Fox News chief political analyst Brit Hume slammed President Donald Trump’s executive order on Monday that directed the Justice Department to investigate and prosecute people for burning the American flag.
Trump signed the executive order against flag burning on Monday despite the Supreme Court ruling that the activity is a legitimate political expression protected by the U.S. Constitution. Hume suggested on social media platform X that Trump’s executive order is unconstitutional, comparing Trump to the late President George H.W. Bush.
“George HW Bush ran against flag burning in 1988 and spent a whole week campaigning on the issue. But he called for a constitutional amendment to ban the practice. He didn’t pretend he could ban it by an executive order that flies in the face of consti