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Why the flag of South Vietnam flew at US Capitol siege

  • Written by Long T. Bui, Associate Professor of Global and International Studies, University of California, Irvine
Why the flag of South Vietnam flew at US Capitol siegeThe yellow-and-red striped flag of the defeated American-backed Republic of Vietnam flies at the U.S. Capitol insurrection Jan. 6. Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images

The violent mob that laid siege to the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6 carried symbols expressing the purpose of their insurrectionist campaign to derail Joe Biden’s electoral...

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