Seventy-three top-ranking officials are being sent an American flag alongside a copy of the United States Flag Code and a letter from the Republican Party, Fox News has learned. The RNC's move comes as the nation debates how to appropriately express dissent with the United States government. "To have our flag be taken down and have protesters put up another country's flag is just egregious," McDaniel told Fox News during a phone interview. Democrats, the RNC told Fox News, responded with "deafening silence" to attacks on the flag. "The American flag is a powerful symbol of freedom and independence that many have died to protect.

Source: Fox News July 17, 2019 19:52 UTC