Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry (R) said he will fully raise the Make American Great Again (MAGA) flag at the governor’s mansion for President-elect Trump’s inauguration next week and invited Louisianans to do the same.
“Gone are the days of open borders. Gone are the days where Americans have to worry about gas and grocery prices while taxpayer dollars are shipped overseas,” Landry said in a Friday statement.
“Today, under President Trump, begins a renaissance in this Nation,” he added. “One where America and her people will always come first. In Louisiana, we think that is worthy of celebrating!”
Landry’s announcement comes as several GOP-led states will fly U.S. flags at full-staff for Trump’s Jan. 20 inauguration. Flags in the Pelican State were slated to be kept up at half-staff in light of the New Orleans terrorist attack on New Year’s Day when an attacker plowed a rented pickup truck into a crowd of people on Bourbon Street, killing 14 people and injuring dozens more.
Governors in various Republican-led states, including Florida, North Dakota, Iowa, Idaho, Nebraska, ordered that flags be flown at full-staff for the 2025 presidential inauguration, despite the 30-day mourning period still being in effect over the death of former President Carter late last year.
At least five governors said the flags would be lowered back to half-staff after the Jan. 20 ceremony.
Similarly, House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) said Tuesday that flags on the Capitol Hill would be flown at full-staff during the president-elect’s inauguration and be lowered to half-staff the next day to continue honoring Carter’s death.
