RWNJ iconoclasts are at work with upside down US ‘distress’ flying by SCOTUS spouses, so Trump should make a mention of flag desecration tonight at the Minnesota fundraiser. If he’s scripting according to plan, Islamophobic tropes are an iconoclastic feature, not a bug for trumpists, bordering on the fetishistic absurd and performed randomly, especially at his rallies.
Fargo, a twin city not even in Minnesota, but as a film and TV series is a popular parody, is the dominant trope, much like the mosquito is the de facto state bird.
Bannon voiced his disapproval of the flag with fellow MAGA supporter and 2020 election-denier Mike Lindell, CEO of the Minnesota-based company MyPillow, about the flag, which Bannon called, “Islamist.”
Lindell launched into a diatribe about the number of Somalis in the state of Minnesota and Somalian-born U.S. Representative Ilhan Omar. “What they’ve done with the flag is catastrophic.” Lindell added, “It’s an atrocity. Everybody’s going, ‘What is this? What is this, a takeover? This is like a Trojan Horse, Steve. They don’t love our country.”
Lindell claimed: “Islamists come here and they get to have this flag. It’s like we’re getting attacked from every direction.”
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The previous design of the Minnesota state flag had drawn criticism for both its design and its depiction of Indigenous Americans, CNN previously reported.
In May 2023, the Minnesota state legislature passed a bill to redesign both the flag and the state seal. But there have been calls to change the flag dating back to the 1960s, CNN previously reported.
Critics have long taken issue with the state’s seal and flag over its depiction of a Native American on horseback at the center of the seal, which is viewed by some to be a reference to the displacement of Native people throughout Minnesota’s history.
The final flag design was selected from 2,500 public submissions, which included homages to popular Minnesota state symbols like the state bird, the loon, and the monarch butterfly, CNN previously reported.
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*cuts to tape of Trump saying "if I lose Minnesota, I'm never coming back" at a rally*