Here’s the another relevant piece of Florida law about flag-lowering: The Governor can also order flags flown at half-staff after the death of a Florida State government official, or death of Armed Forces member from Florida while serving on active duty, in addition to prominent present or former State of Florida officials and Florida law enforcement officers and firefighters killed in the line of duty and selected other State and local officials. The protocol also states flags can be flown at half-staff for a Supreme Court Associate Justice, secretary of an executive or military department, former Vice President of the United States or Member of Congress from Florida. government, such as a President or former President, Vice President, Supreme Court Justice or retired Justice or Speaker of the House.
Opponents argue Limbaugh doesn’t qualify for the honor.Īccording to the Executive Office of the Governor’s Flag Protocol, state flags are to be flown at half-staff after the death of a principal figure in the U.S.
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In the letter the Congresswoman sent to area mayors, she wrote, “To offer this type of statewide, official recognition to someone as morally reprehensible as Rush Limbaugh is an affront to all Floridians”Ĭlick here to read the full letter the Congresswoman sent to area mayors.Īgriculture Commissioner Nikki Fried is also planning to defy DeSantis’s order. As we work to heal the nation, we cannot elevate a person credited for fostering our divisions and emboldening the worst tendencies of human nature.” Our country is the most divided it has been since the Civil War. “American political discourse is in a dangerous state. To the end, he stoked the environment that led to an insurrectionist attack on our Capitol, and dismissed calls to end such violence,” Wasserman Schultz wrote to area mayors. The targets of his attacks often received death threats from his sycophantic fan base. He built a brand around disgusting insults, bolstering rape culture, spewing lies about the AIDS crisis, and nonstop bullying. “Rush Limbaugh spent his career normalizing and popularizing hatred and bigotry against people of color, immigrants, women, and the LGBTQ+ community. Wasserman Schultz believes the directive by DeSantis goes outside standard protocols and serves no unifying purpose, such as President Biden’s directive this week to lower flags on federal property to honor the half million American lives lost to the COVID-19 pandemic. While there’s no question that Limbaugh is an icon for many conservatives, he was also a voice of intolerance on matters of race, gender and ethnicity. “He was a friend of mine and just a great person.” The guy was an absolute legend,” DeSantis explained. Hours after the death of Rush Limbaugh last week, DeSantis said he would order the flags in his state be lowered to half-staff once funeral arrangements are announced. Wasserman Schultz wrote to local mayors in her district, including Weston, Davie, Pembroke Pines, and Aventura, to urge them to ignore DeSantis’s order. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (FL-23) is the latest Florida lawmaker to fight back against Governor Ron DeSantis’s plan to order state flags be flown at half-staff to honor the passing of conservative radio talk show host Rush Limbaugh.
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