LIBERAL OUTRAGE: Mamdani, Schumer, other NY leftists erupt after ‘pride’ flag removed from national monument

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From NBC News: The National Park Service removed a Pride flag from the Stonewall National Monument in New York City on Monday — the latest in a series of actions from the Trump administration that remove recognition of LGBTQ people from the historic site.

The monument recognizes The Stonewall Inn, a Manhattan gay bar that was the site of a 1969 uprising widely considered a turning point in the modern LGBTQ rights movement. Former President Barack Obama designated Christopher Park, which is across the street from the bar, a national monument in 2016. NPS has flown Pride flags within the park since then.

In a statement emailed to NBC News on Tuesday, a spokesperson for NPS cited Department of Interior guidance issued last month, which requires that “only the US flag and other congressionally or departmentally authorized flags are flown on NPS-managed flagpoles, with limited exceptions,” the spokesperson said.

The spokesperson added, “Any changes to flag displays are made to ensure consistency with that guidance. Stonewall National Monument continues to preserve and interpret the site’s historic significance through exhibits and programs.”

Democrat Socialist NYC mayor Zohran Mamdani fumed, “I am outraged by the removal of the Rainbow Pride Flag from Stonewall National Monument. New York is the birthplace of the modern LGBTQ+ rights movement, and no act of erasure will ever change, or silence, that history.

“Our city has a duty not just to honor this legacy, but to live up to it. I will always fight for a New York City that invests in our LGBTQ+ community, defends their dignity, and protects every one of our neighbors—without exception.”

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) also pitched a fit over the pride flag’s removal, saying in a statement on Tuesday, “Stonewall is a landmark because it is the birthplace of the modern LGBTQ rights movement, and symbols of that legacy belong there by both history and principle. New Yorkers are right to be outraged, but if there’s one thing I know about this latest attempt to rewrite history, stoke division and discrimination, and erase our community pride it’s this: that flag will return. New Yorkers will see to it.”

Liberal host Matthew Sheffield wildly claimed, “Trump just removed a Pride flag from Stonewall National Monument. He’s coming for you next, don’t kid yourselves.”

Manhattan Borough President Brad Hoylman-Sigal raged, “We have confirmed that a January 21st federal order has resulted in the removal last weekend of the Pride flag at Stonewall, birthplace of the modern LGBTQ human rights movement. They cannot erase our history. Our Pride flag will be raised again. Stay tuned.”

New York state Sen. Erik Bottcher, who is openly gay, claimed, “This is a deliberate act of erasure. This is a cowardly attempt to rewrite history and intimidate our community. Stonewall is where we fought back, and we are not going backwards. We will not be erased, we will not be silenced, and the Pride flag will fly again.”

In another post, Bottcher declared, “Ordering the removal of Gilbert Baker’s Pride flag from the Stonewall National Monument is a shameful attempt to rewrite history. Stonewall is where our community fought back and demanded to be seen. You cannot separate that place from the symbol that grew out of it.”

“LGBTQ+ New Yorkers are not going back into the shadows, no matter who is in the White House,” he fumed.

New York attorney general Letitia James also jumped on the war path, writing, “The Trump administration’s decision to remove the Pride Flag from the Stonewall National Monument is despicable. This administration’s bigotry will not erase the history of Stonewall. I’ll always stand with our LGBTQ+ community.”

Get ready for the protests and marches in the streets….

Gay City News, who first reported on the flag’s removal, announced Tuesday afternoon, “Advocates are planning to hold a gathering at Christopher Park at 5 p.m. to express outrage following Gay City News’ exclusive report last night about the Trump administration’s removal of a Rainbow Flag at the Stonewall National Monument.”

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