Former President Donald Trump received wild applause when he proposed prison time for people who burn the American flag.

Conversing at a rally in Johnstown, Pennsylvania on Friday, Trump falsely claimed that one of these penalty is “no longer unconstitutional.”

“They never discuss concerning the American Dream,” he said of Democrats. “They never point out it. They don’t talk concerning the American flag. Through the best way, the American flag? We’ve acquired one of the crucial greatest congressmen warriors right here that you’ve anywhere. And congressmen go to Congress quickly, like in an instant, but soon. We should supply a one-year sentence in jail to anyone that burns the American flag.”

His remark induced the crowd to cheer wildly and chant, “U.S.A.! U.S.A.! U.S.A.! U.S.A.!”

“That seemed so dangerous on the Democrat nationwide– I call it Democrat,” he continued. “, they need to be referred to as ‘Democratic.’ I mentioned then exchange your name. They don’t change their title. Sounds worse, so I take advantage of it. But on the Democrat Nationwide Conference, I watched those American flags burning far and wide. I believe it’s a disgrace. They usually stated it’s unconstitutional to stop it. Like hell it’s, ok? Like hell it is. It’s not unconstitutional.”

Trump is mistaken, as burning the American flag is constitutionally protected speech.

In 1989, the U.S. Supreme Court struck down a Texas law criminalizing the act. A man named Gregory Lee Johnson had burned a flag outdoor the 1984 Republican Nationwide Conference to protest President Ronald Reagan.

The court docket reaffirmed the ruling in 1990 when it invalidated a federal regulation banning flag burning.

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