/wex-s3.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/AP22239845010634-1024x683.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2226198","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\/2640"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2226198"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2226198\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2226199"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2226198"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2226198"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2226198"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}