Alabama Governor Kay Ivey has announced that she too will be raising the American flag at all Alabama government buildings on January 20th, during Donald Trump's inauguration. Governor Ivey made this announcement shortly following Texas Governor Greg Abbott's decision to raise the American flag from half-staff to full-staff on the day of the inauguration.
Gov. Kay Ivey has directed flags at the Capitol and all state buildings to be raised to full-staff on Inauguration Day.
DeSantis' decision comes one day after Gov. Kay Ivey of Alabama and Gov. Greg Abbott of Texas, both Republicans, announced they would order flags to full-staff for Inauguration Day. As DeSantis ...
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott also ordered the state to allow flags to fly at full-staff for Trump’s Inauguration Day, and flags at Mar-a-Lago have been spotted flying at full-staff despite Gov. Ron DeSantis joining Biden in ordering flags be flown at half-staff during the period of mourning.
Gov. Greg Abbott is the first state leader to defy President Biden's order to fly flags at half-staff during a 30-day mourning period for Jimmy Carter.