NY GOP Official Refuses To Lower Flags For Carter

CBS News reports:

A Republican official who oversees Nassau County on New York’s Long Island has seemingly refused to lower flags to half-staff in memory of the late Democratic President Jimmy Carter, who died last weekend at the age of 100.

Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman, a Republican, has not publicly explained his reason for not lowering flags at Nassau County-operated buildings. Following Carter’s death Sunday, President Biden called for flags to be flown at half-staff for 30 days at all federal facilities.

When reached Friday, a spokesman for Blakeman told CBS News New York that he was “unavailable for comment.”

Read the full article. As soon as I saw the headline I knew it was Blakeman, who has appeared here before for his anti-LGBTQ and cultist assholery. Yesterday Trump hinted that upon taking office, he will force an immediate end to the traditional 30-day period of lowered flags.

A Republican official who oversees Nassau County on New York’s Long Island has seemingly refused to lower flags to half-staff in memory of the late Democratic President Jimmy Carter. https://t.co/yOY6blVUoI

— CBS News (@CBSNews) January 5, 2025