Louisiana is joining several GOP-led states in raising U.S. flags to full-staff during Trump’s inauguration day.
Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry said on Friday that he will raise a Make American Great Again (MAGA) along with the U.S. flag at the governor’s mansion for President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration on Monday.
The Republican governor issued a proclamation calling on residents to fly both flags in honor of the president-elect’s inauguration.
“Gone are the days of open borders. Gone are the days where Americans have to worry about gas and grocery prices while taxpayer dollars are shipped overseas,” Landry said in a
statement.
“Today, under President Trump, begins a renaissance in this Nation. One where America and her people will always come first. In Louisiana, we think that is worthy of celebrating,” he added.
Other Republican governors, including in Alabama, Florida, North Dakota, Idaho, Iowa, Nebraska, Tennessee, and Texas have also announced that they will fly U.S. flags at full height on Jan. 20 and lower them to half-staff the next day in honor of former President Jimmy Carter’s death, who died at the age of 100 late last month.
After Carter’s death on Dec. 29, 2024, President Joe Biden
directed that U.S. flags “be displayed at half-staff 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 United States and its Territories and possessions for a period of 30 days from the day of his death.”
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis
said on Jan. 14 that flags will be raised full staff “at the Florida Capitol and across all state buildings, installations, and grounds” for the president-elect’s inauguration. The flag will then be lowered to half-staff on Jan. 21 to honor Carter’s death.
Idaho Gov. Brad Little issued a
directive on Jan. 14 to raise U.S. and state flags to full staff on Trump’s inauguration day and re-lower them to half staff at sunset.
“Idaho will recognize the swearing in of our 47th president, Donald Trump, by raising our flags on this momentous day,” Little said. “This is a historic transition in our nation’s leadership, and we will celebrate it.”
Trump
stated on Truth Social earlier this month that Democrats are “all giddy” about U.S. flags potentially being flown at “half mast” during his inauguration.
“Nobody wants to see this, and no American can be happy about it,” he stated.
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.)
announced on Tuesday that flags at the U.S. Capitol would be flown at full staff on Trump’s inauguration day and lowered to half-staff the following day to continue honoring Carter’s death.
