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CPAC staffers were doing damage control on Friday after they discovered attendees waving Russian flags with the word "TRUMP" emblazoned on them ...

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On Friday, attendees at CPAC, waved tiny flags that appear to be exactly copies of the Russian flag. Digital Culture Tech Science Life Social Good Entertainment Deals Shopping Games. Search.

“Crowd at CPAC waving these little pro-Trump flags that look exactly like the Russian flag,” reported Peter Hamby, a former CNN reporter and current head of news for Snapchat.

CPAC staff quickly confiscated the flags, but not before the embarrassing image went viral on social media. Crowd at CPAC waving these little pro-Trump flags that look exactly like the Russian flag.

“Crowd at CPAC waving these little pro-Trump flags that look exactly like the Russian flag. Staffers quickly come around to confiscate them,” Snapchat’s Peter Hamby tweeted.

Evidently, someone at CPAC with international-flag knowledge noticed the similarity and ordered officials to come around and collect the flags.

Flags bearing the same pattern of Russia's tricolor banner and President Donald Trump's last name were reportedly confiscated at Friday's Conservative Political Action Conference. While it was ...

After nearly 10 minutes of handing out the flags, CPAC organizers caught on to the ruse, but it was already too late: the president had taken the stage.

President Donald Trump kisses the flag of the United States of America at the annual Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) at Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center February 29 ...

“Crowd at CPAC waving these little pro-Trump flags that look exactly like the Russian flag,” reported Peter Hamby, a former CNN reporter and current head of news for Snapchat.