House Speaker Mike Johnson defied Joe Biden’s order to fly flags at half-staff and said flags will be raised for Trump’s inauguration.
“On January 20th, the flags at the Capitol will fly at full-staff to celebrate our country coming together behind the inauguration of our 47th President, Donald Trump. The flags will be lowered back to half-staff the following day to continue honoring President Jimmy Carter,” Speaker Johnson posted on X.
On January 20th, the flags at the Capitol will fly at full-staff to celebrate our country coming together behind the inauguration of our 47th President, Donald Trump.
The flags will be lowered back to half-staff the following day to continue honoring President Jimmy Carter.
— Speaker Mike Johnson (@SpeakerJohnson) January 14, 2025
White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said the Biden White House will not reconsider raising the flags for Trump’s inauguration.
“The flags are due to be flying at half mast at the time of the inauguration, and President Trump seems to be taking issue with that. Is that a decision that the White House would consider to consider reversing or reevaluating?” a reporter asked Karine Jean-Pierre earlier this month.
“No,” KJP said.
When asked if President Biden might reconsider the decision to have flags fly at half-staff for President Carter on Donald Trump’s Inauguration Day, White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre firmly responded, “No.” WATCH https://t.co/bID2sbJM8J
— Simon Ateba (@simonateba) January 5, 2025
Earlier this month Trump blasted the Democrats for being “giddy” about Biden’s order to fly flags at “half mast” during his inauguration.
“The Democrats are all “giddy” about our magnificent American Flag potentially being at “half mast” during my Inauguration. 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. Nobody wants to see this, and no American can be happy about it. Let’s see how it plays out. MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!” Trump said on Truth Social.
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