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Before the 2024 presidential election, the upside-down flag had also come to represent the “Stop the Steal” movement, which falsely claimed the 2020 election was stolen. More recently, VERIFY reader ...

More recently, VERIFY reader Janet and a poster on Reddit asked if it was illegal to fly an American flag upside down. Flying the American flag upside down, barring an emergency, goes against the ...