California Gov. Gavin Newsom, a Democrat, will join several Republican governors Monday in temporarily raising American flags in his state during the inauguration of President-elect Donald Trump.
Flags were lowered for 30 days by President Joe Biden after the death of former President Jimmy Carter. Last week, House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., ordered the flags at the U.S. Capitol to be raised to full-staff on Inauguration Day.
Newsom's decision follows that of 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, all of whom are Republicans.
Flags temporarily raised to full height will return to half-staff Tuesday for the remainder of the 30-day mourning period, which ends Jan. 28.
Trump had claimed Democrats were pleased with the country's flags being at half mast during his inauguration.
"The Democrats are all 'giddy' about our magnificent American Flag potentially being at 'half-mast' during my 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," Trump posted on Truth Social on Jan. 3.
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