California Democratic Governor Gavin Newsom He will temporarily raise the American flag at the state Capitol to its full height on Inauguration Day next week, joining a handful of GOP governors and Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson in the decision.
Newsom's press office confirmed the decision to Fox News Digital on Wednesday evening.
Following tradition, flags at the U.S. Capitol and government buildings across the country were flown at half-mast due to the death of former President Jimmy Carter on December 29, 2024.
Flags that were temporarily flown at full height will return to half-staff on Jan. 21 for the remainder of the 30-day mourning period, which ends on Jan. 28 — eight days after President-elect Donald Trump is sworn into office.
California Governor Gavin Newsom ordered flags at the state Capitol to be temporarily flown at full capacity on Jan. 20 for the inauguration of President-elect Donald Trump. (Getty/AP)
As of Thursday morning, Newsom was the only Democratic governor to issue the directive, which comes as it sweeps Southern California Catastrophic forest fires.
Similar decisions have been made recently by 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 Republicans.
Speaker Johnson also ordered flags at the US Capitol to be flown at full capacity Trump's inauguration on January 20.
Trump criticized the possibility of displaying flags to half the staff His inauguration After Carter's death.
Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson also ordered the flag at the US Capitol to be temporarily flown at full capacity in preparation for Trump's inauguration. (AP Photo/Jacqueline Martin)
“The Democrats are all 'giddy' about the possibility of putting our wonderful American flag at 'half mast' during my inauguration,” Trump wrote on Truth Social on January 3. “They think it's a very wonderful thing, and they're very happy about it because “In fact, they don't like our country, they only think about themselves.”
“Look at what they've done to great America over the past four years — it's a complete mess!” However, due to the death of President Jimmy Carter, the flag may be raised, for the first time ever, during an inauguration ceremony. Mast.” “No one wants to see this, and no American can be happy about it. Let's see how things develop. MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!
President-elect Trump has criticized the possibility of flying the flag at half-staff during his inauguration on January 20, despite it falling during the 30-day period of mourning following the death of former President Jimmy Carter. (Donald Trump/The Social Truth)
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The flags were flown at half-mast when former President Nixon was sworn in for his second term in 1973 after Nixon ordered the flags to be flown at half-staff after Death of former President Truman.
Fox News Digital's Landon Munn contributed to this report.
