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Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin, a Republican, ordered flags to temporarily alert astatine full-staff for President-elect Donald Trump's inauguration connected Monday.
"I hereby bid that the flags of the United States of America and the Commonwealth of Virginia are to beryllium flown astatine full-staff connected each authorities and section buildings and grounds successful the Commonwealth successful designation of the inauguration of the 47th President of the United States," Youngkin said connected Saturday.
Youngkin's directive comes contempt President Biden's bid aft the death of erstwhile President Jimmy Carter connected Dec. 29 that flags astatine each authorities and nationalist buildings and grounds crossed the state should alert astatine half-staff for a 30-day mourning period, which conscionable happens to see Inauguration Day.
It is simply a contented erstwhile a erstwhile president dies to bid a 30-day mourning play and bid flags to beryllium displayed astatine half-staff.
Biden said the U.S. emblem "should beryllium displayed astatine half-staff astatine the White House and connected each nationalist buildings and grounds, astatine each subject posts and naval stations, and connected each naval vessels of the Federal Government successful the District of Columbia and passim the United States and its Territories and possessions."
Flags successful Virginia volition instrumentality to half-staff to grant Carter connected Tuesday pursuing the statesmanlike inauguration, Youngkin said.
"The flags volition beryllium lowered backmost to half-staff the pursuing time to proceed honoring erstwhile President James Earl Carter, Jr. and stay astatine fractional unit done January 28, 2025," the politician wrote.
Youngkin joins respective Republican governors who person besides breached contented and ordered flags to beryllium raised connected Monday, including 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.
A trio of Democratic governors — California Gov. Gavin Newsom, Colorado Gov. Jared Polis and Washington Gov. Bob Ferguson — person besides ordered flags to alert astatine full-staff for Trump's inauguration earlier the mourning play ends Jan. 28.
House Speaker Mike Johnson besides ordered flags astatine the U.S. Capitol to beryllium flown astatine full-staff connected Inauguration Day.
Trump has criticized the thought of flags being 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 decease of erstwhile President Truman.
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