Russian flags being handed out for Trump's speech.

Twitter ^ | 2-24-17 | James O'Keefe

[reg45]

The red, white and blue flag was the pre-revolutionary Russian flag. The red flag with the hammer and sickle was the flag of the Soviet Union. After the collapse of the Soviet Union the flag reverted to the old Russian one.

[sweetiepiezer]

People like free things, lol.

[Ciexyz]

This is a terrible action. I saw this posted as news on the MSN home page. Now all the idiots out there will think that Republican conservatives are joining together with Russia to stage a coup, or something. Lord, bind the hands of these evil people who are plotting this disinformation campaign.

[Mears]

I didn’t know what the Russian flag looks like.

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[Navy Patriot]

The people waving the Russian flags at CPAC were not real conservatives but Democratic plants.

Probably some, but if they all were plants, there would have been no need to pass out the flags INSIDE the CPAC floor, they would have just brought 'em in in their pockets.

It would have been much better for Prog optics and narrative about Trump supporters.

[Captain Compassion]

I saw that. I thought it was the LGBTQ flag.

[xp38]

You do now. Here is a short history of the flag.

In 1697, Tsar Peter I visited the Netherlands to learn about the most advanced techniques in shipbuilding. He was impressed by the simple design of Dutch flag and modeled Russian flag after the Dutch flag by having the stripes arranged white-blue-red. Following the Russian Revolution of 1917 (October revolution), the Communists adopted a Red Flag that contained a gold hammer, sickle, and gold-bordered red star in the upper hoist corner as the official flag of the newly created USSR (Soviet Union). As the Communist regime started falling apart, the original white-blue-red Russian national flag was restored on August 21, 1991. Soon, non-Russian territories of the Soviet Union became independent as the Soviet Union collapsed. The rest of the country, now called Russian Federation, continued using the white-blue-red Russian national flag

[Mears]

Thanks——very interesting-—and surprising. I didn’t realize that their flag went back that far.

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[Buckeye McFrog]

I’m not encouraged that so many people attending CPAC do not know the Russian flag when they see it.

[xp38]

It is also the antithesis of the the flag of the USSR. In many ways it represents a very anti communist theme. It is in part the legacy of Ronald Reagan.

[Vaquero]

Why was Creamer let into a CPAC conference??

[Vaquero]

Oh it was red white and blue and had a large ‘TRUMP’ printed on it. My guess is most of the people thought it was a TRUMP flag being passed out by CPAC folks. Who knew CPAC let these Marxist clowns in?

[RushIsMyTeddyBear]

Those could have been political operatives.

[LS]

This was done by a leftist Huffpo activist.

[Bratch]

Someone should hand out nazi flags at the DNC meeting in Atlanta this weekend to salute their storm troopers burning and rioting across the country.

[Vendome]

I’m going to think about how we can peaceably eject these jackasses who are salting the news and kook sites.

[reg45]

Oops! The Russian flag is white, blue, and red. Netherlands and Luxembourg are red, white, and blue - they differ in shape and the shade of blue.

[Hot Tabasco]

I think everybody with an education above the 4th grade knows what the Russian flag looks like.

I didn't......The last Russian flag I'm familiar with is the hammer and sickle.

With that being said, I certainly would have questioned it if it was handed to me and definitely wouldn't have waved it........

[Forward the Light Brigade]

They are NOT Russian flags—they have TRUMP on them—no Two headed eagle. They are red white and blue! It was a stupid trick. Now they will be collectors items worth a lot of money. See, Trump wants peace with Putin’s Russia—not War and destruction.

[Steve_Seattle]

"I think everybody with an education above the 4th grade knows what the Russian flag looks like."

Not me. I could maybe identify the Canadian, Brazilian, French, Italian, British, New Zealand, Israeli, Swiss, Swedish, Japanese, and Philippine flags - and probably a few others - but I have no idea what the Russian flag looks like.