‘Significant breach of fitness’: Oregon city mayor faces heat after equating Pride flags to swastikas

Mayor Matt Diaz of Baker City, Oregon, is facing backlash from citizens after comparing those who support LGBTQ+ pride to Nazis, Oregon Public Broadcasting (OPB) reports. The local leader recently shared Facebook post featuring “an image of four Pride flags positioned to look like a swastika,” along with the caption: “When you join four pride flags you become ultra pride.” Per OPB, Diaz's “post came only a few days before Baker City's third annual Pride Walk, an event meant to celebrate the local LGBTQ+ community,” which is led “by Baker County Safe Communities Coalition and New Directions Nor…

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