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<blockquote data-quote="SueEllenRules!" data-source="post: 46087" data-attributes="member: 87"><p><span style="font-size: 22px"><strong>CPAC attendees seen waving Russian flags</strong></span></p><p><em>People attending the Conservative Political Action Conference could be seen waving small Russian flags emblazoned with the word "Trump" during President Trump's speech.</em></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">It appeared to be a prank. CPAC workers quickly began to collect the flags after they were being waved.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Snapchat's Peter Hamby captured some of the action in a tweet:</li> </ul><p><em>Crowd at CPAC waving these little pro-Trump flags that look exactly like the Russian flag. Staffers quickly come around to confiscate them.</em></p><p><em><img src="https://pbs.twimg.com/media/C5cNHRoWcAALqbS.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> </em></p><p><em><img src="https://pbs.twimg.com/media/C5cNHSGWQAAiqdL.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> </em></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Organizers told some attendees that anyone caught waving or holding the flags would be thrown out.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">An attendee from San Francisco told a reporter from The Hill that he didn't want to give up the flag, which he had sought to keep as a souvenir. The man also said that no one had a sense of humor any more.</li> </ul><p><em><img src="https://pbs.twimg.com/media/C5cH86JWAAAKCnh.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> </em></p><p><em><img src="https://pbs.twimg.com/media/C5cH9K_XQAErRzM.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> </em></p><p><em><em>Someone handed out Trump Russian flags on the <a href="https://mobile.twitter.com/hashtag/CPAC2017?src=hash" target="_blank">#CPAC2017</a> floor before Trump's speech</em></em></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Trump's ties to Russia have dominated the news during his nascent presidency.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">The intelligence community has concluded that Russia interfered in the presidential election to help Trump, and <a href="http://thehill.com/people/hillary-clinton" target="_blank">Hillary Clinton</a>'s Democratic campaign has blamed Moscow for her loss.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Just last week, Trump's national security adviser, Michael Flynn, resigned after leaks about his own discussions with Russian officials.</li> </ul><p><a href="http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/320997-cpac-attendees-seen-waiving-russian-flags?amp=1" target="_blank">http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/320997-cpac-attendees-seen-waiving-russian-flags?amp=1</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SueEllenRules!, post: 46087, member: 87"] [SIZE=6][B]CPAC attendees seen waving Russian flags[/B][/SIZE] [I]People attending the Conservative Political Action Conference could be seen waving small Russian flags emblazoned with the word "Trump" during President Trump's speech.[/I] [LIST] [*]It appeared to be a prank. CPAC workers quickly began to collect the flags after they were being waved. [*]Snapchat's Peter Hamby captured some of the action in a tweet: [/LIST] [I]Crowd at CPAC waving these little pro-Trump flags that look exactly like the Russian flag. Staffers quickly come around to confiscate them. [IMG]https://pbs.twimg.com/media/C5cNHRoWcAALqbS.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]https://pbs.twimg.com/media/C5cNHSGWQAAiqdL.jpg[/IMG] [/I] [LIST] [*]Organizers told some attendees that anyone caught waving or holding the flags would be thrown out. [*]An attendee from San Francisco told a reporter from The Hill that he didn't want to give up the flag, which he had sought to keep as a souvenir. The man also said that no one had a sense of humor any more. [/LIST] [I][IMG]https://pbs.twimg.com/media/C5cH86JWAAAKCnh.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]https://pbs.twimg.com/media/C5cH9K_XQAErRzM.jpg[/IMG] [I]Someone handed out Trump Russian flags on the [URL='https://mobile.twitter.com/hashtag/CPAC2017?src=hash']#CPAC2017[/URL] floor before Trump's speech[/I][/I] [LIST] [*]Trump's ties to Russia have dominated the news during his nascent presidency. [*]The intelligence community has concluded that Russia interfered in the presidential election to help Trump, and [URL='http://thehill.com/people/hillary-clinton']Hillary Clinton[/URL]'s Democratic campaign has blamed Moscow for her loss. [*]Just last week, Trump's national security adviser, Michael Flynn, resigned after leaks about his own discussions with Russian officials. [/LIST] [URL]http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/320997-cpac-attendees-seen-waiving-russian-flags?amp=1[/URL] [/QUOTE]
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