✅ A photo captures members of the New York State Senate sitting during a recitation of the Pledge of Allegiance. ❌ The image depicts a protest rather than an ordinary occurrence, and it took place in a state legislature and not the U.S. Congress.
appeared purportedly showing members of the U.S. government seated during the Pledge of Allegiance in support of Kaepernick’s stance:on 23 June 2009 by Associated Press photographer Tim Roske, and it shows New York state senators sitting in protest during a recitation of the Pledge of Allegiance.
The New York state senate was controlled by Democrats by a 32-30 margin at the beginning of the summer that year, but Republicans managed to take control of the chamber on 8 June 2009 when they persuaded two Democrats to switch sides and thus reversed control of the senate. The remaining Democrats protested, and for more than a month the senate was at a standstill:
Democrats turned out the lights and left. They took the keys to the chambers. Republicans held a session and stood to say the Pledge of Allegiance; Democrats, including Dave Valesky, of Oneida, refused to stand. Things got worse. A week after the coup, Monserrate slipped back to the Democratic fold, and a monthlong standoff ensued while the Senate was deadlocked 31-31. No business was conducted. Bills remained locked in a drawer. The deadlock became national news.
So although the photograph is real, it captured an unusual interval of protest rather than something that occurs on a regular basis:
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