NBC News Contributor Claims Trump Raising Flags Back Up on 8/8 is Nod to Hitler

National News

Carbonatix Pre-Player Loader

Audio By Carbonatix

An NBC News contributor made an outrageous claim on Monday that President Trump’s decision to fly American flags half-staff until Aug. 8 may be a white supremacist move and a nod to Adolf Hitler.

Fox News reports Frank Figliuzzi, a former FBI assistant director for counterintelligence, made the claim during an MSNBC interview. 

Trump issued the order on Sunday to show respect for the victims of the weekend mass shootings, saying the flags would go back to full staff on Thursday, August 8th, or 8/8.

Figliuzzi claimed, “The numbers 8/8 are very significant in the neo-Nazi and the white supremacy movement…Because the letter ‘H’ is the eighth letter of the alphabet, and to them, the numbers 8/8 stand for ‘Heil Hitler."

In comments on Monday, Trump condemned white supremacy and called for mental health and gun law reforms.

Corrie O'Connor

 

You might also be interested in:

Salem News Channel Today

Sponsored Links

On Air & Up Next

  • The Bruce Hooley Show
    11:00AM - 1:00PM
     
    After a three-decade career in newspaper, radio and television, Bruce Hooley   >>
     
  • The Scott Jennings Show
    1:00PM - 3:00PM
     
    Jennings is battle-tested on cable news, a veteran of four presidential   >>
     
  • Best Stocks Now
    3:00PM - 4:00PM
     
    Join Bill Gunderson live every morning while he hosts the nationally syndicated   >>
     
  • The Windsor Report
    4:00PM - 6:00PM
     
    Jack Windsor is founder and editor-in-chief of The Ohio Press Network and now   >>
     
  • SEKULOW
    6:00PM - 7:00PM
     
    Jay Sekulow is widely regarded as one of the foremost free speech and religious   >>
     

See the Full Program Guide