Lauren Boebert: ‘The BLM Flag Should Not Fly at Our Embassies’

According to an internal memo obtained by ABC News, in advance of the one-year anniversary of the death of George Floyd, President Joe Biden’s Secretary of State Antony Blinken authorized all U.S. embassies and consulates overseas to fly the Black Lives Matter flag on their official flagpole.

U.S. House Rep Lauren Boebert (R-CO) pushed back on the directions given by Blinken in a tweet today where she said, “The BLM flag should not fly at our embassies.”

The BLM flag should not fly at our embassies.

— Lauren Boebert (@laurenboebert) May 27, 2021

The memo from Blinken also reportedly said that all U.S. diplomatic posts are “strongly encouraged” to use the department’s resources “to promote policy objectives to advance racial equity and support for underserved communities,” especially on May 25 and during June to commemorate Juneteenth.

ABC News reported that in order to do so, it includes support for using “the term ‘Black Lives Matter’ in messaging content, speeches, and other diplomatic engagements with foreign audiences to advance racial equity and access to justice on May 25 and beyond.”

The push to promote “racial justice” and so-called equality has been a priority of Blinken’s, which has frustrated many including his predecessor Mike Pompeo.

Previously, we reported:

Today is the one year anniversary of the death of George Floyd, who was resisting arrest while he was in the custody of Minneapolis police.

This morning, an AP reporter, Philip Crowther, was at the scene where he died, now known as George Floyd Square when shots rang out.

Video tweeted by Crowther shows him ducking down for cover as he was talking about a police reform bill. He exclaims, “We just have to careful here with some gunshots.”

Crowther then tweeted a picture after the incident and said “George Floyd Square very quiet again now. But a fellow reporter just had her phone smashed because she took photos of a storefront hit by a bullet.”

In another tweet, Crowther noted that he could “see one broken window, apparently from one of the shots fired” and that they “counted 30 [shots] upon looking back at the footage.”

It was reported that officers learned a suspect vehicle was seen speeding away from the area and a short time later, a victim showed up at Abbott Northwestern Hospital suffering from a gunshot wound.

The victim is in critical condition after being transported to Hennepin County Medical Center, but expected to survive, according to  Minneapolis Police Department spokesperson John Elder.

In the year since Floyd’s death, the intersection where he was killed, now known as George Floyd Square, remains closed to traffic, and has become an international memorial to Floyd as well as a gathering place for the community.