Obama orders flags lowered to honor Tennessee victims, after criticism

Fox News.com ^ | July 21, 2015

[Kaslin]

resident Obama has ordered that flags be lowered to half-staff at the White House and federal buildings across the country to honor the victims of last week's shooting rampage in Chattanooga, Tenn., after facing pressure from lawmakers and others.

In a proclamation issued early Tuesday afternoon, Obama said of the Chattanooga victims, "We honor their service. We offer our gratitude to the police officers and first responders who stopped the rampage and saved lives. We draw strength from yet another American community that has come together with an unmistakable message to those who would try and do us harm: We do not give in to fear. You cannot divide us. And you will not change our way of life."

He ordered flags flown at half-staff at the White House and "all public buildings and grounds," as well as over military posts and naval stations and vessels -- until July 25. Flags will be flown at half-staff at U.S. embassies and other overseas diplomatic offices

[tioga]

About time. His true colors are showing and they are not red, white and blue.

[SeekAndFind]

RE: after criticism

Just goes to show where his heart is.

[moovova]

What a butt.

[NorthMountain]

0bama’s true colors are mohammedan green, communist red, and faggot rainbow.

[Genoa]

His true colors are showing and they are not red, white and blue.

Right. If you go the White House Facebook page and look at the cover photo, you will see that his colors are still red, orange, yellow, green, blue, violet. Still!

[BenLurkin]

How many days later?

Sheesh.

[Kaslin]

Exactly

[BunnySlippers]

Obama hates white people.

[Tennessee Nana]

He spoke to the VFW this morning...

he was just CYA himself..

[rockinqsranch]

Cowardly MF’er Obama be. Why did it take pressure from lawmakers, etc. to do the right thing? Because he doesn’t know right from wrong?

[SandRat]

Has he ordered they get the Purple Heart Medal yet?

[Chgogal]

I remember Old Glory was at half staff for Whitney Houston. I don’t know who ordered it, but it was at half staff here in Chicago.

[Rome2000]

The WH has a Facebook page?

One of a multitude of reasons to never have a Facebook account.

[Puppage]

Obama never, and I mean NEVER, does the right thing. Ever.

[mrsmel]

Wasn’t it a closed meeting? I’d love to have been a fly on the wall. I wonder how stony the silence was?

[Genoa]

LOL! I didn’t say I “liked” it.

[Kaslin]

I posted this earlier in another thread as breaking news

http://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3314765/posts

But when I noticed the alert was gone I thought it was a false alarm

[Kaslin]

Don’t forget he hates the Armed Forces especially

[Pearls Before Swine]

Obama didn’t want to denigrate a successful jihadist martyrdom operation by honoring the fallen. Those who his administration puts out front and keeps disarmed as defenseless. This is a strategic retreat, which he’ll make up for with some user handed malevolent action.