Speaking to a crowd of Trump supporters at an event called the ‘For God & Country Patriot Roundup’, Flynn was asked by an unidentified man “why what happened in Myanmar can’t happen here.”
A coup in February led to military chief Min Aung Hlaing being installed as Myanmar’s leader, and the months that have followed have seen hundreds of civilians killed in violent crackdowns. Thousands have fled the country to seek refuge.
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