{"id":591384,"date":"2021-07-14T17:36:24","date_gmt":"2021-07-14T21:36:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=591384"},"modified":"2021-07-14T17:36:27","modified_gmt":"2021-07-14T21:36:27","slug":"sean-hannity-sounds-off-on-u-s-olympic-committees-proposal-to-redesign-american-flag-on-its-logo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sean-hannity-sounds-off-on-u-s-olympic-committees-proposal-to-redesign-american-flag-on-its-logo\/","title":{"rendered":"Sean Hannity Sounds Off On U.S. Olympic Committee\u2019s Proposal To Redesign American Flag On Its Logo"},"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\">32<\/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%2Fsean-hannity-sounds-off-on-u-s-olympic-committees-proposal-to-redesign-american-flag-on-its-logo%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=591384&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--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/GettyImages-1228218451.jpg?w=1200&amp;h=800&amp;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p><span>Fox News host Sean Hannity is not pleased with the United States Olympic Committee (USOC), after reporting that they\u2019re in the early stages of a plan to redesign the American flag on its logo, replacing the 50 stars with 5 new stars as well as altering the stripes.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Hannity reported that on June 6, <\/span><span>U.S. Olympians and Paralympian associations were asked to fill out an online survey by the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee, in which the proposed change to the Stars &amp; Stripes in USOPC materials was an item.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cThe U.S. Olympic and Paralympic have actually been considering a redesign of the American flag for all of their official documents and promotional materials,\u201d Hannity said on Monday. \u201cIf they approve this design, that would strip the U.S. flag \u2014 or the flag of at least most of the stars and stripes.\u201d&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Fox reached out to Kate Hartman \u2014 a spokesperson for the Olympic committee \u2014 who said they were in the \u201cearly stages\u201d of the redesign.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cWe are in the very early stages of potentially exploring new brand executions for the United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee,\u201d the committee said in a statement to Fox News.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cIt is common practice in creative development to share a variety of concepts with stakeholders to [elicit] reaction and feedback that will then be used to determine next steps. What has been sent to you is just one of dozens of ideas shared in this brainstorming and surveying process.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Hannity was not impressed and had a message for the stakeholders.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cHere is my message \u2013 stop wasting your team\u2019s time and money with a redesign of the American flag \u2013 it\u2019s an awful idea,\u201d Hannity said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cOur stars &amp; stripes should be the only flag representing our country at the Olympics and the Paralympics \u2013 there are so many amazing athletes and champions we are all so proud of.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>After Hannity\u2019s report, the USOPC put out a statement saying that they had no intention of changing the American flag that flies above the podium at the Olympics.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cWe want to be clear that we love our country and respect the American flag. We do not have any intention, not to mention the authority, to change our country\u2019s flag that flies above the podium when a member of Team USA achieves Olympic or Paralympic greatness,\u201d the statement <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/hannity-us-olympic-committee-american-flag\">concluded<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Former Olympic athletes seem to agree with Hannity, with Olympic swimming medalists Gary Hall Sr. and Gary Hall Jr. joining \u201cHannity\u201d on Tuesday in order to express their disapproval for the potential changes.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cThe greatest honor of my life was in Montreal in 1976 when I was selected to carry the American flag for the U.S. Olympic team leading into Montreal Stadium,\u201d Hall Sr. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/olympic-medalists-usoc-flag-proposal\"><span>said<\/span><\/a><span>. \u201cAnd the American flag is iconic. It doesn\u2019t just represent the greatest country in the world. It represents and symbolizes millions of Americans who have worked hard, who have sacrificed, some of them, with their own lives.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cNo one has the right to change that other than <\/span><span>U.S. Congress<\/span><span>, and to me, it\u2019s disrespectful to even consider changing the American flag,\u201d Hall Sr. continued.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u201cOld Glory does not need rebranding,\u201d Hall Jr. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/olympic-medalists-usoc-flag-proposal\">said<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><span>Hall Sr. was a silver medalist at the 1968, 1972, and 1976 Olympic Games, while Hall Jr. won gold medals at the 1996, 2000, and 2004 Olympic Games.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i>Joe Morgan is the Sports Reporter for The Daily Wire. Most recently, Morgan covered the Clippers, Lakers, and the NBA for Sporting News. 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