Flag Day is a special day for people around the country to celebrate the Star-Spangled Banner — except, apparently, for the Democratic Party of America.
In a picture sent out from the official Twitter account of the Democrats on Saturday, a young Hispanic boy appears to be holding some kind of flag or banner that has the colors of Old Glory, but clearly isn’t Old Glory.
Happy Flag Day! pic.twitter.com/I93jQ7ji1e — The Democrats (@TheDemocrats) June 14, 2014
The image is likely seen as a political statement in light of the controversy surrounding the recent arrival of thousands of unaccompanied children coming across the Mexican border into the United States from Central America.
The wrong flag choice didn’t go well with other Twitter users though:
@LuvLager I don’t think it’s one of our flags to begin with! @TheDemocrats
— Susan Reaney (@SSReaney) June 14, 2014
You’re embarrassing yourself, @TheDemocrats. #FlagDay — Erin (@sqwerin) June 14, 2014
.@TheDemocrats That’s bunting you idiots, not a flag. Do you even know what our flag looks like? IT LOOKS LIKE THIS: http://t.co/IdQ4RlsYBs
— American Elephant (@AmericnElephant) June 14, 2014
No clarification has been issued by the DNC so far as to exactly what flag the child is holding in the image.