House Speaker Johnson orders Capitol flags to full staff for Trump inauguration

The flags at the Capitol will fly at their full height when Donald Trump is sworn in as the 47th president next week, House Speaker Mike Johnson declared Tuesday.“On January 20th, the flags at the Capitol will fly at full-staff to celebrate our country coming together behind the inauguration” of the president-elect, Johnson (R-La.) said in a statement.“The flags will be lowered back to half-staff the following day to continue honoring President Jimmy Carter,” he added.President Biden had ordered flags to half-staff for 30 days in commemoration of Carter, who passed away Dec.29 at the age of 100.On Monday, Texas GOP Gov.

Greg Abbott had announced that American flags at Lone Star State government outposts would be flown full-staff in recognition of Trump’s inauguration.The 30-day period ordered by Biden is due to end Jan.28....