Charlamagne Tha God: Flag Burners ‘Don’t Give A Damn About America.’

President Trump has no regard for those who burn the American flag, and he has an ally on this particular issue: Charlamagne Tha God.

The co-host of The Premiere Networks nationally syndicated daily radio show “The Breakfast Club” earlier this week called out those who set Old Glory ablaze, asserting that they “don’t give a damn about America.”

Charlamagne’s remarks come against the backdrop of Trump’s executive order, signed Monday, instructing the U.S. attorney general to prioritize prosecutions of protestors who set the U.S. flag on fire. Several flag-burning incidents have come in connection with controversial U.S. policies connected to Israel’s war in Gaza and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) activities.

In addition to prosecuting those who burn the flag, Trump also wants the court system to reconsider the First Amendment protections in a flag-burning context. The act has been legally protected since a 1989 Supreme Court decision.

Charlamagne, a self-described Democrat, weighed in on his Tuesday morning broadcast.

“I understand it’s free speech, but it’s just, like, I always wondered, why would you want to do that if you are an American, if you’re a patriot, you know?” the radio host asked. “I mean, if you consider yourself a patriot, like, why would you want to burn the American flag?”

He continued: “You want the country to actually be better, and you want the country to, you know — that flag symbolizes what that country stands for. You want that country to actually stand up for that flag and to stand up for the creed that it puts out there. That’s what you actually want, right?” he asked.

“I don’t know, it just reminds me of like when people, you know, burn the jerseys of their favorite players like just because you’re mad,” he said, “But you still love the team.”

Charlamagne, engaging with a listener, acknowledged that burning a flag is constitutionally protected speech — but wondered why a protester, one that presumably seeks freedom, would attack a symbol of the very nation that provides that freedom in the first place.

“I agree, but what I was saying is, I understand free speech, of course, I’m all for free speech,” Charlamagne said. “But it’s just wild to burn the flag but then use the Constitution to say you can burn the flag. Because burning the flag means you don’t give a damn about America. So if you don’t give a damn about America, you shouldn’t care about the Constitution, either!

“I’m not agreeing with what the president is doing,” Charlamagne said. “I’m just simply saying, ‘Let’s look at all sides of it,’ because the American flag represents a symbol of freedom, and we want this country to uphold that freedom that it promises. So, it’s just weird to burn the flag, but then still point to the Constitution, democracy, and freedom, and say, ‘That’s what we want.’”