Parkland survivor and gun control activist Emma Gonzalez was spotted wearing a Cuban flag patch on her jacket at Saturday’s anti-gun “March for Our Lives” rally in Washington, D.C.
Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School student Emma Gonzalez speaks during the March for Our Lives Rally in Washington, DC on March 24, 2018.
Galvanized by a massacre at a Florida high school, hundreds of thousands of Americans are expected to take to the streets in cities across the United States on Saturday in the biggest protest for gun control in a generation. / AFP PHOTO / MANDEL NGAN (Photo credit should read MANDEL NGAN/AFP/Getty Images)
Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School student Emma Gonzalez(L) hugs a fellow student during the March for Our Lives Rally in Washington, DC on March 24, 2018.
Galvanized by a massacre at a Florida high school, hundreds of thousands of Americans are expected to take to the streets in cities across the United States on Saturday in the biggest protest for gun control in a generation. / AFP PHOTO / JIM WATSON (Photo credit should read JIM WATSON/AFP/Getty Images)
Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School student Emma Gonzalez(C) gathers with other students on stage during the March for Our Lives Rally in Washington, DC on March 24, 2018.
Galvanized by a massacre at a Florida high school, hundreds of thousands of Americans are expected to take to the streets in cities across the United States on Saturday in the biggest protest for gun control in a generation. / AFP PHOTO / Nicholas Kamm (Photo credit should read NICHOLAS KAMM/AFP/Getty Images)
WASHINGTON, DC – MARCH 24: Tears roll down the face of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School student Emma Gonzalez addresses the March for Our Lives rally on March 24, 2018 in Washington, DC. Hundreds of thousands of demonstrators, including students, teachers and parents gathered in Washington for the anti-gun violence rally organized by survivors of the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting on February 14 that left 17 dead. More than 800 related events are taking place around the world to call for legislative action to address school safety and gun violence. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School student Emma Gonzalez(C) gathers with other students on stage during the March for Our Lives Rally in Washington, DC on March 24, 2018.
Galvanized by a massacre at a Florida high school, hundreds of thousands of Americans are expected to take to the streets in cities across the United States on Saturday in the biggest protest for gun control in a generation. / AFP PHOTO / Nicholas Kamm (Photo credit should read NICHOLAS KAMM/AFP/Getty Images)
Gonzalez drew some criticism for wearing the patch from Republican Congressman Steve King.
In a Facebook post, King wrote, “This is how you look when you claim Cuban heritage yet don’t speak Spanish and ignore the fact that your ancestors fled the island when the dictatorship turned Cuba into a prison camp, after removing all weapons from its citizens; hence their right to self defense.”
David Hogg, another Parkland survivor and gun control activist, defended Gonzalez wearing the patch Monday.
Hogg tweeted:
She’s a beautiful woman of Cuban descent and we love her. You would too if you ever got the chance to meet her. We need to love each other as Americans regaurdless of our descent, ethnicity or race. #LoveTrumpsHate https://t.co/yXdm0ISc7X
— David Hogg (@davidhogg111) March 26, 2018
Also who’s running against this guy
— David Hogg (@davidhogg111) March 26, 2018