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Two bills proposed by Plainfield Democratic State Rep. Harry Benton would ban flying the American flag upside down on government property for political reasons.

Benton says the bills are in response to a Homer Township official ordering that the flag outside the Homer Township offices be flown upside down in response to the conviction of former President Donald Trump last month.

Benton says the bill only covers government property and respects people’s ability to express themselves on their own private land.

Benton says people have been reaching out to support his bills. The bills clarify that the flag can be flown upside down in times of deep distress as allowed in U.S. Flag Code.