WASHINGTON 鈥� White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer swears he wasn鈥檛 sending a distress signal, but it didn鈥檛 stop the speculation Friday.
Spicer showed up at his press briefing Friday and went through his opening statement, finishing by announcing he would take questions from the reporters gathered. The first 鈥渜uestion鈥� was an observation by several reporters, including Fox 草莓传媒鈥� John Roberts, that the American-flag pin on Spicer鈥檚 lapel was upside-down.
Federal law prohibits the display of the flag with the 鈥渦nion down鈥� except as 鈥渁 signal of dire distress in instances of extreme danger to life or property.鈥�
鈥淛ohn Roberts, always helping with the fashion tips,鈥� Spicer said as he fumbled with the pin, unsuccessfully.
After several reporters pointed out that it was still upside-down, Spicer went at the pin with a little more focus, quickly righting it.
Another reporter asked whether it was a reference to the Netflix series 鈥淗ouse of Cards.鈥� Spicer replied, 鈥淭here鈥檚 no promo.鈥�
That鈥檚 not how the 鈥淗ouse of Cards鈥� Twitter account saw it:
Your loyalty has not gone unnoticed.
鈥� House of Cards (@HouseofCards)
They were hardly the only ones to notice:
Sean Spicer’s flag pin is on upside down. You’re likely to hear about it on Twitter. 鈥� John Stolnis (@FelskeFiles)
Ya think?
I’m not certain, but I’d wager Sean Spicer’s upside down flag pin was a secret cry for help. we can help, you just gotta open up.
鈥� Matthew D. Dho (@MattDho)
Another Twitter wag had a different solution:
i fixed ur flag pin for u sean 鈥� darth鈩� (@darth)
While another species was heard from:
Sean Spicer wore his flag pin upside down, an affront to those of us who might bleed to death if we even TRIED to wear a pin.
鈥� White House squirrel (@HouseSquirrel)
