For a political base that seems hell bent on taking us back to the 1950’s… they’ve taken the meaning behind the American flag to places we’ve never been before; authoritarianism, dictatorship, fascism… basically giving the flag a purely political and egotistical “us vs. them.” meaning, which is, bottom line, un-American.
U.S. Code Section 700 states, “The flag of the United States shall be thirteen horizontal stripes, alternate red and white; and the union of the flag shall be fifty stars, white in a blue field.” Violation is subject to a year in jail.
i.e. Changing the colors or configuration of the flag has always been a breaking with the true meaning of Old Glory.