The flags at the White House have just been lowered to half staff.
An official announcement has not yet been made.
Many are presuming it is for Officer Brian Sicknick who was killed in the line of duty….however the flags at the Capitol were lowered two days ago for that reason.
Why now for the White House?
The flag above the White House has now been lowered to half-staff, 2 days after the flags at the Capitol were lowered to honor Officer Brian Sicknick.
Awaiting statement from the WH explaining the rationale.— Jeremy Diamond (@JDiamond1) January 10, 2021
“It’s a disgrace,” Chris Christie says on ABC of the White House flag not being lowered to honor the US Capitol Police officer killed by the mob on Wednesday. “It’s just wrong.”
— Manu Raju (@mkraju) January 10, 2021
Remarkable that The White House has not lowered flag for Officer Brian Sicknick . Afraid of upsetting the base ? #CNNSOTU
— Kevin Lydon (@betdaqsports) January 10, 2021
Flags at the White House are NOW being lowered to half staff, "something Congress did days ago," @FWhitfield reports on @CNN
— Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) January 10, 2021
As we await the official proclamation, a White House official confirms the White House flag was lowered to half-staff to honor Brian Sicknick, the Capitol police officer who was killed this past week https://t.co/8uzqje9H2k
— Jeremy Diamond (@JDiamond1) January 10, 2021
Perhaps they should have been lowered for Ashli Babbitt?
Or perhaps they are signaling a military operation has begun?
We don’t know.
But here’s the video:
The White House lowered its flag to half-staff on Sunday.
This comes days after politicians made the request following the death of Capitol Police Officer Brian Sicknick, who was fatally injured during Wednesday’s violence pic.twitter.com/dOFQFCRc86
— Bloomberg Quicktake (@Quicktake) January 10, 2021
And photos:
NEW: As of 2PM, American flag above White House has now been lowered. @CBSNews pic.twitter.com/4pNLjO8Z4x
— Fin Gómez (@finnygo) January 10, 2021
Flag on top of the White House was just lowered.. 🤔 pic.twitter.com/tOmq0TdM9a
— OBEYAH (@OBE1XRP) January 10, 2021
I am so sorry to hear of Capitol Police Officer Sicknick’s death as a result of Wednesday’s terrorist attack. We honor his service and extend condolences to his loved ones. Lowered flag at the Capitol in his memory. pic.twitter.com/QLD8pmXuSn
— Sheldon Whitehouse (@SenWhitehouse) January 8, 2021
Just Now: The flag at the White House has been lowered. pic.twitter.com/jiRIfqY7PE
— Weijia Jiang (@weijia) January 10, 2021