House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) said on Tuesday that flags at the U.S. Capitol will be returned to full-staff for Inauguration Day and then to half-staff the next day to continue honoring former President Jimmy Carter’s recent passing.
The Biden administration didn’t respond to The Epoch Times’ question on whether it would make an exception for Inauguration Day.
“The U.S. Flag is otherwise flown at half-staff (or half-mast, on ships) when directed by the President of the United States or a state governor,” the code states.
“As we unite our country and usher in this new era of leadership, I ordered all flags to be raised to full-staff at the Texas Capitol and all state buildings for the inauguration of President Trump,” Abbott said.
Though the state honors Carter’s leadership, Abbott said, it’s time to celebrate the country’s “bright future ahead.”
“The Democrats are all ‘giddy’ about our magnificent American Flag potentially being at ‘half mast’ during my Inauguration,” he said in a Truth Social post. “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.”
The difference between “mast” and “staff” is that mast is used for flags on ships, while staff is a term for flags on land.
For the first time during any presidential inauguration, the flags will be at half-staff, which is not what the American people want, Trump said.
“Let’s see how it plays out,” he said.
“Iowa will celebrate and recognize this historic change in our country’s leadership by raising our flags,” Reynolds said.
