President Donald Trump on Monday signed an executive order directing the Justice Department to prosecute people who burn or desecrate the American flag, calling the act uniquely “provocative” and a danger to public safety.
“If you burn a flag, you get one year in jail, no early exits, no nothing. You get one year in jail, and it goes on your record and you will see flag burning stopping immediately,” Trump told reporters in the Oval Office. “Some people would say it’s more important than protecting our monuments, because the people in this country don’t want to see our American flag burned and spit on by paid agitators.”
Trump also signed the following executive orders:
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