Capitol Official Reveals What Caused American Flag to Fly Upside Down

On Wednesday, The WLT Report reported the American Flag located outside of the Capitol building was flying upside down.

If you haven’t already seen the photos of the incident, check them out here:

🚨Just in: The American Flag is flying upside down at the top of the US Senate on the U.S. Capitol in Washington DC. According to the U.S. Flag Code, flying the American flag upside down is only meant to be done "as a signal of distress in instances of extreme danger to life or… pic.twitter.com/B45lIAZ3Dj

— The Calvin Coolidge Project (@TheCalvinCooli1) May 16, 2023

🚨#BREAKING: U.S. Flag at Top of Senate on U.S. Capitol Flies Upside Down

📌#Washington l #DC

Currently photos shows the U.S. American flag appears to be flying upside down at the top of the senate on the U.S. Capitol in Washington DC. According to the U.S. Flag Code, flying… pic.twitter.com/tzOCJShvvd

— R A W S A L E R T S (@rawsalerts) May 16, 2023

After flying upside down for some time, the flag was fixed back upright in its normal position.

🚨#UPDATE: The us American flag is no longer upside down as a staff member from the us capital has fixed the flag pic.twitter.com/alqCWrZcnR

— R A W S A L E R T S (@rawsalerts) May 16, 2023

The bizarre incident went un-reported by much of the mainstream media but Newsweek decided to fact check it and confirmed that the flag was indeed flying upside down.

The news outlet also stated they talked to a Capitol official who claimed the incident was the result of a “broken clip”.

Fact Check: Was U.S. Flag at the Capitol Flown Upside Down?https://t.co/IO2UFqCI3U pic.twitter.com/IQQaPCmG5W

— Newsweek (@Newsweek) May 17, 2023

Here’s What Newsweek Reported:

However, Newsweek found that while the photo is real, it is not a cause for alarm.

An official at the Capitol confirmed to Newsweek that the flag was at one point upside down. The official blamed a broken clip and added that the issue was later rectified.

The Capitol official’s story isn’t being bought by many.

Here’s what DC Draino shared:

UPDATE: Newsweek wrote a fact check article on my tweet & confirmed that the US flag was in fact upside down for a period of time over the Senate building yesterday, a symbol of emergency distress

How does this happen?

No way it was a careless mistakehttps://t.co/03g0j5OlF2 https://t.co/1VWcXcJgXP

— DC_Draino (@DC_Draino) May 17, 2023

Was it just a broken clip?

Was an insider giving a distress signal?