A new bill has been introduced by a Staten Island lawmaker that would ban Black Lives Matter — and other “political” — flags from flying atop United States embassies.

According to Foreign Policy report on Tuesday:

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken has authorized U.S. embassies around the world to fly Black Lives Matter (BLM) flags and banners, according to an internal cable reviewed by Foreign Policy, as part of the administration’s response to the first anniversary of the police murder of George Floyd that sparked international outrage and a nationwide reckoning on systemic racism.

The U.S. State Department cable gives chiefs of missions, who head U.S. embassies and consulates worldwide, “blanket written authorization” to display BLM flags and banners as “appropriate in light of local conditions.”

It stresses the directive is an “authorization, not a requirement.”

Republican Rep. Nicole Malliotakis introduced The Stars and Stripes Act of 2021 Friday as a response to a decision by the State Department to fly the group’s flags at their embassies around the world to mark the first anniversary of the police custody murder of George Floyd.

The BLM flag flown at the Athens embassy was reportedly so enormous it covered the United States seal.

“It is inappropriate for President Biden and Secretary Blinken to authorize and encourage the display of inherently political flags that are in no way affiliated with the U.S. Government over American embassies overseas,” Malliotakis, who also reps part of southern Brooklyn, said in a statement.

The freshman rep, who has taken issue with BLM’s push to defund police departments, said flying the organization’s symbol is an “insult to those who made the ultimate sacrifice for our flag and our nation.”

The bill was co-sponsored by Malliotakis’ upstate colleague Rep. Elise Stefanik, who signed her name as the newly powerful House GOP Conference Chair.

“Our beautiful American flag should fly over our U.S. embassies around the world – not the flag of a political organization founded by Marxists,” Stefanik said.

The bill has little chance of passing in the Democratic-controlled House or becoming law.

Sources: New York Post, Daily Wire, Foreign Policy

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