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mahatmakanejeeves

(59,613 posts) Tue Jul 16, 2024, 07:19 AM Jul 16

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Virginia Gov. Youngkin orders flags at half-staff in memory of victim at Trump rally.

Flags half-staff in Va. in memory of man killed in Trump rally shooting and more state headlines

BY: STAFF REPORT - JULY 16, 2024 5:05 AM

• “Virginia Gov. Youngkin orders flags at half-staff in memory of victim at Trump rally.”—WJLA

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ETA: Youngkin was sworn in as governor on January 15, 2022. He cannot serve two terms in a row. He was to wait at least four years before running again.

For any shooting before January 15, 2022, Youngkin would have had no say in how the Virginia flag was displayed.

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Virginia Gov. Youngkin orders flags at half-staff in memory of victim at Trump rally. (Original Post) mahatmakanejeeves Jul 16 OP

! bucolic_frolic Jul 16 #1

Pennsylvania governor did as well. jimfields33 Jul 16 #2

You can sit down Youngkin. Trump picked someone else as VP. no_hypocrisy Jul 16 #3

Odd that we are lowering flags for normal murder these days... ExciteBike66 Jul 16 #4

Were any flags lowered... Wuddles440 Jul 16 #5

"No, because those were people we didn't like." Ray Bruns Jul 16 #6

We've had the flags at half- staff so much Jilly_in_VA Jul 16 #7

bucolic_frolic

(45,600 posts)

1. !

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Tue Jul 16, 2024, 07:21 AM

Jul 16

jimfields33

(17,887 posts)

2. Pennsylvania governor did as well.

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Tue Jul 16, 2024, 07:36 AM

Jul 16

Appropriate.

no_hypocrisy

(47,935 posts)

3. You can sit down Youngkin. Trump picked someone else as VP.

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Tue Jul 16, 2024, 07:42 AM

Jul 16

ExciteBike66

(2,545 posts)

4. Odd that we are lowering flags for normal murder these days...

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Tue Jul 16, 2024, 08:15 AM

Jul 16

Wouldn't they just be lowered all the time?

Wuddles440

(1,282 posts)

5. Were any flags lowered...

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Tue Jul 16, 2024, 08:38 AM

Jul 16

for the murder victims of Kyle Rittenhouse?

Ray Bruns

(4,376 posts)

6. "No, because those were people we didn't like."

Reply to Wuddles440 (Reply #5)

Tue Jul 16, 2024, 09:22 AM

Jul 16

Glenn Youngkin

Jilly_in_VA

(10,606 posts)

7. We've had the flags at half- staff so much

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Tue Jul 16, 2024, 02:41 PM

Jul 16

since he's been governor, we might as wll leave them that way.

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