{"id":122996,"date":"2025-01-17T12:11:34","date_gmt":"2025-01-17T12:11:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/which-states-will-raise-flags-for-trumps-inauguration-usa-today\/"},"modified":"2025-01-17T12:11:34","modified_gmt":"2025-01-17T12:11:34","slug":"which-states-will-raise-flags-for-trumps-inauguration-usa-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/which-states-will-raise-flags-for-trumps-inauguration-usa-today\/","title":{"rendered":"Which states will raise flags for Trump's inauguration? – USA TODAY"},"content":{"rendered":"

Several Republican governors across the U.S. are ordering state flags, which are currently being flown at half-staff following President Jimmy Carter\u2019s death,<\/a> to be raised to acknowledge President-elect Donald<\/a> Trump\u2019s inauguration on Jan. 20.
Eight states, including Iowa, Texas, Florida, Tennessee, Oklahoma, North Dakota, Nebraska and Alabama, ordered flags at full-staff during Trump\u2019s inauguration. In addition to the state buildings, the U.S. Capitol will have its flags at full-staff<\/a> during the inauguration, House Speaker Mike Johnson announced on Tuesday.
\u201cOn 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,\u201d Johnson said in a statement. \u201cThe flags will be lowered back to half-staff the following day to continue honoring President Jimmy Carter.\u201d
President Joe Biden<\/a> ordered\u00a0flags\u00a0lowered to half-staff for 30 days from the day of Carter\u2019s death on Dec. 29, as is custom when a U.S. president dies. While the U.S. flag code dictates remain lowered, the code isn\u2019t mandatory,
Here is what Trump and other politicians have said about flags on Jan. 20.
Trump stirred conversations<\/a> about flags potentially being at half staff during his inauguration when he shared a post on Truth Social<\/a> accusing the Democrats of being \u201cgiddy\u201d that the country\u2019s \u201cmagnificent American Flag\u201d could be at \u201chalf mast\u201d come Jan. 20.
“They think it\u2019s so great, and are so happy about it because, in actuality, they don\u2019t love our Country, they only think about themselves,” the president-elect said on social media.
The American flag would “for the first time ever during an Inauguration of a future President, be at half mast,” said Trump. “Nobody wants to see this, and no American can be happy about it. Let\u2019s see how it plays out.”
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott was one of the first governors to order that flags be raised to full-staff on\u00a0Inauguration Day, with him claiming that his decision follows a\u00a0federal statute<\/a>\u00a0stating that the U.S. flag to be displayed \u201cespecially on … Inauguration Day, January 20.\u201d
\u201cWhile we honor the service of a former President, we must also celebrate the service of an incoming President and the bright future ahead for the United States of America,\u201d Abbott said in a news release on Monday.
Other governors followed suit, with Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey, North Dakota Gov. Kelly Armstrong, Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen, and Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds all ordering that flags be raised for the incoming president. Flags in Oklahoma have already been raised for about a week as Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt only ordered flags on state property to remain at half-staff until Jan. 9, the day of Carter\u2019s state funeral.
\u201cInauguration day is an important tradition of our Republic where Americans come together to celebrate the peaceful transition of power between presidents,\u201d DeSantis said in a memo he\u00a0posted on X<\/a>. \u201cIt represents a season of new hope and limitless potential for America\u2019s future.
\u201cThe official installation of a President is a historic day in the calendar of our nation and should be recognized as such,\u201d Pillen said in a news release<\/a>. \u201cHaving the flag at full staff symbolizes the respect to that office and our nation\u2019s newly elected leader.\u201d
Then-President Richard Nixon<\/a> decided to raise the flags in February 1973, which had been lowered following the death of President Lyndon Johson, before the 30-day mark to honor the first American prisoners of war released from Vietnam. The celebration lasted a day before the flags were returned to half-staff for the rest of the mourning period.
Alabama, Iowa, North Dakota, Nebraska, and Florida have confirmed that their flags will be lowered after Trump\u2019s inauguration, according to their governors. The governor of Texas has yet to confirm if the state will observe Carter\u2019s mourning period following the inauguration.
Contributing: Brandi D. Addison, Joey Garrison & C. A. Bridges\/ USA TODAY, Marty Roney\/ Montgomery Advertiser, Dale Denwalt\/ The Oklahoman and Kate Kealey\/ Des Moines Register<\/em><\/p>\n

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Several Republican governors across the U.S. are ordering state flags, which are currently being flown at half-staff following President Jimmy Carter\u2019s death, to be raised to acknowledge President-elect Donald Trump\u2019s inauguration on Jan. 20.Eight states, including Iowa, Texas, Florida, Tennessee, Oklahoma, North Dakota, Nebraska and Alabama, ordered flags at full-staff during Trump\u2019s inauguration. In addition […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":122997,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-122996","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-us","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/122996","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=122996"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/122996\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/122997"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=122996"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=122996"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=122996"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}