California has become so ashamed of this great nation and its founding principles that some homeowners’ associations now recoil at the very sight of an American flag.
That appears to be the case in one neighborhood in San Marcos, California, where the HOA has said flags must come down just days away from the Fourth of July.
The New York Post reported Sunday that Amy and Chris Cooke, along with their neighbor Terry Collins, alleged that the HOA has been acting vengefully in the wake of President Donald Trump’s 2024 election victory.
Even prior to the election, the association sent out a letter saying the flag gave a “political or affiliative view” indicating it would “degrade the common area.”
Amy Cooke, 62, commented, “We are outraged, if you want to fly your flag fly it, this is America.”
“We are the land of the free and home of the brave, this is crazy,” she added.
“The American Flag is a symbol of freedom, we know where their brain is at.”
The Cookes have reportedly flown their flag for 20 years in honor of Chris’s grandfather, Alexander Christie, who died fighting in the Pacific Theater during World War 2. As his ship sank, Christie died trying to save anyone he could, being posthumously awarded a Purple Heart and a Navy Cross.
In the months before the 2024 election, the three neighbors were told by the HOA about flying flags only in “exclusive use” areas.