Allen West

Allen West Violates U.S. Flag Code, Goes Diving With American Flag

Jon Terbush | June 14, 2011, 12:16PM

Rep. Allen West (R-FL)

In honoring the American flag, Rep. Allen West (R-FL) may have accidentally desecrated it -- while taking pictures of himself doing so.

On Sunday, West took a diving trip off the coast of Deerfield Beach with a group of Iraq and Afghanistan war veterans. As part of that dive, West, a veteran himself, planted an American flag on an artificial reef, and then posed for a photo op.

But as the New Times pointed out, in doing so, West actually violated a federal statute stating that the flag should never touch water.

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