New York Governor Kathy Hochul, a Democrat, on Monday ordered flags across the state to fly at full staff for the inauguration of President-elect Donald Trump as the nation is in a period of mourning in honor of former President Jimmy Carter.
“Tomorrow we will all be Americans as we observe the age-old traditions of Inauguration Day,” Hochul said in a statement to the New York Post on Sunday.
“For that reason, I am flying the flags at full staff in New York State on January 20 and returning to half staff on January 21 in honor of the late President Carter,” she added. “Regardless of your political views, America’s tradition of the peaceful transfer of power is something to celebrate.”
The governor’s directive comes amid President Biden’s order that flags at all government and public buildings and grounds across the state will fly at half-staff for a 30-day mourning period. Carter’s death on December 29, 2024, which also happens to be Inauguration Day.
YOUNGKIN DELIVERS FLAGS FOR TRUMP’S INAUGURATION Amid Mourning of Jimmy Carter’s Death
New York Governor Kathy Hochul on Monday ordered flags to be flown at full staff for the inauguration of newly elected President Donald Trump, amid the period of mourning following the death of former President Jimmy Carter. (Howard Schnapp/Newsday RM via Getty Images)
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 federal government naval vessels in the District of Columbia and around the world.” United States and its territories and possessions.”
It is a tradition that when a former president dies, a thirty-day period of mourning is declared and flags are flown at half-mast.
Hochul joins a trio of Democratic governors – California Governor Gavin NewsomColorado Governor Jared Polis and Washington Governor Bob Ferguson – who ordered flags to be flown at full staff for Trump’s inauguration before the mourning period ends on January 28.
Following the death of former President Jimmy Carter, there will be a 30-day mourning period until January 28. (Photo via Emma Woodhead/Fox Digital)
Several Republican governors 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 Bill Lee, Governor of Iowa Kim Reynolds, Governor of Nebraska. Jim Pillen, Texas Governor Greg Abbott, and Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin.
Nearly 30 states will raise their flags for Trump’s inauguration on Monday, as well as the flags at the U.S. Capitol, under orders from House Speaker Mike Johnson.
Trump had publicly objected to the idea that flags could be displayed at half-mast for his inauguration after Carter’s death.
President-elect Donald Trump previously said on Truth Social that Democrats were “giddy” that flags would fly at half-mast during his inauguration. (Evan Vucci/AP)
“The Democrats are all ‘giddy’ about our beautiful American flag potentially flying at half-mast during my inauguration,” Trump wrote on Truth Social on January 3. “They love it so much and are so happy about it because: in reality they don’t love our country, they only think about themselves.”
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“Look what they’ve done to our once GREAT America over the past four years – it’s a total mess! In any case, due to the death of President Jimmy Carter, the flag may be at half-mast for the first time ever during an inauguration of a future president,” he continued. “No one wants to see this, and no American can be happy about it. Let’s see how it turns out. MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!”
Flags were flown 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.
