Here's some breaking news out of Lynnwood, Washington. The city council is apparently wrestling with the issue of which flags to fly year-round in a local park. Councilmember Isabel Mata argued that the pride flag is "way more relatable" than the American flag, adding that they have 27 iterations of the same flag, "some representing parts of American history that frankly are not great." She didn't get into detail about which flags represent the "not great" parts of American history, so we're curious what those would be. San Francisco City Hall flew George Washington's Appeal to Heaven Flag until one clown on X spread the idea that it was related to white supremacy, and the mainstream media picked up on it, noting that Justice Samuel Alito had flown the flag at his summer house the year before.
Mata goes on to say that she would not raise an American flag at her house because … she wouldn't. She wasn't even born here.
NEW: Lynnwood, WA councilmember Isabel Mata: “To me, a pride flag is way more relatable than an American flag. I would not raise an American flag at my house because I wouldn't…I wasn't even born here. But I would raise a pride flag."pic.twitter.com/E1nYU7Fofk
— Ari Hoffman (@thehoffather) May 6, 2026
"I wasn't even born here." Then shut up. https://t.co/qTTU8BvuHt
— Miranda Devine (@mirandadevine) May 7, 2026
Or was she? People searched and found she was born in Rochester, New York. Is she renouncing her citizenship?
A council member is uncomfortable with the American flag? WTAF.
— Buddhababe1111 (@buddhababe1111) May 6, 2026
Then why would you run for public office? Can't get a real job?
— DenverLonghorn (@DenverLonghorn) May 6, 2026
This thinking was taught in schools and by local politicians. It's considered "far right" to have an American flag on your door these days to liberals. How sad that this woman think this way. She's so uninformed.
— Z (@ZnicksZag) May 6, 2026
It's "nationalist."
If a "councilmember" does not represent America, they should be disqualified.
— Abby (@NoCRTinSchools) May 7, 2026
Maybe she should go somewhere else then? The entire point of wanting to be an American is recognizing that we are the best and most prosperous country in the world - exactly because of our culture. I really don't understand how people have been radicalized against themselves.
— Téa - the Empirical Armadillo (@empirical_Tea) May 7, 2026
When it all goes to hell, patriots, often strangers, will pull together. June 14 is flag day. I am hanging a brand new one.
— MICHAEL WARDER (@MICHAELWAR50195) May 7, 2026
Right here, it`s this kind of mentality that speaks volumes to the sickness that has such a grip on this country`s downfall, and why we need to turn these people away. And another point that needs to be addressed is mental institutions...we need mental institutions.
— Betty (@Betty214779332) May 7, 2026
And there you go.
— lighteninghead123 (@lighteninghead2) May 6, 2026
Making uninformed decisions for the rest of us and no patriotism.
These people are in power. This is nothing shy of infiltration.
— Christopher Natale (@natale85761) May 6, 2026
How do these people get voted in. I don’t get it.
— Cameron zimm (@Cameron77580684) May 7, 2026
The city apparently already has a rainbow-colored "All are welcome" sign, but that's not enough.
"A pride flag is way more relatable than an American flag." That reminds me of the poor members of the Boise City Council who had a somber ceremony, complete with hymns, when forced to take down the pride flag from city hall thanks to a new state law. Boo hoo.
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