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House Speaker Mike Johnson announced Tuesday that flags on the U.S. Capitol will be raised to full staff next Monday, Jan. 20, to commemorate President-elect Donald Trump inauguration
The move comes despite the official order by the party President Biden After former President Jimmy Carter died on December 29, flags across the country flew at half-mast for a 30-day period of mourning.
“On January 20, flags on the Capitol will fly at full staff to celebrate our country uniting behind the inauguration of our 47th president, Donald Trump. Flags will be lowered to half-staff again the following day to continue honoring President Jimmy Carter,” Johnson said in a statement.
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House Speaker Mike Johnson, left, shakes hands with President-elect Donald Trump on stage at a meeting of the House Republican Conference at the Hyatt Regency on Capitol Hill on November 13, 2024 in Washington, DC. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)
Johnson is a great defender of Trump, and the president-elect’s recent endorsement helped Johnson diffuse opposition from some far-right Republicans to his re-election as speaker of the new Congress.
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According to the US Flag Code, US flags will be flown at half-mast for a period of 30 days to mark the death of a current or former president, on federal government buildings, military installations and ships and at US embassies and other facilities around the world.
Flags fly at half-staff in memory of former President Jimmy Carter during a winter snowstorm at Union Station in Washington, DC, Monday, January 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
trump earlier this month claimed on social media that “All Democrats are ‘margined'” about the flags flying at half-mast during his inauguration.
“No one wants to see this,” Trump argued. “No American can be happy about this. Let’s see how it plays out. MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!”
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The US flag code is non-binding, meaning Trump could technically overturn it once he is inaugurated as president.
The U.S. flag is displayed at the Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach, Fla., as a U.S. Coast Guard vessel patrols the area, Monday, Jan. 13, 2025. U.S. flags at the private Mar-a from President-elect Donald Trump -The Lago club is flying high again. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
The Associated Press observed a flag flying at full height Monday at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago club in Palm Beach, Florida.
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The flag had been flying at half-staff but was raised in the days after Carter’s funeral at the National Cathedral in Washington, DC, and burial in his hometown of Plains, Georgia, both of which took place on Thursday.
Texas Governor Greg Abbott on Monday announced that flags at the state Capitol building in Austin and all state office buildings will also be raised to full staff next Monday to commemorate Trump’s inauguration.
Fox News’ Chad Pergram contributed to this report
