Fake flag controversy shows how far the right will go

President Joe Biden is not providing Republicans with the material they need to distract from Donald Trump’s long list of federal criminal charges, so they’re reaching, and the desperation shows. We’ve now lived through multiple news cycles of screeching about the flag at the White House Pride celebration, and the Fox News-to-Republican-lawmaker-to-Fox News outrage spiral is in full effect. First they tried to whip up anger about the flag being the “progress” version of the flag, which adds a chevron recognizing trans people and people of color. Then they moved on to flag placement as a major reason to rage.