Newsom Joins Push To Raise Flags to Full-Staff for Trump’s Inauguration — Now Making It a Bipartisan Movement

The decision to buck President Biden’s order to fly flags at half-staff through President Trump’s inauguration is now a bipartisan one, as Governor Newsom’s office announced that flags will be temporarily raised to full-staff on January 20.

In line with the precedent for when an American president dies, Mr. Biden ordered the flag to be flown at half-staff, a symbol of mourning, in honor of the late President Carter. The 30-day period also overlaps with Trump’s inauguration.