Idaho Gov. Brad Little has joined other Republican leaders by ordering U.S. and Idaho flags be raised to full staff on Monday, Jan. 20 to recognize the inauguration of incoming President Donald Trump.
West Virginia Governor Patrick Morrisey has ordered that all flags be raised back to full staff during the inauguration of President-elect Donald Trump on Monday.
Despite the national mourning period for the late Jimmy Carter, Washington's Gov. Bob Ferguson is directing flags to be raised Monday for Inauguration Day.
The controversial decision pauses a 30-day flag-lowering order following the death of former President Jimmy Carter.
Several Republican Governors have pledged to fly their flags at full-staff, despite President Biden’s former directive.
JEERS ... to Idaho Gov. Brad Little. Monday, the flag of the United States will fly at full-staff throughout Idaho — in violation of the accepted 30-day period of mourning for the late President Jimmy Carter. Why? Because Donald Trump’s ego was bruised.
GOP governors of at least eight states ordered flags to be flown at full-staff on Inauguration Day, bucking tradition by raising flags before the end of a customary 30-day mourning period
According to a news release from Little’s office, the flags will be raised from sunrise to sunset on Monday and then lowered to half staff until sunset on Jan. 28 in honor of former President Jimmy Carter, who died Dec. 29 at the age of 100.
Newsom’s spokesperson Izzy Gardon confirmed Wednesday that the governor would temporarily direct the raising of flags at the state Capitol in Sacramento for President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration. Flags at the U.S. Capitol and at statehouses around the country have been lowered to half-staff in honor of the late former President Jimmy Carter.
Several state governors have ordered flags to be flown at full-staff on Inauguration Day, raising flags before the end of the mourning period for Jimmy Carter.