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MAGA Official Finally Agrees to Lower Flags for Jimmy Carter After Dem Backlash

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Nassau County executive Bruce Blakeman is lowering flags for just three days—a significantly shorter period of time than most other municipalities in New York State and across the country.

UNIONDALE, NEW YORK - SEPTEMBER 18: Nassau County, New York Executive Bruce Blakeman speaks during a campaign rally for Republican presidential nominee, former U.S. President Donald Trump campaign rally at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum on September 18, 2024 in Uniondale, New York. Trump held his first rally after Saturday's apparent assassination attempt, the second one in two months after being injured at a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania.  (Photo by Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)
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Democrats on New York’s Long Island cried foul over the weekend after a Donald Trump-supporting county executive did not lower his jurisdiction’s flags to half-staff in honor of the late President Jimmy Carter, who died last Sunday at the age of 100.

Nassau County executive Bruce Blakeman seemingly relented and released...

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