Former President Donald Trump said on Thursday morning that demonstrators who light the American flag on fire should face a one-year jail sentence.
Trump called for jail sentences for flag burners during an interview with “Fox & Friends” hosts the day after anti-Israel protesters gathered in Washington, D.C., and burned an American flag as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addressed Congress.
“Rarely have we seen anything like this,” Trump said. “And I think you should get a one-year jail sentence if you do anything to desecrate the American flag. Now people will say, ‘Oh, it’s unconstitutional.’ Those are stupid people. Those are stupid people that say that.”
“We have to work in Congress to get a one-year jail sentence,” he added. “When they’re allowed to stomp on the flag and put lighter fluid on the flag and set it afire — when you’re allowed to…
