This is the same thing that happened during the Bush administration. The Republicans turned everything they touched to shit, and then literally wrapped themselves in the flag like it's a fucking invisibility cloak to escape all criticism. Flags on dicks, flags on car bumpers, flags on lapels, standing under flag banners, flags on coffins. Nothing ever changes. When the Republicans are in charge everything is on fire except the flag because it is made of a fire retardant cloth.