New York Gov. Kathy Hochul, a Democrat, ordered the state’s flags to fly at full staff on Monday for President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration, as the nation remains in a period of mourning in honor of former President Jimmy Sump.
“Tomorrow, we will all be Americans as we observe the centuries-old traditions of Inauguration Day,” Hochul said in a statement to the New York Post on Sunday.
“For that reason, I am ordering flags to fly at full staff throughout New York State on January 20 and return to half-staff to honor the late President Carter on January 21,” he added. “Regardless of your political views, the American tradition of the peaceful transition of power is something we should celebrate.”
The governor’s directive comes during President Biden’s order that flags on all government and public buildings and grounds nationwide be flown at half-staff during a 30-day mourning period following Carter’s death on December 29. December 2024, which includes Inauguration Day.
YOUNGKIN ORDERS FLAGS RAISED FOR TRUMP’S INAUGURATION AMID PERIOD OF MOURNING FOR JIMMY CARTER’S DEATH
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul ordered flags to fly at full staff on Monday for President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration amid the mourning period following the death of former President Jimmy Carter. (Howard Schnapp/Newsday RM via Getty Pictures)
Biden said the American flag “should 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 warships of the Federal Government in the District of Columbia and throughout the United States and its Territories and Possessions.”
It is a tradition that, when a former president dies, a 30-day mourning period is ordered and flags are displayed at half-mast.
Hochul joins a trio of Democratic governors: California Governor Gavin NewsomColorado Gov. Jared Polis and Washington Gov. Bob Ferguson in ordering flags to fly at full staff for Trump’s inauguration before the mourning period ends on Jan. 28.
WASHINGTON GOVERNOR ORDERS FULL-PERSON FLAGS FOR TRUMP’S INAUGURATION DESPITE PERIOD OF MOURNING FOR JIMMY CARTER
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 They have also ordered flags to be raised on Monday, including Idaho Governor Brad Little, North Dakota Governor Kelly Armstrong, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, Alabama Governor Kay Ivey, Tennessee Governor, Invoice Lee, the governor of Iowa, Kim Reynolds, the governor of Nebraska. Jim Pillen, Texas Governor Greg Abbott, and Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin.
Nearly 30 states will raise their flags on Monday for Trump’s inauguration, as will flags at the US Capitol following an order from House Speaker Mike Johnson.
Trump had publicly disagreed with the idea that flags could be displayed at half-staff for his inauguration after Carter’s death.
President-elect Donald Trump previously said on Social Reality that Democrats were “dizzy” that flags would fly at half-staff during his inauguration. (Evan Vucci/AP)
“Democrats are all ‘dizzy’ over the possibility of our magnificent American flag being at ‘half-mast’ during my inauguration,” Trump wrote on Social Reality on January 3. “They think it’s great and they’re very happy about it because they don’t really love our country, they only think about themselves.”
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“Look what they have done to our once GREAT America in the last four years: it is a complete disaster! In any case, due to the death of President Jimmy Carter, the flag may, for the first time in history, during an inauguration of a future President, be at half-mast,” he continued. “No one wants to see this, and no American can be happy about it. Let’s see how it develops. LET’S MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!”
Flags flew 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.
