Keller @ Large: Pence's Prolific Use Of The American Flag

By Jon Keller, CBS Boston

June 8, 2023

BOSTON - "The land of the free, home of the brave. The United States of America," intones the narrator on former Vice President Mike Pence's presidential campaign announcement video. And just in case you missed Pence's patriotic branding, the two-minute and 44-second video includes no less than 41 flag images on-screen - an average of one every four seconds.

"Our country's in a lot of trouble," said Pence in the video. But not the flag-making industry if he has anything to say about it. And while Pence may have set a record for the prolific use of the flag in a political ad, the practice is nothing new.

Donald Trump is the first candidate we've seen physically embracing the flag onstage. And Democrats are no strangers to flag placement in their photo-ops, so much so that the Pence campaign seemingly struggled to find Biden/Harris clips without a flag in the shot.

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