‘F*** Biden’ flag sitting atop Jacksonville crane stirs controversy

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‘This is not Jacksonville. This is not who we are,’ Jacksonville pastor says

Photo of emblem atop crane.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – A profane anti-Biden emblem is causing contention arsenic a Jacksonville pastor and metropolis leaders are moving to get it removed earlier Friday’s TaxSlayer Bowl.

The violative emblem that uses the F-word and President Joe Biden’s sanction has been hung atop a national contractor’s crane, according to the city, who’s doing enactment connected the St. Johns River dredging project.

The emblem is flying adjacent to TIAA Bank Field, wherever thousands of visitors are expected Friday for the vessel game.

News4JAX requested remark from Jacksonville Mayor Lenny Curry’s office. A spokesperson said the metropolis is moving to find retired which contractor placed the emblem up determination and they volition beryllium asked to instrumentality it down.

News4JAX spoke with Pastor R.L. Gundy, who archetypal told america of the flag. He said the emblem sends the incorrect connection astir Jacksonville, careless of governmental beliefs.

“This is not Jacksonville. This is not who we are. We person our differences, and we don’t privation radical coming to Jacksonville from astir the satellite to spot a sign, a partisan motion adjacent our stadium adjacent our bridge,” Gundy said.

Gundy said he’s reached retired to Councilman Reggie Gaffney, State Sen. Audrey Gibson, Rep. Al Lawson and different senators astatine the national level including Sen. Marco Rubio successful notation to the flag.

Gundy says helium wants the contractors who hung the emblem to beryllium identified and held responsible.