Tribal flags removed from Phoenix VA hospital, so Gov. Hobbs displays them
I can easily walk to the huge VA hospital in Phoenix and have been going for more than 40 years, mostly for Agent Orange checkups that I expect will end once DOGE gets a whiff of the program. Something that already did end is the beautiful display of flags at the hospital representing Arizona’s 22 tribal nations—the largest Indian population of any state, more than 330,000.
In mid-March the trump administration ordered all of the flags removed from the VA hospital—you know, DEI or something. Forget about the fact that more than a fourth of the state’s land is tribal, and Indigenous peoples serve in the armed forces five times more than the general population. Drive through just about any Rez and you’ll see lots of American flags and indications of military service, but now, because acknowledging nonwhite contributions gives the orange buffoon a butt-hurt, the nation won’t extend that same recognition to the tribes in Arizona or anywhere else.
So Gov. Katie Hobbs is displaying the flags in her office.
Following the abrupt removal of the flags representing Arizona’s 22 tribal nations from the Carl T. Hayden VA Medical Center in central Phoenix, Gov. Katie Hobbs is displaying the flags in the Executive Tower at the State Capitol.
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2025/3/28/2313041/-Tribal-flags-removed-from-Phoenix-VA-hospital-so-Gov-Hobbs-displays-them
What a fucking dipshit.
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