{"id":2235708,"date":"2024-05-02T15:19:02","date_gmt":"2024-05-02T19:19:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/has-it-become-bad-politics-father-of-unc-frat-boy-asks-why-democrats-didnt-cheer-protecting-the-american-flag\/"},"modified":"2024-05-02T15:20:13","modified_gmt":"2024-05-02T19:20:13","slug":"has-it-become-bad-politics-father-of-unc-frat-boy-asks-why-democrats-didnt-cheer-protecting-the-american-flag","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/has-it-become-bad-politics-father-of-unc-frat-boy-asks-why-democrats-didnt-cheer-protecting-the-american-flag\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Didn&#8217;t Democrats Support Flag Protection?&#8221; &#8211; Concerns Raised by UNC Frat Boy&#8217;s Father"},"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%2Fhas-it-become-bad-politics-father-of-unc-frat-boy-asks-why-democrats-didnt-cheer-protecting-the-american-flag%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=2235708&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>The father of a \u200dUNC student expressed his views on\u200b the fraternity&#8217;s defense of the American flag \u2064during <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fighting-abortion-now-requires-fighting-americans-increasing-hatred-of-children\/\" title=\"Fighting Abortion Now Requires Fighting Americans\u2019 Increasing Hatred Of Children\">campus protests<\/a>. Jeff Goldklang shared his thoughts\u200b 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>, noting the positive response from the GOP and questioning why Democrats did not show similar appreciation. He highlighted the fraternity&#8217;s\u2063 actions and\u200b raised \u200dconcerns about the politicization of flag respect. Jeff Goldklang, the\u2062 father of a UNC student, shared his perspective on the fraternity&#8217;s protection of the American flag \u200camid campus protests. He highlighted the division in responses between the GOP and \u2064Democrats, expressing concerns about the politicization of flag respect.  <\/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<p>The father of a University of North Carolina (UNC) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/college-student-accuses-israel-of-ethnic-genocide-kamala-harris-your-truth-cannot-be-suppressed\/\" title=\"College Student Accuses Israel Of \u2018Ethnic Genocide.\u2019 Kamala Harris: \u2018Your Truth Cannot Be Suppressed\u2019\">student spoke<\/a> out on Wednesday after his son \u2014 assisted by other members of his fraternity \u2014 defended the American flag amid anti-Israel and pro-Palestinian protests across the campus.<\/p>\n<p>Jeff Goldklang shared his thoughts in a post on X after photos and videos of the fraternity brothers \u2014 who sang the national anthem as protesters insulted and threw things at them \u2014 in a post to X.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur son\u2019s fraternity is going viral for holding an American flag off of the ground, respecting all that it has stood for. 99.9% of the positive response has been GOP or right of center,\u201d Goldklang observed, asking why Democrats did not seem to share the same sentiments. \u201cHas it become bad politics for Democrats to respect our flag? I feel it has, which is brutal.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">That said, please don\u2019t co-opt their actions for political reasons. They acted in spontaneous service of the American and (for several) Israeli flag. Unlike the mob they were protecting the flag from, they\u2019re not pawns. Just  boys who respect what those flags stand for.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jeff Goldklang (@JeffGoldklang) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JeffGoldklang\/status\/1785994279346638859?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 2, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Goldklang went on to say that he did not want to see the fraternity brothers \u2014 who had simply acted in the moment out of their respect for their country and its flag \u2014 used for political reasons.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat said, please don\u2019t co-opt their actions for political reasons,\u201d he said. \u201cThey acted in spontaneous service of the American and (for several) Israeli flag. Unlike the mob they were protecting the flag from, they\u2019re not pawns. Just boys who respect what those flags stand for.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><b><a href=\"https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" aria-describedby=\"sk-tooltip-9096\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1714657703188000&#038;usg=AOvVaw0-8IzS3B7axoRMsynY0m75\">CLICK HERE TO GET THE DAILYWIRE+ APP<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p>UNC student and Pi Kappa Phi member <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/gofundme-set-up-to-fund-rager-for-frat-boys-who-defended-american-flag-on-unc-campus\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Guillermo Estrada<\/a> shared his story in a series of posts that went viral, saying that he had felt called to action after growing up in a military community and seeing the sacrifice so many have made to protect that flag.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy fraternity brother and others ran over to hold it up, in order for it not to touch the ground. People began throwing water bottles at us, rocks, sticks, calling us profane names. We stood for an hour defending the flag so many fight to protect,\u201d he said. \u201cI grew up in a Military community and saw first hand the sacrifices they make. I will not stand for the disrespect these \u2018protestors\u2019 cause for the sake of another country.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A UNC student&#8217;s father, Jeff Goldklang, voiced concerns as his son and fraternity members protected the American flag during campus protests. Goldklang shared his views on X after images and videos surfaced, showcasing the frat&#8217;s actions<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":93,"featured_media":2235709,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2024\/05\/GettyImages-2150447573.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2235708","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2024\/05\/GettyImages-2150447573.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2235708","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\/93"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2235708"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2235708\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2235709"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2235708"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2235708"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2235708"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}