Speaker Johnson orders US Capitol flags raised to full height for Trump's inauguration
Source: Associated Press
House Speaker Mike Johnson on Tuesday ordered that flags at the U.S. Capitol be raised to their full height on Inauguration Day, pausing a 30-day flag-lowering order following the death of former President Jimmy Carter.
The Republican leaders decision means that President-elect Donald Trump will not take the oath of office for his second term under a half-staff flag, a prospect that he had previously complained about.
It mirrors actions taken in recent days by some Republican governors who have announced that flags in their states would be raised on Inauguration Day to mark Trumps second term.
Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey and Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee did so on Tuesday, noting in social media posts that U.S. flags across their states would be relowered on Jan. 21 in honor of Carter. Texas Gov. Greg Abbott issued a similar notice on Monday.
Read more: https://apnews.com/article/flags-half-staff-trump-inauguration-johnson-a0c99a017e74b880df1c2eadfce25c28
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JohnSJ
(96,995 posts)orleans
(35,451 posts)and if trump doesn't want the ceremony with flag at half mast then tough shit--don't get sworn in!
When to fly the flag at half-staff
The American flag flies at half-staff or at half-mast when the country or a state is in mourning. The president, a state governor, or the mayor of the District of Columbia can order flags to fly at half-staff.
https://www.usa.gov/flag
allegorical oracle
(3,670 posts)or when a man who is NObody until Jan. 20 can make so many demands.
MacKasey
(1,277 posts)Dave Bowman
(4,170 posts)Assholes and hypocrites, all if them.
William Seger
(11,183 posts)I don't know of one, so I just use "Republican" as in: How Republican of them!
Dave Bowman
(4,170 posts)LauraInLA
(1,482 posts)IbogaProject
(3,921 posts)orleans
(35,451 posts)The American flag flies at half-staff or at half-mast when the country or a state is in mourning. The president, a state governor, or the mayor of the District of Columbia can order flags to fly at half-staff.Sep 20, 2024
https://www.usa.gov/flag
IbogaProject
(3,921 posts)And all these rules are without enforcement methods, unless you were a dirty hippie and wore it or attempted to burn it.
Walleye
(36,912 posts)JohnSJ
(96,995 posts)really like to see Congressional Democrats show resistance for once.
Irish_Dem
(61,294 posts)All around the country and world. At taxpayer cost of course.
Just dump the US flag, US Constitution, Bill of Rights, Declaration of Independence
into the National Archives as relics of a bygone era.
And move Washington DC to MAL.
That way Trump can still golf and eat his fancy dinners with his rich friends and not miss a beat.
Think how much money Trump could make renting out the White House as a bed and breakfast.
slightlv
(4,650 posts)I can't imagine anything any more petty than this. I hope they all die horrible deaths.
republianmushroom
(18,491 posts)Last edited Tue Jan 14, 2025, 07:47 PM - Edit history (1)
Marthe48
(19,667 posts)maybe other formats of the U.S. flag flying at half mast.
I found one a picture of one online, copy pasted it to my fb profile picture. I'll leave it there for awhile.
bromeando
(79 posts)Boycott felon's inauguration. That's what I'm doing
PSPS
(14,238 posts)Bengus81
(7,616 posts)Girard442
(6,465 posts)William Seger
(11,183 posts)Diamond_Dog
(35,547 posts)aggiesal
(9,612 posts)he was going to be the first pResident to have the flag at half mast during inauguration , when the following Presidents had the flag at half mast during swearing in @ their Inauguration.
John Tyler
Millard Fillmore
Andrew Johnson
Chester Arthur
Theodore Roosevelt
Harry Truman
Lyndon Johnson
Richard Nixon
The biggest vain cry baby ever.
ificandream
(10,919 posts)The state orders and Johnson's shouldn't mean a thing.
LeftInTX
(31,506 posts)I guess it's kinda like if I have a flag in my yard. No one tells me how to fly my flag?
The order only pertains to the capitol and nowhere else.
RobertDevereaux
(1,966 posts)Attilatheblond
(4,870 posts)Trump gets zero consideration from us.
riversedge
(73,821 posts)Lulu KC
(5,544 posts)Isn't there a law against this? Oh, right. Never mind.
It makes me want to install a great big flagpole in the middle of my native plant front yard just so I can hang a great big upside down flag for four years.
LeftInTX
(31,506 posts)The reason for taking it down would probably be that the flag and flag pole are "too large".
You could probably do it with a small flag in most neighborhoods in the US.
Oopsie Daisy
(4,790 posts)Johonny
(22,507 posts)Clearly the president has been set not to give a fuck.
keithbvadu2
(40,881 posts)Hope22
(3,343 posts)Barefoot and pregnant!
33taw
(2,970 posts)4catsmom
(366 posts)how sick of them to humor Trump over something like this. A total lack of maturity and class but I wouldn't expect either from any member of the GOP
cstanleytech
(27,254 posts)LetMyPeopleVote
(156,615 posts)aggiesal
(9,612 posts)Torrent63
(12 posts)Bunch of miserable, toadying, ass kissing hypocrites. Why are they so scared of Trump? He is a junior high school bully. Punch him once(figuratively) and they deflate.
Skittles
(160,873 posts)sickening bunch of suckups
bronxiteforever
(9,657 posts)Yet they tell us they are Christian and believers in morals. Jimmy Carters death and the California fire response by the GOP shows that their values are just pretend and that they really are small men.
Skittles
(160,873 posts)they're doing this while pimping for a guy who tried to overthrow the government
DISGUSTING
TimeToGo
(1,393 posts)pfitz59
(11,111 posts)I hope a 'phantom' goes around and locks the flags at half-mast.
aggiesal
(9,612 posts)Please correct anyone that says Pendejo45 is the first pResident that would have the flag at half mast during his inauguration.
John Tyler
Millard Fillmore
Andrew Johnson
Chester Arthur
Theodore Roosevelt
Harry Truman
Lyndon Johnson
Richard Nixon
I swear Pendejo45 has to be the biggest cry baby I've ever seen.
Skittles
(160,873 posts)he is fucking pathetic and the people pimp for him and vote for him are just plain SICKENING
bdamomma
(67,007 posts)the felon taking a tantrum and his loyalists are obliging
I am one of many who will not watch this POS inauguration. Fuck him.
Professor_Blue
(3 posts)AverageOldGuy
(2,301 posts)Governors of Texas, Alabama, and Tennessee have ordered flags returned to full-staff for Trump's inauguration then lowered to half-staff.
DENVERPOPS
(10,430 posts)until Trump's hand is removed from the bible.............He legitimately isn't president until that moment.......
(or mein kämpf, which he should more appropriately use to be sworn in)
LudwigPastorius
(11,306 posts)the Führer's wishes.
Initech
(102,915 posts)I hope it snows and he has to hold his inauguration inside.
byronius
(7,651 posts)Fuck them all.
Emile
(31,516 posts)City Lights
(25,484 posts)but every day is a new surprise with these blood-sucking, bottom-feeders.
Mrsfiddlegirl
(26 posts)Why do all these GOP MAGATS seem to suffer from tiny short fingers syndrome?
Raise those flags "poled center upward". 🤔🤡