“I condemn it in the strongest terms”: MAGA congressman responds after swastika flag seen in office

Rep Dave Taylor responded to reports that a flag bearing a swastika was spotted in his office on Wednesday calling it vile and deeply inappropriate I am aware of an image that appears to depict a vile and deeply inappropriate symbol near an employee in my office the Ohio Republican shared in a message The content of that image does not reflect the values or standards of this office my staff or myself and I condemn it in the strongest terms An American flag with its red stripes twisted into a swastika was reportedly displayed in the office during a Zoom call with one of Taylor s staffers A screenshot of a video call with the staffer was shared by Ohio politics blog The Rooster A friend in DC had a Zoom call with Congressman Dave Taylor s office in current times Taylor s legislative correspondent Angelo Elia had what can only be described as an American swastika flag prominently displayed in his background pic twitter com zFn QowS c The Rooster rooster ohio October Related Sorry Washington Post Whitewashing a Nazi sympathizer isn t debate Taylor announced he requested an study of the flag by the Capitol Police calling the flag vandalism No further comment will be provided until the review has been completed he wrote Start your day with essential news from Salon Sign up for our free morning newsletter Crash Module Reports of a swastika flag in Taylor s office come just one day after a bombshell Politico record on chats between members of the Young Republican National Federation That record unveiled thousands of messages that contained racial slurs and threats of violence The national Young Republicans board circulated a comment calling the messages vile and inexcusable Such behavior is disgraceful unbecoming of any Republican and stands in direct opposition to the values our movement represents Those involved must without delay resign from all positions within their state and local Young Republican organizations the organization shared on social media We must hold ourselves to the highest standards of integrity respect and professionalism Read more about this topic The ugly truth of Trump s America first agenda He was sooooo fresh Ye praises Hitler in series of antisemitic social media posts Not cognizant Kilmeade suggests Trump might not have known Hitler s generals were Nazis The post I condemn it in the strongest terms MAGA congressman responds after swastika flag seen in office appeared first on Salon com