"'For political consumption, it is not required to affix the flag pin on your clothes. The life you have led, the acts you have performed, the things you say and believe in: That’s how you should be viewed and judged.'"

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Fox News Contributor Savaged On Twitter After Scolding Hillary For Not Wearing Flag Pin
“Forget competence, intelligence and experience, it’s f**king pins that matter.”
By Mercy Yang, July 29, 2016

Twitter users are defending Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton after Fox News contributor Katie Pavlich attempted to jab her Thursday night for a supposed lack of patriotism ― all because she wasn’t wearing an American flag pin on her lapel.

 Katie Pavlich ✔ @KatiePavlich
The woman who wants to be the next President of the United States is not wearing an American flag lapel pin tonight. #DemsInPhilly
7:45 PM - 28 Jul 2016

In a series of replies to Pavlich’s tweet, Daily Beast senior news editor Ben Collins posted screenshots of four male Republican presidential nominees at their own party conventions in years past ― George H.W. Bush, George W. Bush, John McCain and Bob Dole. None of them wore flag pins, either.

 Ben Collins ✔ @oneunderscore__
RT @KatiePavlich The woman who wants to be the next President is not wearing an American flag lapel pin tonight.
8:37 PM - 28 Jul 2016

Other users ridiculed Pavlich, noting the huge American flag on stage. 

 Steve Kazee ✔ @SteveKazee
@KatiePavlich yeah...no flag to be seen...except the giant one behind her. Good eye.
7:52 PM - 28 Jul 2016

 georganna price @gpmominoh
@KatiePavlich well no flag pin, change my vote now. Forget competence, intelligence and experience, it's fucking pins that matter
8:03 PM - 28 Jul 2016

Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump likewise tried to score points this week over what he called the “pathetic” lack of patriotic regalia at the Democratic convention.

 Donald J. Trump ✔ @realDonaldTrump
Not one American flag on the massive stage at the Democratic National Convention until people started complaining-then a small one. Pathetic
6:01 AM - 27 Jul 2016

On Wednesday, the North Carolina GOP mocked Clinton’s running mate, Sen. Tim Kaine (D-Va.), for supposedly wearing a Honduran flag pin during his nomination acceptance speech. It turned out to be a Blue Star service pin honoring Kaine’s son, a Marine.

Ironically, many Republicans were impressed, surprised and even envious of the patriotic themes shown at this week’s Democratic convention, leaving them to wonder if the Democratic Party might be the new GOP.

 Charles Lane @ChuckLane1
Wait.
Did Morgan Freeman just say HRC felt the "rage" of a nation against Osama??
These guys are turning into Republicans.#DemsInPhilly
7:24 PM - 28 Jul 2016

 Rich Galen @richgalen
How can it be that I am standing at my kitchen counter sobbing because of the messages being driven at the DNC? Where has the GOP gone?
6:38 PM - 28 Jul 2016

 Amanda Carpenter ✔ @amandacarpenter
I am sure hearing a lot more about God and faith at the DNC than the RNC.
8:02 PM - 27 Jul 2016

“Running for president is an act of patriotism,” the political analyst Mark Plotkin wrote last year in a blog post for The Hill. “For political consumption, it is not required to affix the flag pin on your clothes. The life you have led, the acts you have performed, the things you say and believe in: That’s how you should be viewed and judged.”
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