Politicians are known to be forgetful. They’re especially good at forgetting campaign promises. If they don’t have a teleprompter, they’re likely to flub and forget parts of speeches, but forget the Pledge of Allegiance?
Republican lawmakers have long supported requiring students in K-12 public schools to recite the Pledge of Allegiance. Americans learn the pledge when they’re children.
So, it’s especially strange that MAGA New York Rep. Nicole Malliotakis was unable to recite the pledge during a recent event at the Congressional Hispanic Leadership Institute.
The MAGA world has fixated on all things patriotic in recent years, worshipping President Donald Trump, who loves symbols of American power and likes to use them to his own advantage, including flags, bald eagles and of course the