Flags altered in a similar way have surfaced around the Capitol.
Several Republican Hill offices received American flags bearing “obscured” swastika symbols, Rep. Dave Taylor said a day after an image surfaced of one hanging in his office.
Taylor, an Ohio Republican, said in a statement Thursday that it was part of an orchestrated campaign.
But the Hill aide — granted anonymity to speak openly — said that flag was “obvious and unusual enough for us to take a photo before throwing it out.”
“It was plainly obvious to us that there was a swastika on the flag with the naked eye,” the staffer said. There was no investigation, and the flag was thrown away, “like we would hate mail,” the staffer said.
In a past life, the office down the hallway would definitely get some REALLY strange and fucked up stuff in the mail. And it was very common to have that “Hey, you gotta come see this” email. And taking photos wasn’t uncommon.
But those were photos of it in the box or on the table. Not hung up and displayed on a bulletin board.
Yeah let’s just hang it up on my office wall real quick so we can get a picture of the crazy hate mail flag hanging on my office wall!