On Friday former Republican Texas Gov. Rick Perry announced that in Fayette County, Texas, the courthouse would not lower their American flag.
President Joe Biden called for all flags to be lowered until Monday in honor of the 13 American service members killed in the suicide bombing outside ofay Kabul’s airport last week.
Perry explained on social media why the flag outside the Fayette County courthouse would remain “high and proud.”
We have dipped our colors and bent the knee to terrorists under @JoeBiden’s administration. No more, at least not in Fayette County, Texas. #SemperFi 🇺🇸 pic.twitter.com/1UeTy7lrrt
— Rick Perry (@GovernorPerry) August 27, 2021
An Air Force veteran himself, Perry shared photos of a memorial depicting U.S. Marines raising the flag on Iwo Jima along with a caption explaining his decision.
“The Fayette County Courthouse won’t be flying the American flag at half-staff today as ordered by President Joe Biden. Before he was a Judge, my friend Joe Weber was a General in the Marine Corps. He knows the best way to honor the Marines and Navy Corpsmen who were killed yesterday in Kabul is to recognize their selfless service and sacrifice by flying Old Glory high and proud. That’s what they would want; that’s what their families would want,” Perry said. “We have dipped our colors and bent the knee to terrorists under this Administration. No more, at least not in Fayette County, Texas. Semper Fi.”
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