Veteran Arrested After Burning Flag — Patriot or Criminal?

Veteran Arrested After Burning Flag — Patriot or Criminal?


A combat veteran lit the American flag on fire outside the White House just hours after President Trump signed his executive order on flag desecration. The arrest sparked outrage and a constitutional showdown over patriotism, free speech, and the limits of presidential power. In this episode of #GoRight with Peter Boykin, we break down Trump’s push to enforce respect for the flag, the Supreme Court’s rulings that protect flag burning as symbolic speech, and the deeper question: can America endure division without burning down the very foundation that unites us?

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
Veteran arrested after burning flag outside the White House. Patriot
or criminal? Welcome to hashtag go right with Peter Boykin.
In this episode, we confront one of the oldest and
fiercest debates in America, the burning of the American flag.
Hours after President Trump signed and executive order targeting flag desecration,

(00:23):
a combat veteran set the Stars and Stripes of blaze
outside the White House. What followed was more than protest.
It was a firestarm over patriotism, free speech, and the
very survival of our constitutional republic. A combat veteran named
Jay Carney burned the American flag in Lafier Park just

(00:44):
hours after Trump signed as a secutive order on flag desecration.
Carney was arrested not for burning the flag itself, which
the Supreme Court protects as a symbolic speech, but for
violating park fire regulations. Trump's order to push his prosecutors
to target desecration when it overlaps with intimidation or violence.

(01:06):
He has often called for jail time, but legal president
remains clear. In Texas versus Johnson, Justice Anton Scalia joined
the majority in ruling that flag burning, while offensive, is
still protected by the First Amendment. Remember, we fight for
what's right because it's time to go right. Larger question,

(01:26):
burning symbols are burning the republic. This is not just
about one flame or one executive order. It is about
whether our republic can endure division without torching its foundation.
A veteran burned the flag in protests, a president signed
an order demanding its protection. Both claimed patriotism. Both led fires,

(01:47):
one literal and one political. The Constitution is clear. Flag
burning is protected speech, whether you like it or not. Yet,
symbols matter for millions of Americans. The flag represents sacrifice
and history. To burn it feels like desecrating the graves
of those who fault for it. Trump knows this, and

(02:08):
his order doesn't change the law, but it forces the
fight back into public debate. He dares the left to
cry authoritatorianism. He dares the right to rally around patriotism.
He dares the courts to revisit old lines. The test
is not whether someone can burn the flag. That's been answered.
The test is whether America can disagree without destroying itself.

(02:32):
Will we defend both freedom and the symbol that represents it,
or are we discover too late that what we burned
wasn't a flag at all, but the bonds of our union.
Before we go. Here's an update on Jay Carney. He
was arrested not for the act himself, but for violating
a federal regulation prohibiting fires on park land. And believe me,

(02:55):
I know Lafayette Park has a lot of rules. He
was released after about four hours and now awaits a
court summits his cases set to test how far this
executive order can stretch against established constitutional protections. This has
been hashtag go right with Peter Boykin. The American flag
is more than cloth. It is a sacrifice in memory

(03:16):
stitched into stars and stripes. But liberty is more than symbols.
It is the freedom to speak, even when it offends.
The true test of our republic is where we can
hold both truths without burning down the foundation that unites us.
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