Posted On: 04/11/2016 4:05:14 PM
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As our friends at Snopes have pointed out, Obama never lowered Old Glory for Houston when she died of an overdose in 2012.
Short take? Your...
....over absolutely nothing!
Actual lack of patriotism is slandering your President. And no, I don't give a sh*t if you didn't vote for him. He's YOUR president, too.
It was New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, a Republican, who ordered flags at half-staff for the musician, who was born in Newark, N.J. Christie initially drew criticism for the decision.
Obama didn’t even issue a direct statement about Whitney Houston’s death, as he famously did for Robin Williams. He did, however, offer his condolences to Houston’s family through his press secretary.
A short history of Obama’s flag orders
Since 2009, Obama has ordered the flag at half-staff a number of times (there’s no official count, but unofficial compilations do exist). Just as it was under previous presidents, the flag is lowered every year on Memorial Day, the Dec. 7 anniversary of Pearl Harbor, 9/11, and holidays honoring fallen firefighters and police officers.
He’s also given the order for remembering Presidents Abraham Lincoln and John F. Kennedy and commemorating the deaths of Nelson Mandela, former Speaker of the House Thomas Foley, former Sens. Daniel Inouye and Arlen Specter, Neil Armstrong, the last World War I veteran, and civil rights leader Dorothy Height.
Obama has also ordered the White House and all other American flags on government property flown at half-staff for some mass murders in the United States.
Here’s a breakdown of proclamations issued by Obama in the wake of other tragedies:
Date of incident
Date of proclamation
Incident
Duration of flag at half-staff
Sept. 16, 2013
same day
Washington Navy Yard shooting
4 days
April 17, 2013
7 days later
Explosion in West, Texas
1 day
April 15, 2013
1 day later
Boston Marathon bombing
5 days
Dec. 14, 2012
1 day later
Newtown, Conn., shooting
4 days
Sept. 12, 2012
1 day later
U.S. Embassy bombing in Benghazi, Libya
4 days
Aug. 6, 2012
1 day later
Oak Creek, Wis., shootings
4 days
July 20, 2012
same day
Aurora, Colo.. shooting
5 days
Jan. 9, 2011
1 day later
Tucson, Ariz., shooting
5 days
Nov. 6, 2009
1 day later
Fort Hood shooting
4 days
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