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Ep. 2455 - The Left REJECTS The Flag, The Bible… And AOC?!
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The Pride-Palestine Flag: The Left's Replacement for America
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From a photo of a hybrid Palestine-trans flag at the Seattle Pride March, Shapiro constructs a thesis: abandoning the American flag doesn't stop at the Eagles banner or the Pride flag — it ends at the coalition of radical Islam and trans activism, united by shared opposition to American founding values. Zohran Mamdani, the NYC mayoral candidate backed by the DSA, serves as his primary exhibit. Shapiro notes that Mamdani attended the Pakistan Day Parade in Brooklyn — Pakistan being an Islamist state that criminalizes homosexuality — while skipping the Israel Day Parade. In a clip, Mamdani tells ABC's John Karl he cannot support Israel 'as a Jewish state' because he opposes any state that 'privileges one religion.' Shapiro also plays a clip of Abdul El-Sayed, likely Michigan Senate nominee, attacking Chuck Schumer and AIPAC, and DSA member David Jenkins openly declaring his goal is 'communism.' He frames the whole bloc as a 'takeover' of the Democratic Party.
Rejecting the American flag doesn't land you at the Philadelphia Eagles banner. It lands you at the hybrid Palestine-trans flag — where radical Islam and trans activism share the same coalition because what they have in common is hatred of American founding values.
Mamdani beams at the Pakistan Day Parade — a country where homosexuality is criminalized — and shows up dutifully but joylessly at Pride. The contrast exposes that his coalition is held together not by shared values but by shared opposition to America and Israel.
Colorado DSA candidate Milad Kirosh said the 9/11 attacks were 'inevitable' given US destabilization of the Middle East, a framing Shapiro compared to Osama bin Laden's letter.
