Newsom joins red states in raising flags for Trump inauguration

California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) will raise American flags at the California Capitol on Monday for a limited time during President-elect Trump’s inauguration, according to his office.

The decision aligns him with many of his Republican counterparts in other states, Newsom spokesperson Izzy Gardon confirmed to The Associated Press. Flags had been at half-staff across the U.S. to commemorate the passing of former President Carter.

Republican Govs. Kay Ivey (Ala.), Ron DeSantis (Fla.), Brad Little (Idaho), Kim Reynolds (Iowa), Jim Pillen (Nebraska), Kelly Armstrong (North Dakota), Bill Lee (Tenn.) and Greg Abbott (Texas) have all announced this week that flags at state buildings would fly at their full height on Jan. 20. The move goes against tradition, when flags stay at half-staff for the 30-day mourning period.

President Biden had previously ordered flags nationwide to be flown at half-staff until sunset on Jan. 28, in accordance with a proclamation from the Eisenhower Era. Trump seemingly raised his own flags at his private Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida before the end of the mourning period.

Earlier this month, the president-elect accused Democrats of being "giddy" about "our magnificent American Flag potentially being at ‘half mast’ during my Inauguration.”

“They think it’s so great, and are so happy about it because, in actuality, they don’t love our Country, they only think about themselves,” he wrote at the time on Truth Social.

House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) also announced Tuesday that flags will fly full-staff at the U.S. Capitol for the inauguration, with the flags being lowered back to half-staff later on.

The Hill has reached out to Newsom's press office for comment.