{"id":2236679,"date":"2024-05-03T16:26:11","date_gmt":"2024-05-03T20:26:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-says-unc-fraternity-was-admirable-in-protecting-american-flag\/"},"modified":"2024-05-03T16:27:30","modified_gmt":"2024-05-03T20:27:30","slug":"white-house-says-unc-fraternity-was-admirable-in-protecting-american-flag","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-says-unc-fraternity-was-admirable-in-protecting-american-flag\/","title":{"rendered":"The White House praises UNC fraternity for safeguarding the American flag"},"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\">22<\/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%2Fwhite-house-says-unc-fraternity-was-admirable-in-protecting-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=2236679&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\u200c Biden White House \u2064praised a UNC fraternity for safeguarding the American flag during <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>. Members of the fraternity prevented the flag from being replaced with a \u2063Palestinian flag. The incident went viral, leading to a GoFundMe campaign raising over $500,000 for a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/love-is-love-says-director-of-sesame-street-family-day-episode-which-stars-married-gay-couple-and-their-daughter\/\" title=\"\u2018Love Is Love,\u2019 Says Director Of Sesame Street \u2018Family Day\u2019 Episode Which Stars Married Gay Couple And Their Daughter\">celebratory party<\/a>. White House Press Secretary, Karine Jean-Pierre, commended their actions. The Biden White House \u200ccommended a UNC fraternity for protecting the American flag during campus protests. Fraternity members prevented\u200b the flag from \u2064being replaced with a\u200d Palestinian flag.\u200d The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/superman-actor-dean-cain-praises-boy-kicked-out-of-class-for-dont-tread-on-me-patch\/\" title=\"Superman's Dean Cain lauds boy expelled for 'Don't Tread On Me' patch.\">incident gained widespread attention<\/a>, resulting in \u2064a\u2062 GoFundMe campaign raising over $500,000 for a celebration. White House \u2063Press \u200cSecretary, Karine Jean-Pierre, lauded their efforts.  <\/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 data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_78\">\n<p>The Biden <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/white-house\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"campus protests.\">White House<\/a> commended a University of North Carolina fraternity Friday for protecting an American flag during recent <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/campus-protests\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"campus protests.\">campus protests.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Members of the UNC Pi Kappa Phi chapter were photographed preventing an American flag from touching the ground amid attempts to replace it with a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/palestinians\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Palestinian flag.\">Palestinian flag.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The photos went viral, and a third-party-run <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gofundme.com\/f\/pi-kappa-phi-men-defended-their-flag-throw-em-a-rager\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"GoFundme\">GoFundMe<\/a> raised more than $500,000 to throw the fraternity the \u201crager\u201d party \u201cthey deserve\u201d for protecting the flag.<\/p>\n<p>White House press secretary <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/karine-jean-pierre\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Karine Jean-Pierre<\/a> faced a question during Friday\u2019s briefing about President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/joe-biden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Joe Biden<\/a> potentially donating to the group, even though the GoFundMe page stopped accepting donations on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s actually a real point in your question that I will address,\u201d she responded. \u201cI\u2019ll just reiterate this. All Americans have the right to peacefully protest. It is not right to forcefully \u2014 forcefully take down the American flag to replace it with another flag. It is not right, and so I just wanted to make that clear, as well.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/psaki-confirms-incident-with-bidens-dog-says-he-was-surprised-by-an-unfamiliar-person\/\" title=\"Psaki Confirms Incident With Biden\u2019s Dog, Says He \u2018Was Surprised By An Unfamiliar Person\u2019\">press secretary declined<\/a> to say if the president was hoping to speak to the group.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLook, protecting the American flag is admirable,\u201d Jean-Pierre said. \u201cI\u2019ll leave it there.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Both Biden and Jean-Pierre have condemned escalating violence beginning to take hold of pro-Palestinian protests at universities across the nation.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><strong>CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have to follow the rule of law. Violence is not protected here. Americans have the right to peacefully, peacefully protest within the law,\u201d she said earlier in the briefing. \u201cWe\u2019re going to be very consistent here, and as I said, these are incredibly painful times, and it is a very charged moment, and we understand how difficult that could be.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>You can watch Friday\u2019s briefing in full below.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<div>\n<p data-video_id><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"05\/03\/24: Press Briefing by Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/iSPOAJjzuHw?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/figure><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Biden White House lauded a UNC fraternity for safeguarding the American flag amid campus protests. UNC Pi Kappa Phi members prevented the flag from touching the ground amidst efforts to replace it. 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