Dem Power Broker Runs to Newsmax After Israel Flag Incident at NFL Game

The New Jersey political power broker who was removed from Sunday’s Cowboys–Eagles game after displaying a dual American/Israeli flag outside his suite claimed Tuesday that the NFL and the Philadelphia Eagles were being hypocritical given their support for Ukraine.

George Norcross, appearing on Newsmax’s Wake Up America, maintained that he just wanted the flag to represent support for Israel similar to how the NFL and the Eagles have “supported other civic and social causes, including this… tragedy going on in Ukraine, where the Eagles and the NFL asked their patrons to pray for the citizens of Ukraine.”

The NFL permitted the New York Jets to have Ukrainian flag decals on their helmets during a game last year that also saw each end zone painted with the flag, for instance. The league also has approved helmet messages reading “Stop Hate” and “Black Lives Matter.”

Read more at The Daily Beast.