Johnson orders flags at full-staff for inauguration after Trump complaint: 'Dems don’t love our country'

15 January

Outgoing President Joe Biden ordered flags at the U.S. Capitol Building to fly at half- staff throughout January in memory of President Jimmy Carter, who died at the age of 100 on December 29. But according to Axios, the flags will be at full-staff during President-elect Donald Trump's inauguration on Monday, January 20.

Axios' April Rubin reports, "House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) and some Republican governors are promising to fly flags at full-staff Monday after Trump repeatedly complained about them being lowered for his swearing in. Driving the news: Johnson announced Tuesday, (January 14) that flags at the Capitol will fly at full-staff for the inauguration and then return to half-staff the next day in honor of Carter."

According to Rubin, the U.S. Capitol isn't the only government building where flags will be at full-staff during Trump's inauguration.

"An increasing number of Republican governors have ordered that flags at state buildings be flown at full-staff on Inauguration Day," the Axios reporter notes. "These include Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen, North Dakota Gov. Kelly Armstrong, Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds."

Rubin adds, "Some cited a federal statute that calls for the flag to be displayed 24 hours a day on certain occasions for 'patriotic effect,' instead of from sunrise to sunset."

Abbott, in an official statement, said, "While we honor the service of a former President, we must also celebrate the service of an incoming President and the bright future ahead for the United States of America."

Trump accused Democrats of having sinister motives in a January 3 post on his Truth Social platform.

The president-elect wrote, "The Democrats are all 'giddy' about our magnificent American Flag potentially being at 'half mast' during my Inauguration. They think it's so great, and are so happy about it because, in actuality, they don't love our Country, they only think about themselves. Look at what they've done to our once GREAT America over the past four years – It's a total mess! In any event, because of the death of President Jimmy Carter, the Flag may, for the first time ever during an Inauguration of a future President, be at half mast. Nobody wants to see this, and no American can be happy about it. Let’s see how it plays out. MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!"

Rubin points out that Trump used the term half-mast "incorrectly," as "half-mast" refers to a "flag on a ship" — not a flag in a government building.

Read the full Axios article at this link.

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