Fort Pierce Post Office flies upside down flag, symbol of "Stop the Steal" election deniers. [View all]
Source: Treasure Coast Newspapers
FORT PIERCE — A star-spangled banner flew upside down Wednesday at the United States Post Office on Orange Avenue, days after U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito faced criticism for years-old pictures of the same sight at his home.
The upside-down American flag has been a symbol used by "Stop the Steal," groups backing false conspiracy theories that the 2020 presidential election actually was won by former President Donald Trump, only to be stolen by President Joe Biden.
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It is unclear how long the flag flew upside down outside of the post office in Fort Pierce, or who was responsible. A POW-MIA flag, honoring prisoners of war and soldiers missing in action, was flying correct-side-up just below the upside-down American flag Wednesday.
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Meanwhile, about a mile east on Orange Avenue, a hearing was under way at the Alto Lee Adams Sr., U.S. Courthouse, where attorneys for Trump were once again asking U.S. District Court Judge Aileen M. Cannon to throw out charges against him in a case about his retention and storage of classified federal documents at Mar-a-Lago, his home and club in Palm Beach. Trump was not in attendance.
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The postal service is declining to comment and promises to investigate.
I retired from the Postal Service a dozen years ago. We functioned under a very strict enforcement of the Hatch Act. If I had a partisan bumper sticker on my car I couldn't park in our parking lot. Putting up and taking down the flag was an assigned duty. An actual investigation should require a single phone call...
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