Well, that’s interesting…
According to a Fox News report, Democratic Governor Gavin Newsom says California will raise the American flag to full staff to celebrate Donald Trump’s inauguration next week. Many Democratic governors are expected to keep flags at half-staff to honor the passing of former President Jimmy Carter.
Newsom’s press office confirmed the decision to Fox News Digital on Wednesday night.
Flags temporarily raised to full height will return to half-staff on Jan. 21 for the remainder of the 30-day mourning period, which ends on Jan. 28 – eight days after President-elect Donald Trump will be sworn into office, according to the report.
Newsom is the only Blue State Governor to confirm he will raise the flag on Inauguration Day.
House Speaker Johnson also ordered that flags at the U.S. Capitol fly at full-staff for Trump’s inauguration on Jan. 20.
President-elect Trump previously unloaded on Democrats for being “giddy” about flying American flags at half-staff during his inauguration celebration.
“The Democrats are all ‘giddy’ about our magnificent American Flag potentially being at ‘half mast’ during my Inauguration,” Trump wrote on Truth Social on Jan. 3. “They think it’s so great, and are so happy about it because, in actuality, they don’t love our Country, they only think about themselves.”
“Look at what they’ve done to our once GREAT America over the past four years – It’s a total mess! In any event, because of the death of President Jimmy Carter, the Flag may, for the first time ever during an Inauguration of a future President, be at half mast,” he continued. “Nobody wants to see this, and no American can be happy about it. Let’s see how it plays out. MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!”
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