Locals react to Trump’s ‘flag burning’ tweet

of the american flag. the penalties he suggested wereserving one year in jail or losing their citizenship. 47 abc talked to locals on their thoughts of these proposed penalties. rebecca doleac, salisbury, md i definitely don’t think you should go to that extreme, but i don’t think you should have the right to burn the flag, i mean that’s our country’s flag, but definitely no jail time sheila melson, salisbury, md i agree with him, i just don’t think they should be doing that hayley greene, salisbury, md i think burning the flag is free speech, i wouldn’t do it and i don’t agree with it. but you can’t throw someone out the country just for burning a flag steve crawford, salisbury, md i think that’s ridiculous, i think the flag is more of a materialistic thing so let them do whatever they want with their flag, it doesn’t hurt the integrity of this country as the law stands today – flag burning is not illegal in the united states. according to cnn- the u-s supreme court has affirmed twice that desecrating the american flag is protected under the first amendment. coming up – president-elect donald trump says he is trying to keep companies from moving