Trump orders flags to be flown at half-staff to honor Capital Gazette shooting victims
By POLITICO STAFF 07/03/2018 09:14 AM EDT
President Donald Trump on Tuesday ordered that flags be flown at half-staff to honor the five victims of the Capital Gazette newspaper shooting in Annapolis last week.
“Our Nation shares the sorrow of those affected by the shooting at the Capital Gazette newspaper in Annapolis, Maryland,” the president wrote, according to a White House statement. “Americans across the country are united in calling upon God to be with the victims and to bring aid and comfort to their families and friends.”
The flags will fly at half-staff at the White House, federal buildings, military posts and elsewhere until sunset Tuesday.
The president’s order comes after the Democratic mayor of Annapolis, Mayor Gavin Buckley, told the Capital Gazette that the White House denied his request Monday to lower the flags.
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