Annapolis mayor: Trump declines request to lower US flags after shooting
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http://thehill.com/homenews/395253-trump-denies-request-to-lower-us-flags-to-honor-capital-gazette-shooting-victims
President Trump denied a request to lower American flags in honor of the five victims of a deadly shooting at the Capital Gazette newspaper last week, according to Annapolis Mayor
Gavin Buckley, who made the request. “Obviously, I’m disappointed, you know? … Is there a cutoff for tragedy?” Buckley told the Baltimore Sun of his request, which it said was made
through Maryland's congressional delegation.
“This was an attack on the press. It was an attack on freedom of speech. It’s just as important as any other tragedy,” Buckley said. He also said he was not lowering U.S. flags in
Annapolis given the administration's decision, since he did not want doing so to "polarize people."
Flags have been lowered under Trump's order for other, larger mass shootings. Trump ordered that flags be lowered after 10 people were killed at Santa Fe High School in Texas on May
18, and after 17 people were killed at a high school in Parkland, Fla., in February. Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan (R) has ordered that his state's flags to be lowered to half-staff through
sunset Monday.
Capital Gazette employees have banded together in the days since to continue producing a print newspaper. In a letter on Sunday, the staff thanked everyone offered support. But, the
letter also took a jab at Trump, saying they "won’t forget being called an enemy of the people.
“No, we won’t forget that. Because exposing evil, shining light on wrongs and fighting injustice is what we do,” the staff wrote.
Fuck you, Trump. You’re avoiding polarizing people? Or just don’t want to show sympathy for your ‘enemy’?
If this guy shot up Fox, he’d call for the blood.
Goddamn, just fuck you, Trump.
since he did not want doing so to "polarize people."
Polarize people how, you humongous fucking shitheel?
Trump has made very clear, numerous times that he considers the free press and facts themselves to be the opposition party. Of course he won't show them even basic human decency.
so "polarization" is this fucker's reasoning for not allowing it? Americans, what the hell are you doing still keeping this gibbon in office?
We're doing everything within our power to unseat him.
Didn't this Buckley guy say that, not Trump? Trump just said no, and Buckley's going along with that, presumably because he doesn't want to piss off both the amdinistration and Trump's remaining supporters.
Please gobble on shit, Trump. Or let me reformulate: eat your words and then yourself.
Of course, what did you guys except? He's a traitor to this country. God needs to prove his existence and zap this fucker.
I dunno, to me "polarizing" would mean denying the flag being put at half staff, then the mayor telling everyone you said that, then you have a divided group of people who think you just owned the libs and people who think you're a tosspot. The phrase I think you're looking for, Mr. President, is "The bodies of your dead citizens and journalists don't fit my narrative, sorry."
We have a deeply flawed constitution. Whereas many other forms of government have systems in place for some kind of special vote, recall, or vote of no confidence, our government is incredibly monolithic and was not built for change. Only a handful of scenarios can remove a sitting president, either because he committed a crime, or because the VP and the senate think the president has lost his mind. We don't have any political/popular means of removing a president.
Even if we could impeach on the basis of no confidence, it would never go through when the GOP has majority. It's Party Before All. It doesn't matter if he's gas lighting the party, you stick with it and turn a blind eye
And to be honest with the impeachment, while basically anyone would be better than him, I really have no idea who would be fit for office to try and clean up the shitfest of the past few years. We really need someone that oozes charisma and intelligence, a president people will remember for a while.
See this is why we need a queen who has the authority to dissolve congress
We established Democracy to get away from a Monarchy
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-to-order-flags-flown-at-half-staff-to-honor-capital-gazette-victims/2018/07/03/2bdd6bba-7eb8-11e8-b660-4d0f9f0351f1_story.html?noredirect=on
Trump gave in. White House is stating that Trump didn't hear the request until late last night and approved it immediately. So, either the mayor of Annapolis is lying, or Trump's people are lying. Gosh, I wonder who has more credibility?
Well I work for the county of Riverside, and we got the word to lower it immediately. Though I know we at the Department can do so from word by the Board of Supervisors or governor of Cali, I saw plenty of half mast flags being flown around since Friday and Saturday so I'm guessing with or without Trump we are able to do so in our state. Dude's even more polarizing BECAUSE he chose not to, if the op article is to believed.
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