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On 29 November 2016, President-elect Donald Trump tweeted a controversial opinion about the criminality of flag burning, leading to secondary rumors that his former political rival, Hillary Clinton, once supported criminalizing the act of protest. In his tweet, Trump suggested that no one should be permitted to burn the flag, adding that offenders ought to be punished with losing their United States citizenship or spending a year in jail. Almost as quickly as the controversy started, other rumors erupted that in 2005, then-Senator Hillary Clinton sponsored a bill making flag burning an offense punishable by one year in prison or a fine of $100,000. That bill (S.1911, The Flag Protection Act of 2005) was co-sponsored by Clinton, and proposed in part: The law was not passed (or considered) by Congress. A critical New York Times editorial published on 7 December 2005 provided context for the proposal: As the editorial went on to explain, Clinton's justification for sponsoring the bill was the notion that flag burning could be used to intimidate or threaten American citizens. While the bill was never passed, Trump echoed its proposed $100,000 fine (although loss of citizenship was not included in the 2005 legislation).
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