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GOP congressman displays Christian nationalist flag outside his congressional office

Author:     Henry Redman
Source:     Wisconsin Examiner / Raw Story
Publication Date:     13 January 2023
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Stephan:  

While the Democrats are working on climate change, civil rights, education debt relief, and improved support programs, this is what and who the Republicans are and where they are putting their emphasis. It tells you a lot about America as a country that these people are in office.

Republican Representative and an open White supremacist christofascist, Glenn Grothman (WI) Credit: Screenshot

U.S. Rep. Glenn Grothman has a Christian nationalist flag connected to the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol displayed outside his congressional office.

On Friday morning, Grothman posted a picture of the flag — which shows an image of a pine tree and the phrase “An Appeal to Heaven” on a white background — to his Twitter account with a message inviting people to visit him in the Longworth House Office Building.

“With the 118th Congress underway, the People’s House has finally reopened to visitors,” Grothman wrote. “If you’re in Washington DC, I encourage you to stop by my office and say hello!” A white flag with a pine tree and the phrase “Appeal to Heaven” is visible in the photo, placed closer to the door than the U.S. and Wisconsin state flags.

Grothman’s office did not respond to a request for comment about the decision to display the flag, but experts say it has ties to a sect of Christian nationalism that was deeply […]

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