Trump supporters fly American flags upside down to protest the guilty verdict in New York
Upside down American flags are appearing in real life and online donate Donald Trump after the New York jury returned with one Guilty on all 34 counts against the former president and presumptive Republican nominee.
The symbol, popular among some Trump supporters since his 2020 election loss, reappeared on conservative social media accounts after he was sentenced Thursday for doing so. falsified documents to cover up hush money payments to porn stars. Daniels storms to illegally influence the 2016 election.
Immediately after Thursday’s ruling, Trump loyalists, including Reps Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia, posted an inverted U.S. flag on X, formerly known as Twitter. By Saturday afternoon, more than 10 million people had viewed it.
Other prominent backers include the Heritage Foundation, the conservative group behind Republican policy. Project 2025 drama. According to Reuters, a Miami chapter of Proud boysa far-right militant group, posted an inverted flag on its Telegram messaging channel, as did a similar group called Patriot Voice, with the words: “In serious distress.”
The flag became more prominent among Trump supporters after New York Times reported that the inverted flag was flown outside the home of a U.S. Supreme Court Justice in Virginia Samuel Alito just over a week after the January 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol by Trump supporters who falsely believed that the 2020 presidential election was stolen by Trump Joe Biden.
Alito has since stated that this is all wife’s decision, stemming from a dispute with a neighbor, although the timeline of the alleged incidents do not match. The judge also refused to recuse himself from several upcoming cases related to Jan. 6 and presidential immunity.
Trump has nervous knowing Alito would be on the bench.
“Congratulations to United States Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito for showing SMART, COURAGE and ‘GUTS’ to refuse to make a decision on anything related to January 6th,” Trump Written about social truth. “All American Judges, Judges and Leaders should have such GRIT.”
The United States flag codealthough not legally enforceable, states that flags should not be raised unless they represent “serious” indications.
However, it was used as a protest symbol long before MAGA supporters began using it. The flag is upside down use during the anti-slavery movement of the mid-1800s. Anti-war protests during the Vietnam War used inverted symbolism to criticize the actions of the United States government abroad.
In 1974 — three decades before Alito became a Supreme Court justice — the court ruled in favor of a college student who hung an American flag with peace symbols on it upside down after his murder. four protesters protesting against the Vietnam War.
After the ruling, online Trump supporters also suffered calling for a civil war and revolution – a turning away from “traitor” who celebrated their candidate’s conviction.
Flying next to the upside-down flag outside Trump Tower on Friday was another flag engraved with the simple message: “Trump or Death,” with the former president’s face sandwiched between the years 1776 and 2024.
