Marjorie Taylor Greene compares rattlesnake flag to Constitution in social media rant
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) on Tuesday likened the Gadsden flag to the Constitution, the Bill of Rights and America’s founding fathers in a social media post in response to a Colorado controversy.
The Gadsden flag, a Revolutionary War-era symbol from the 18th century that depicts a snake against a yellow background with "DON'T TREAD ON ME" in the background, is at the center of a Colorado Springs school district dispute after video surfaced on social media of a 12-year-old Vanguard public charter school student and his mother being told by an administrator that he wouldn’t be allowed to return to class with a backpack that had a Gadsden flag patch on it, The Gazette reports.
Harrison School District 2, which oversees Vanguard, reversed the administrator’s decision during an emergency meeting after the story went viral....