It’s no secret that the radical Left hates first responders. But now this is a declaration of war on them.
Because Democrats just spat on the graves of fallen first-responders with a wild Draconian order.
For years there’s been a growing bloc on the Left that has fostered disdain for any and all first-responders like police offers, firefighters, and even first-responding coast guard officials. Military members aren’t safe from the vitriol of the Left either.
Essentially anyone who is a defender of societal safety is under intense scrutiny these days from Democrats and Leftist talking heads in the media.
This started more than ten years ago, but 2020 was a catalyst for this sentiment growing within the Democrat party and on the Left. The 2020 George Floyd riots, in some cases, targeted law enforcement officials with violence.
The Fake News Media, of course, played cover for these radicals during the riots by trying to say that the riots were “mostly peaceful protests” even though Americans could see with their own two eyes that the rioters were destroying cities left and right.
Fake News MSMBC propagandist says re the riots in Kenosha 2020, “I want to be careful how I characterize this..This is mostly a PROTEST, not GENERALLY SPEAKING, UNRULY…” 🤔😳🤯🤯
The left, encouraged the 🔥 🔥and vandalism that destroyed ppl’s homes and largely Black owned… pic.twitter.com/JDMvvgivDp
— Suzanne 🇺🇸♥️ (@snoopsmom123) March 22, 2024
Their war against first-responders continues to this day, and the latest example is against innocent firefighters.
An East Village ladder company was told by top FDNY brass to remove a “Thin Red Line” banner after a Democratic councilwoman’s office complained that the banner was too “politically charged.”
The concerns of a citizen who questioned whether Ladder Co. 11 was breaking department rules by flying the flag were forwarded to Intergovernmental Affairs Coordinator Madison Hernandez via email on March 19 by a staff member of Democratic Councilwoman Carlina Rivera.
The constituent was informed, by a staff member of Rivera’s, that the flag was flying to “honor deceased firefighters,” as per an email exchange that The New York Post was able to get. “However he brought up that they could’ve used an FDNY flag rather than a politically charged symbol.”
The staff member, Lisander Rosario, stated, “To both his and our understandings, private political symbols aren’t permitted to be displayed on public vehicles. Can you confirm if there are any violating flags/symbols on Ladder 11?”
The purpose of the “thin red line” flag is to show support for firemen. It’s a take on the traditional “thin blue line” flag that’s used to signify support for law enforcement. In 2020, the thin blue line flag gained prominence as a response to the nationwide defunding of police movements following George Floyd’s death.
In the same year, a rule prohibiting vehicles from flying thin red line flags was put into effect by then-Commissioner Daniel Nigro, as it went against departmental guidelines regarding “altered” versions of U.S. flags.
The Post reported that following the constituent encounter, FDNY Deputy Chief Joseph Schiralli instructed the emergency personnel at the East 2nd Street firehouse to remove the thin red line flag. Reportedly, he informed the firefighters that he too thought it was “ridiculous” to take down the flags.
That action sparked a social media firestorm. The FDNY firefighters were “forced to remove ‘red line’ flag from fire truck hung to memorialize their fallen brothers in 9/11,” according to a post on X from Rogan O’Handley, a conservative activist who goes by the handle @DC_Draino on the social media platform.
New: FDNY Firefighters forced to remove “red line” flag from fire truck hung to memorialize their fallen brothers in 9/11
A politician in Alphabet City came by the fire house and confronted NY’s bravest for having the flag on their rig stating, "isn't that flag in support of the… pic.twitter.com/u0fXSAPy2k
— DC_Draino (@DC_Draino) March 22, 2024
Voting to strip the NYPD of $1 billion in funding, Rivera said that her officer had never brought up the matter with Ladder Co. 11. She clarified that a constituent, not a member of her staff, was the source of the complaint.
According to an FDNY spokeswoman, the office of a local elected official filed a complaint expressing “concerns about a flag on the fire truck deemed inappropriate.”
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