“I condemn the burning of the American flag. That flag is an emblem of our highest beliefs as a nation and represents the promise of America. It ought to by no means be desecrated in that manner,” the Democratic presidential candidate stated in an unusually sturdy assertion.
She stated Wednesday’s demonstration featured “despicable acts by unpatriotic protestors and harmful hate-fueled rhetoric”.
The assertion, echoed by different senior Democrats, got here amid makes an attempt by Republicans to color the social gathering as pro-Hamas.
“Anti-American and pro-Hamas rioters burned the American flag in entrance of the US Capitol, and the lady who desires to be our president continues to be refusing to sentence it,” Senator JD Vance, who’s working for vp alongside Donald Trump, wrote on social media simply earlier than Harris’s assertion was issued.