Chicago aldermen condemn Ald. Byron Sigcho-Lopez for attending rally at which US flag burned [Video]

CHICAGO (WLS) — A group of Chicago aldermen are condemning fellow Alderman Byron Sigcho-Lopez for participating in a rally during which someone lit an American flag on fire last week.

The group was protesting the Israel-Hamas war last Friday, and called on the city to cancel the Democratic National Convention, which will be in Chicago this August.

It was an act of protest against President Joe Biden’s handling of the war.

Veteran Zachary Kam burned a flag he flew while on tour as a Marine in Afghanistan.

“An elected official should not be standing over the ashes of that. He should be there to support these families that gave the ultimate sacrifice,” one man said during a news conference Wednesday morning.

The aldermen want Sigcho-Lopez to issue an apology, but he said he would not.

“Byron has the right to be inflammatory, but he has a bigger responsibility as a committee chair and …