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With flags in multiple states ordered to full-staff for the presidential inauguration Monday — along with the U.S. Capitol flags — Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders decided Arkansas will follow suit.
Why it matters: Flags were lowered to half-staff nationwide for 30 days of mourning after the Dec. 29 death of former President Carter, per orders by President Biden and the state of Arkansas.
But flag position was fast becoming the nation's new political loyalty test on Tuesday as U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson joined GOPgovernors in ordering flags raised, contrary to the U.S. Flag Code.
Driving the news: Sanders on Wednesday ordered all flags at full staff at the Arkansas Capitol and all state buildings from sunrise on Monday, Jan. 20 until sunrise Tuesday, Jan. 21.
Flags will then remain at half-staff until Jan. 28.
Between the lines: The Jan. 20 date of Trump's inauguration was public knowledge when Arkansas and other GOP-led states issued their flag-lowering orders last month.
It's unclear why the inauguration exception was not written into the orders at the time.
Catch up quick: Trump took to Truth Social in early January to complain: "The Democrats are all 'giddy' about our magnificent American flag potentially being at 'half mast' during my inauguration," he wrote.
"Nobody wants to see this, and no American can be happy about it," he added. "Let's see how it plays out."
The latest: Flags were at full staff in front of his private Mar-a-Lago club in Florida, the AP reported Monday.
