House Speaker Mike Johnson on Tuesday ordered that flags on the U.S. Capitol be raised to their most peak on Inauguration Day, suspending a 30-day order to decrease flags following the dying of former President Jimmy Carter.
The Republican chief’s choice means President-elect Donald Trump is not going to be sworn in for his second time period beneath the flag at half-mast, a prospect he has beforehand lamented.
That mirrors actions taken in current days by some Republican governors who introduced that flags of their states could be raised on Inauguration Day to rejoice Trump’s second time period.
Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey and Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee did so Tuesday, noting in social media posts that U.S. flags of their states could be lowered once more on Jan. 21 in Carter’s honor. Texas Gov. Greg Abbott issued an analogous warning Monday.
The 30-day cuffing interval, launched with President Joe Biden’s order, covers flags at federal authorities buildings and their grounds, in addition to at U.S. embassies and different amenities overseas, together with army installations and ships. It lasts till January 28, a interval that features Trump’s inauguration and his first week in workplace. In line with Biden’s order, governors throughout the nation have issued their very own orders governing flags of their respective states.
The incoming president has expressed dismay that flags will nonetheless be lowered when he’s sworn in, and it’s attainable he might order a blanket reversal of Biden’s choice as soon as he’s sworn in as president on Jan. 20.
“Democrats are all ‘dazed'” that flags can be lowered on Inauguration Day, Trump wrote Jan. 3 on social media.
“No one needs to see this,” Trump wrote. He added that “no American could be blissful about it. Let’s see the way it ends. MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!”
Trump has already intervened on the flags he can management: at his house in Florida. In the times after Carter’s burial, a big American flag at Trump’s personal membership at Mar-a-Lago was seen flying at its full peak, regardless of an order from Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis that mirrors Biden’s.
As of Tuesday, DeSantis had made no modifications to the flag order in his state.
The U.S. Flag Code establishes parameters for decreasing the American flag to half-staff, together with a 30-day interval for present or former presidents to fly flags at federal authorities buildings and on their grounds, in addition to at U.S. embassies and at different amenities overseas, together with naval installations and ships.
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