In a brief interview with CNN, Senate Republican Whip John Thune, one of the contenders vying to replace retiring Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, called the flag a “bad decision.”
“I don’t know how you explain that,” Thune said.
Sen. Lindsey Graham, the top Republican on the Senate Judiciary Committee, said that it was a “mistake” for Alito to have an American flag hanging upside down at his home.
A photo obtained by The New York Times shows an inverted flag at the Alito residence on Jan. 17, 2021, three days before the Biden inauguration.
A photo obtained by The New York Times shows an inverted flag at the Alito residence on Jan. 17, 2021, three days before the Biden inauguration. From The New York Times
“It creates a bad image,” Graham told CNN’s Manu Raju. “It created a situation that we’re all talking about. So, yeah, I think it was a mistake.”
Utah Republican Sen. Mitt Romney echoed concerns about the flag.
“It’s very unfortunate and we ought to take a look at it,” he said to reporters.