California Governor Gavin Newsom (D) will join several other governors in raising the U.S. flag for President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration.
Newsom’s spokesperson, Izzy Gardon, confirmed the development to news outlets.
Idaho Gov. Brad Little, North Dakota Gov. Kelly Armstrong, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey, Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee, Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds, and Texas Gov. Greg Abbott will also be flying the U.S. flag at full-staff. Each governor is a Republican.
House Speaker Mike Johnson similarly declared that flags will fly at full-staff for the inauguration.
“On January 20th, the flags at the Capitol will fly at full-staff to celebrate our country coming together behind the inauguration of our 47th President, Donald Trump,” he said. “The flags will be lowered back to half-staff the following day to continue honoring President Jimmy Carter.”
Trump previously wrote on Truth Social that Democrats were “giddy” about the possibility of the American Flag being flown at half-staff during his inauguration.
“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,” he said earlier this month. “Look at what they’ve done to our once GREAT America over the past four years – It’s a total mess! In any event, because of the death of President Jimmy Carter, the Flag may, for the first time ever during an Inauguration of a future President, be at half mast. Nobody wants to see this, and no American can be happy about it. Let’s see how it plays out. MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!”
