Abbott’s appearance will come just a week after he joined other Republican governors around the nation at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort.

DALLAS - Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has directed that American flags on state property be flown at full staff to mark President-elect Donald Trump's inauguration next week, bypassing the national mourning period for former President Jimmy Carter. The move has sparked both praise and criticism on social media.

President Joe Biden and Gov. Greg Abbott are in a bit of tug of war over the stars and stripes. Weeks after Biden ordered the U.S. flag lowered to half-staff “in honor and tribute to the memory of President James Earl Carter,

In a statement released on Monday, Texas Governor Greg Abbott said the U.S. flag should be displayed "especially on Inauguration Day."

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott announced that flags at the state Capitol in Austin and all state office buildings will be raised to full-staff on Jan. 20, to mark President-elect Trump's inauguration.

Gov. Greg Abbott has ordered flags at the Texas Capitol and state buildings to be flown at full-staff for the inauguration of President-elect Donald Trump.

Gov. Greg Abbott on Monday ordered all flags to be raised to full staff at the Texas Capitol and all state buildings on January 20, 2025, in honor of Inauguration Day.The governor cited a federal statute stating that “the U.

Republican Texas Governor Greg Abbott ordered on Monday for the flags at the Texas Capitol and all state buildings to be raised to full-staff on January 20 in honor of Inauguration Day. Newsweek reached out to President-elect Donald Trump 's transition team and the Biden administration for comment Monday morning via email.

Although the U.S. flag is at half-staff to mark the death of President Jimmy Carter, 8 Republican-led states will raise flags for Trump's inauguration

The U.S. flag has been flown at half-staff following the death of former president Jimmy Carter. Typically flags are at half-staff for 30 days after a president's death.

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has ordered that any American flags on state property be flown at full staff for the inauguration of Donald Trump next Monday.

President Joe Biden ordered flags to be flown at half-staff for 30 days following the death of former president Jimmy Carter. The 30-day period includes the day of president-elect Trump's inauguration.