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Democratic California Gov. Gavin Newsom volition temporarily rise the American Flag astatine the authorities Capitol to afloat tallness connected Inauguration Day adjacent week, joining a fistful of GOP governors and Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson successful the decision.
Newsom's property bureau confirmed the determination to Fox News Digital connected Wednesday night.
Following tradition, flags astatine the U.S. Capitol and authorities buildings crossed the state are flying astatine half-staff due to the fact that of the decease of erstwhile President Jimmy Carter connected Dec. 29, 2024.
Flags temporarily raised to afloat tallness volition instrumentality to half-staff connected Jan. 21 for the remainder of the 30-day mourning period, which ends connected Jan. 28 – 8 days aft President-elect Donald Trump volition beryllium sworn into office.
As of Thursday morning, Newsom is the lone Democratic politician to contented the directive, which comes arsenic Southern California is ravaged by catastrophic wildfires.
Similar decisions were precocious made by Idaho Gov. Brad Little, North Dakota Gov. Kelly Armstrong, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey, Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee, Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds and Texas Gov. Greg Abbott – each of whom are Republicans.
House Speaker Johnson besides ordered that flags astatine the U.S. Capitol alert astatine full-staff for Trump's inauguration connected Jan. 20.
Trump has criticized the imaginable for flags to beryllium displayed astatine half-staff for his inauguration pursuing Carter's death.
"The Democrats are each 'giddy' astir our magnificent American Flag perchance being astatine 'half mast' during my Inauguration," Trump wrote connected Truth Social connected Jan. 3. "They deliberation it’s truthful great, and are truthful blessed astir it because, successful actuality, they don't emotion our Country, they lone deliberation astir themselves."
"Look astatine what they’ve done to our erstwhile GREAT America implicit the past 4 years - It’s a full mess! In immoderate event, due to the fact that of the decease of President Jimmy Carter, the Flag may, for the archetypal clip ever during an Inauguration of a aboriginal President, beryllium astatine fractional mast," helium continued. "Nobody wants to spot this, and nary American tin beryllium blessed astir it. Let’s spot however it plays out. MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!"
Flags were flown astatine half-staff erstwhile erstwhile President Nixon was sworn-in for his 2nd word successful 1973 aft Nixon ordered the flags to beryllium lowered pursuing the death of erstwhile President Truman.
Fox News Digital's Landon Mion contributed to this report.
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