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The flag was obviously altered which is being intentionally left out or buried in the majority of posts.
To say they "proudly" displayed when it's still unknown who actually put it there or manipulated the flag in an open cubicle of a staffer is just weird.
I don't understand why people are downvoting you. The image really looks edited. The artifacting of the red color everywhere else bleeds into the white, except there where the swastika is? That's what you'd get from an image that has been compressed multiple times, with the white spaces being added in in between
I looked up the story. They misspelled his name twice, it's actually Angelo Elia. Doesn't lend a lot of credibility. I found a bunch of news articles on it, with Taylor's office acknowledging and condemning the image, but it doesn't sound like there has been any verification the flag actually exists. Just this singular image
As much as the Republican party is the home of neo-Nazis in America, they're not at the point of openly displaying swastikas. I'm going to have to wait for more information before forming a final opinion here
The image isn't edited, they just say someone else put the altered flag there:
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/10/15/capitol-police-investigating-swastika-in-gop-congressional-office-00609704
This politico article seems to show the flag (albeit obviously altered, not through photoshop or digital means) as well as another staffer confirming the actual flag was actually found within the room.
Not making an assumption of who altered the flag, but it seems legit.
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/10/15/capitol-police-investigating-swastika-in-gop-congressional-office-00609704
Looks to me like the image itself wasn't edited, but they used red and white tape on the flag.
It makes it seem like it was edited, but it was physically edited.
This was also my assumption. You can faintly see where the vertical white strips starts on both the bottom and top (See Zoomed Image for Reference). You can also faintly see the horizontal red bleed through the white vertical line which indicates to me that this was a physical alteration. Given the slight shadow casted by the bottom white vertical, and the neatness of the lines - I would assume that this was done with what is typically referred to as a Page Flag/Marker.
Yeah this stretch is stretched too far.
Stretch stretch... thats a funny word.