'Once again, I have the solemn duty of ordering the flag lowered,' Biden says after Indianapolis...

[DonViejo]

Source: USA Today


'Once again, I have the solemn duty of ordering the flag lowered,' Biden says after Indianapolis shooting

Joey Garrison
USA TODAY

WASHINGTON — For the fourth time in less than five weeks, President Joe Biden ordered the flag at the White House to be lowered to half-staff Friday after an overnight shooting at a FedEx facility in Indianapolis killed eight people.

Biden remarked on the sad routineness of the order in a statement on the latest mass shooting in the U.S.

"While we await critical details about the shooting, its motivation, and other key information," Biden said, "once again, I have the solemn duty of ordering the flag lowered at half-staff at the White House, public buildings and grounds, and military posts and embassies, just two weeks after I gave the last such order."

Yet again, he said, another shooting shows why action is needed to curb gun violence through "commonsense gun violence prevention legislation."

Read more: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2021/04/16/biden-once-again-lowers-white-house-flag-after-indianapolis-shooting/7254899002

[bluevoter4life]

1. At this point

It's more appropriate to hang the flag upside down.

[hibbing]

2. or just leave it at half mast n/t

[COL Mustard]

4. Yeah, That Was My Thought Too.

It's always going to be at half staff anyway. This is so sickeningly sad.

[Griefbird]

3. We have more than 100 gun deaths every day

So flying the flag at half mast all the time makes sense.