One America News (OAN) anchor Alison Steinberg was criticized after she threw a profanity-laced tantrum upon spotting a Pride flag in her hometown of Huntington Beach, California, a reliably conservative enclave located in Orange County.
Steinberg referred to the sight of the Pride flag as "f**king bulls**t" and suggested, oddly, that flying it makes a mockery of a city that remained open even as areas nationwide shut down to curb the spread of COVID-19.
Steinberg, as if to profess her allegiance to former President Donald Trump, said that whoever "the hell is running this town needs to be fired," suggesting that doing so would "Make America Great Again."
You can hear her rant below.
\u201cOAN Contributor Alison Steinberg is raging after returning home to Huntington Beach to find the city flying a Pride flag. (Language)\u201d— Ron Filipkowski \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\udde6 (@Ron Filipkowski \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\udde6) 1656247379
Steinberg said:
"Guess what I came home to be greeted with? This fucking bulls**t. What the hell is that?"
“Huntington Beach is the town of good old-fashioned hard-working American people. People who worked all through the COVID lockdown!”
“Yes, that’s right. Huntington Beach never shut down through any of the COVID nonsense f**kery. And now we’re peddling this garbage?”
"What the hell is this?"
"The only flag that should be up there is that American flag. This is a disgrace to our city and it should be taken down immediately."
"Whoever the hell is running this town needs to be fired. Make America great again. Make Huntington Beach great.”
Steinberg initially posted her homophobic ravings to Instagram, but the video was later removed from the platform. It lived on elsewhere on social media, however, and many criticized her for her remarks.
\u201cMs Steinberg, This isn't a close call. You are the Loser of the Week. Know that if a Pride flag freaks you out, wait until you meet the knuckle draggers who are all in with your unnuanced contribution to cultural decay.\u201d— Charles Adler (@Charles Adler) 1656300492
\u201cThere is so much wrong with this video, and I seldom retweet anything that gives such ignorance a spotlight, but I think it\u2019s important to see & hear the unhinged vitriol coming from people like this sad human being. How do we respond? For starters\u2026MORE PRIDE FLAGS. \ud83c\udf08\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8\ud83c\udf08\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8\ud83c\udf08\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8\u201d— Melissa Navia (@Melissa Navia) 1656282400
\u201cHate is ugly AF, isn't it?\u201d— Heal the Planet \u270c\u270c\ud83c\udfb8\ud83c\udfb8 (@Heal the Planet \u270c\u270c\ud83c\udfb8\ud83c\udfb8) 1656270630
\u201cI think it\u2019s important to note her age. I\u2019m seeing a lot of folks go \u201cit\u2019s these old white men\u201d. Which is TRUE. But don\u2019t sleep on the millions of young people who support them with the same hate and years on the clock. This wasn\u2019t a \u201cfringe\u201d message. This is gang confidence.\u201d— Quelle Christopher (@Quelle Christopher) 1656279845
\u201cI'm sorry, but I burst out laughing. These are the kinds of people who will call their political enemies "snowflakes" and talk about them getting "triggered" while simultaneously having a conniption over the gay flag \ud83d\udc80 \n\nmilquetoast ass conservatives.\u201d— Terror Luca (@Terror Luca) 1656358778
\u201cNothing to anger the soul like an inanimate object flapping in the wind.\u201d— \ud83c\udd73\ud83c\udd81 \ud83c\udd31. \ud83c\udd45\ud83c\udd38\ud83c\udd3b\ud83c\udd3b\ud83c\udd74\ud83c\udd76\ud83c\udd70\ud83c\udd82 (@\ud83c\udd73\ud83c\udd81 \ud83c\udd31. \ud83c\udd45\ud83c\udd38\ud83c\udd3b\ud83c\udd3b\ud83c\udd74\ud83c\udd76\ud83c\udd70\ud83c\udd82) 1656285994
\u201cjust because God outsourced your brain to a beetle doesn\u2019t mean we need to hear you screech.\u201d— reb (@reb) 1656292069
\u201cWhy can't "good old fashioned hard-working american people" also be gay or trans sometimes\u201d— Riley \ud83e\udd65\ud83c\udf6e\ud83c\udf38\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\udde6 (@Riley \ud83e\udd65\ud83c\udf6e\ud83c\udf38\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\udde6) 1656300477
\u201cAs a "hard-working American" who is also queer af, I think Alison Steinberg needs a juice box, a nap and a better education.\u201d— Victoria Brownworth (@Victoria Brownworth) 1656269035
Steinberg is one of the more noteworthy faces on OAN, the far-right, pro-Trump cable channel best known for trafficking conspiracy theories about COVID-19 and the integrity of the 2020 general election, which Democrat Joe Biden won decisively.
She was recently criticized for publishing a video in which she claimed that she had been discriminated against for choosing not to wear a face mask at a Starbucks drive-through.
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