evidence: A California teacher is being investigated for saying she removed the US flag from her classroom and encouraged students to instead pledge allegiance to a gay pride banner, district officials said. [...] Pitzen then shook her head and said she told the student that a flag was indeed in the classroom that he could "pledge [his] allegiance to" before shifting the camera to a gay pride banner hanging on a wall. [...] A message left on a phone listed to Pitzen in Long Beach was not immediately returned Monday. In an earlier video spotted by the "Libs of TikTok" Twitter account, Pitzen showed off many gay pride banners in her classroom during Pride Month while wearing rainbow suspenders and earrings.