ANALYSIS – We still don't know if it was an intentional call for help, a prank or a broken clip as Senate officials claim, but the American flag did spend some time flying upside down over the U.S. Capitol.
And considering it flew over the Democrat-led Senate building, the meaning and symbolism weren't lost on many Americans.
A tweet by Rogan O'Handley, a political activist whose Twitter handle is DC_Draino, posted on May 16, 2023, showed a photo of the U.S. flag outside the Capitol flying upside down.
He tweeted: “NEW: US flag currently flying upside down over Senate building signaling distress and needing rescue.”
DC_Draino added: “Some believe it was flipped after Sen. Fetterman spoke with the sophistication of a drunk toddler in a hearing today.”
The tweet was viewed 4.3 million times by Thursday.
Under the U.S. Flag Code, turning the flag upside down should never be done “except as a signal of dire distress in instances of extreme danger to life or property.”
Others noted that Congress, and indeed the entire country, is in distress and needs emergency assistance.
The upside-down flag display has also been used as a means of protest, mostly by conservatives.
Newsweek confirmed that the photo is real and the flag was at one point upside down, but reported that an official at the Capitol blamed the upside down flag on a broken clip, adding that the problem was later corrected.
However, many on Twitter questioned the explanation. One asked: “If it was a broken clip and the wind was blowing as it clearly is in the photo, why would it not appear to be attached by only one clip?”
“Science/physics, right?”
“If it was caused because a ‘clip broke' wouldn't the flag just streamer in the wind instead of still fluttering like a flag?” another user suggested.
DC_Draino also responded to the official explanation reported by Newsweek and mocked those who bought it at face value:
Yes I know the article says a “clip broke” but the flag wouldn't fly like that if it was hanging by 1 clip
Guarantee the reply guys in my comments taking the government's PR answer at face value are vaccinated & boosted
The picture is clearly showing something different
However, as symbolic and justified as it may be to fly the American flag upside down over the Democrat-controlled Senate, this was still likely a case of human error and broken clip.
Still, maybe it should become a regular thing until the Republicans retake the Senate.
America is definitely in emergency distress.
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This country has been in distress since January 2021
under moron Biden and his communist puppet master Obama.
How APPROPRIATE! . . . Don’t you THINK?
Need this DC wide & nationwide OK
Just one more example of a totally inept administration.
It starts at the very top and keeps going all the way down.
I tried to fly a “Let’s Go Brandon” flag here in Texas after reading this and it just hung there except when the breeze did come up and then it flew like a piece of cloth that’s just tied to a rope, not like a flag. It was sort of like Joe Biden, he just hangs there and doesn’t do anything of any use. Hell, he doesn’t even get rid of mosquitoes.
Senate Democrats in distress over being exposed to their global Marxist tyranny agenda…
If the he upside down flag was not intentional then it was human error, not a broke clip. Once the Nebraska State Flag was flown upside down at the State Capitol building and this was thought as being because of human error. The Nebraska State Flag is blue with the state seal in the middle. It is believed the person who made this error did not notice that the state seal was upside down. Some have said that this is proof we need another state flag; one that does not look like the state seal on a bed sheet as some have called our state flag.
How the heck, Mr Crespo is able to utter such nonsense saying it was a broken clip when it is obvious to any and everyone the flag was anchored top AND BOTTOM and fluttering in the wind as it should be – ONLY it was being flown UPSIDE down intentionally!
Well, if the Senate grow up and start doing their jobs the right way there wouldn’t be a problem ALSO if they were hung upside down for a while they might they might get enough blood to their brain to get them working again.
So, if the U.S. Senate is in trouble do they call for a team of social workers?
With Biden in the White House maybe the flag reversed itself of its own accord.
The commies in the senate which includes the Demonrats AND RINOs are causing the distress.