He said the city was flying a rainbow gay pride flag for a week, while his group had asked that its flag be raised only for a few hours. He said the organizers were suing the city over its rejection of their request to raise a straight pride flag on the flagpoles - a reference, he later clarified, to their having filed a discrimination complaint with the Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination, a state office. Hugo was the Republican candidate for the state’s Fifth Congressional District last fall, losing the election to an incumbent.
“We just wanted to have a little parade.”
“People are really triggered about this,” he said.
