Proud to be an American…
This week, a group of fraternity brothers from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill were praised for their actions to protect the American Flag from being destroyed by anti-Israel protesters on campus.
Possibly taking a page from “Rule for Radicals,” the frat boys held nothing back when confronting an indignant co-ed donning a Palestinian keffiyeh scarf.
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In what became an instantly iconic photo a group of young men could be seen holding the large flag, preventing it from touching the ground. (RELATED: Granddaughter Of WWII Nurse Sets Record Straight After VA Attempts To Ban Iconic V-J Day Photo)
According to The Daily Wire, student Guillermo Estrada wrote that he was walking to class when he noticed a Palestinian flag had been “raised on our quad flag pole,” causing him to become “immediately upset.” He said school officials and police officers “were met with profanity, middle fingers” and “thrown bottles” when they arrived to re-hoist the American flag. But the protesters persisted, he said.
Estrada said his Pi Kappa Phi fraternity brothers and others protected the American flag when protesters tried to remove it again and were “preparing to destroy it.”
“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.”
“This is America. 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸,” said Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX). “Not the hatred & bigotry right now on college campuses. This 👇”
Donald Trump Jr. posted on X: “I stand with the college students who proudly put the American flag back up, not the radicals who tore it down!”
Sen. Eric Schmitt (R-Mo.) posted: “God bless America.🇺🇸”
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