Patriotism took a back seat to racial grievances last night at the Democratic National Convention, as no American flags were visibly present at an event dedicated to picking a political leader for the United States of America.  Alex Pfeifer of the Daily Caller was among those who noticed:

The Daily Caller is at the Democratic National Convention and it doesn’t look like there are any American flags.

The stage is bland and grey, with no red, white or blue present. A thorough look at the crowd present also turns up no American flags.

Here are the contrasting appearances of the huge stages at both events:

The GOP in Cleveland took a completely different approach to stage design:

But don’t worry about the Dems.  They were not completely without flags, as Arutz Shiva discovered.  There was at least one Palestinian flag spotted in the audience.

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Hat tip: Byron Hood