Fox News commentator Brit Hume blasted President Trump over an executive order seeking to crack down on citizens who burn or desecrate the American flag.
“George HW Bush ran against flag burning in 1988 and spent a whole week campaigning on the issue,” Hume wrote on the social platform X.
“But he called for a constitutional amendment to ban the practice. He didn’t pretend he could ban it by an executive order that flies in the face of constitutional speech protections. C’mon man,” Hume said.
Trump on Monday rolled out a series of executive orders relating to cashless bail policies and the criminalization of desecrating the American flag.
A Supreme Court ruling in 1989 said that burning the American flag is protected under the First Amendment.
The executive orders come amid a broader push by the president to crack down on crime and homelessness in Washington, D.C., an effort the administration is reportedly considering implementing in other major cities across the country.
Trump’s efforts to crack down on crime in D.C. and use the National Guard to do so has angered Democrats and other critics of his administration who argue the president is acting outside the bounds of his authority.
