Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin, a Republican, ordered flags to briefly fly at full-staff for President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration on Monday.
“I hereby order that the flags of the US of The united states and the Commonwealth of Virginia are to be flown at full-staff on all state and native structures and grounds within the Commonwealth in popularity of the inauguration of the forty seventh President of the US,” Youngkin stated on Saturday.
Youngkin’s directive comes regardless of President Biden’s order after the death of former President Jimmy Carter on Dec. 29 that flags in any respect govt and public structures and grounds around the nation must fly at half-staff for a 30-day mourning length, which simply occurs to incorporate Inauguration Day.
This is a custom when a former president dies to reserve a 30-day mourning length and order flags to be displayed at half-staff.
Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin speaks as President-elect Donald Trump, listens all through a marketing campaign rally on the Salem Civic Middle on November 2, 2024, in Salem, Virginia. (Getty Pictures)
Biden stated the U.S. flag “must be displayed at half-staff on the White Area and on all public structures and grounds, in any respect army posts and naval stations, and on all naval vessels of the Federal Executive within the District of Columbia and during the United States and its Territories and possessions.”
Flags in Virginia will go back to half-staff to honor Carter on Tuesday following the presidential inauguration, Youngkin stated.
“The flags might be decreased again to half-staff day after today to proceed honoring former President James Earl Carter, Jr. and stay at half of workforce thru January 28, 2025,” the governor wrote.
Youngkin joins a number of Republican governors who’ve additionally damaged custom and ordered flags to be raised on Monday, together with Idaho Gov. Brad Little, North Dakota Gov. Kelly Armstrong, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey, Tennessee Gov. Invoice Lee, Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds and Texas Gov. Greg Abbott.
Former President Jimmy Carter. (Photograph by the use of Emma Woodhead/Fox Virtual)
A trio of Democratic governors — California Gov. Gavin Newsom, Colorado Gov. Jared Polis and Washington Gov. Bob Ferguson — have additionally ordered flags to fly at full-staff for Trump’s inauguration prior to the mourning length ends Jan. 28.
Area Speaker Mike Johnson additionally ordered flags on the U.S. Capitol to be flown at full-staff on Inauguration Day.
Trump has criticized the theory of flags being displayed at half-staff for his inauguration following Carter’s dying.
“The Democrats are all ‘giddy’ about our magnificent American Flag doubtlessly being at ‘half of mast’ all through my Inauguration,” Trump wrote on Fact Social on Jan. 3. “They believe it’s so nice, and are so glad about it as a result of, in reality, they do not love our Nation, they just take into consideration themselves.”
Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin speaks all through the Religion & Freedom Coalition’s Street to Majority Coverage Convention on the Washington Hilton on June 22, 2024, in Washington, D.C. (Samuel Corum/Getty Pictures)
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“Have a look at what they’ve performed to our as soon as GREAT The united states during the last 4 years – It’s a complete mess! In any tournament, as a result of the dying of President Jimmy Carter, the Flag might, for the primary time ever all through an Inauguration of a long term President, be at half of mast,” he endured. “No person needs to peer this, and no American may also be glad about it. Let’s see the way it performs out. MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!”
Flags had been flown at half-staff when former President Nixon was once sworn-in for his 2nd time period in 1973 after Nixon ordered the flags to be decreased following the dying of former President Truman.
