WA Lawmaker Apologizes After Saying US Flag is ‘Not Relatable’ but Pride Flag is

Lynnwood City Councilwoman Isabel Mata is now apologizing after she said that the American flag was ‘not relatable’ but the Pride flag was, and sparked widespread backlash.

In a statement to The Ari Hoffman Show on Talk Radio 570 KVI, Mata attempted to walk back her remarks after video from the May 4 Lynnwood City Council meeting went viral.

“My comments were not a formal policy proposal,” Mata said. “I was speaking personally, as a queer woman, about what the pride flag means to me.”…

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