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New York Gov. Kathy Hochul, a Democrat, has ordered all staff to fly state flags on Monday for the inauguration of President-elect Donald Trump as the nation continues in a period of mourning to honor former President Jimmy Carter.
“Tomorrow, we are all Americans as we observe the centuries-old traditions of Inauguration Day,” Hochul said in a statement to the New York Post on Sunday.
“For this reason, I am ordering flags to be flown at full staff throughout New York State on January 20th and back at half-staff to honor the late President Carter on January 21st,” he added. “Regardless of your political views, the American tradition of the peaceful transition of power is something to celebrate.”
The governor’s directive comes during President Biden’s order that flags on all public and government buildings and grounds nationwide be flown at half-staff for a 30-day period of mourning afterward Carter’s death on December 29, 2024, which includes Inauguration Day.
YOUNGKIN ORDERS FLAGS AT TRUMP’S INAUGURATION AMID MOURNING PERIOD FOR JIMMY CARTER’S DEATH
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul has ordered all staff to fly flags for President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration on Monday amid a period of mourning following the death of former President Jimmy Carter. (Howard Schnapp/Newsday RM via Getty Images)
Biden said the U.S. flag “must be displayed at half-mast at the White House and on all public buildings and grounds, at all military posts and naval stations, and on all naval vessels of the federal government in the district of Columbia and throughout the territory. United States and its territories and possessions.”
It is a tradition when a former president dies to order a 30-day mourning period and for flags to be flown at half-mast.
Hochul joins a trio of Democratic governors: California Governor Gavin NewsomColorado Gov. Jared Polis and Washington Gov. Bob Ferguson to order flags to be flown at all staff for Trump’s inauguration before the end of the mourning period on Jan. 28.
A 30-day mourning period is active until January 28 following the death of former President Jimmy Carter. (Photo via Emma Woodhead/Fox Digital)
Several Republican governors have also ordered flags to fly at half-mast on Monday, including Idaho Gov. Brad Little, North Dakota Gov. Kelly Armstrong, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey, the Tennessee Governor Bill Lee, Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds, Nebraska Governor Jim Pillen, Texas Governor Greg Abbott and Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin.
Nearly 30 states will raise their flags Monday for Trump’s inauguration, as will the flags at the US Capitol following an order by House Speaker Mike Johnson.
Trump had publicly criticized the idea that flags could be flown at half-staff for his inauguration after Carter’s death.
President-elect Donald Trump previously told Truth Social that Democrats were “marginalized” for flags to fly at half-staff during his inauguration. (Evan Vucci/AP)
“Democrats are all ‘giddy’ because our magnificent American flag could be at ‘half-mast’ during my inauguration,” Trump wrote on Truth Social on January 3. “They think it’s so great and they’re so happy about it because they don’t really love our country, they just think about themselves.”
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“Look at what they have done to our once GREAT America over the last four years – it’s a complete disaster! In any case, due to the death of President Jimmy Carter, the Flag can, for the first time, for a inauguration of a future president, stand 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!”
The flags were flown at half-staff when former President Nixon was sworn in for his second term in 1973 after Nixon ordered the flags lowered following the death of former President Truman.
