The Turning Point spokesman said the team was made up of staff from his organization and from the hotel. “I don’t know where they got the image from,” he added.Īccording to Turning Point, the audio/visual team helped create and coordinate the graphics, images and videos displayed at Tuesday’s event - including the official seal shown behind Trump’s flashing name on-screen. “It was a last-minute A/V mistake - and I can’t figure out where the breakdown was - but it was a last minute throw up and that’s all it was,” he said. He said the mistake likely came from the team that handled the event’s audio and visual production. In a phone interview Wednesday, a spokesman for the conservative group said he didn’t know where the altered seal came from our how it ended up on a screen behind the president. The true seal was also on the podium where the president spoke for 80 minutes.Ī White House spokesperson told The Washington Post they had not seen the seal before it appeared on screen, and referred questions about the incident to Turning Point. A projection of the true presidential seal was centered behind Trump’s name as he walked onstage. motto “E Pluribus Unum.” It was not clear from photos and video if the words on the parody eagle’s banner were altered as well. On the official presidential seal, the eagle’s mouth famously clinches a banner with the U.S. Its left talons, rather than clasping 13 arrows, appear to clutch a set of golf clubs. It closely resembles the bird on the Russian coat of arms, and also appears on the flags of Serbia, Albania and Montenegro. The eagle has two heads instead of one - a symbol historically tied to empire and dominance. The image almost resembles the official seal of the president but a closer examination reveals alterations that seem to poke fun at the president’s golfing penchant and accusations that he has ties to Russia. But the image on the screen to Trump’s right - captured in dozens of photos and videos from the event - is less familiar. You can see it briefly in the video here (to the left).Ĭharlie Kirk, Turning Point’s outspoken founder and president, was on his left.
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