"Our nation's flag will be prominently displayed at full-staff to honor the tradition of our founding fathers," he said in a memo.
Gov. Ron DeSantis ordered that Florida's flags will fly at full staff on Jan. 21 for President-elect Donald Trump's inauguration, temporarily reversing his order after Jimmy Carter's death.
PALM BEACH, Fla. — Alabama Governor Kay Ivey made her way out of the state Thursday, ahead of a winter storm set to impact the northern part of the state, to meet with many of the country's other Republican governors at President-elect Donald Trump's Florida estate.
Several Republican Governors have pledged to fly their flags at full-staff, despite President Biden’s former directive.
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.
President Jimmy Carter’s mourning period will be on hold Monday, as Donald Trump gets sworn in for a second term. And to celebrate that “patriotic occasion,” Gov. Ron DeSantis is ordering flags in the state to be lifted back up to full-staff on Inauguration Day.
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin, and Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds are also expected to be in attendance.
Gov. Ron DeSantis on Tuesday ordered U.S. and state flags across Florida to be flown at full-staff on inauguration day Monday, becoming the latest Republican-led state to do so.
DeSantis' order follows Alabama and Texas where the governors of those states also called for flags to fly full-staff on Inauguration Day.