In honor of conservative radio host Rush Limbaugh, Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis on Friday announced he would order flags in Florida to be flown at half-staff when Limbaugh�s body is laid to rest.
Limbaugh, a Florida resident, died Wednesday after battling lung cancer. DeSantis called him a friend. It�s not clear when the flags will be lowered, since the funeral plans for Limbaugh have not been announced yet.
�When there�s things of this magnitude, once the date of interment for Rush is announced, we�re going to be lowering the flags to half staff,� DeSantis said at a news conference in Palm Beach County.
The governor has previously ordered flags to be at half-staff to honor the deaths of law enforcement officers killed on duty, members of the Navy killed in a mass shooting in Pensacola and Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg, among others.
(AP)
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I don’t know the rules for the State of Florida to honor someone with flags at half-staff, but the others cited in the article were all government employees of some kind. Limbaugh was not, unless under assistant west coast promo man for the Kansas City Royals was a government employment position.
Ridiculous. Flags weren’t even lowered for Captain Kangaroo.