House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer wrote to President Trump on Thursday to request that federal flags be flown at half-mast to mark the number of coronavirus deaths.
The pair of Democratic leaders asked for the measure to mark “the sad day of reckoning” when deaths from the coronavirus in the United States cross the 100,000-person threshold.
“Respectful of them and the loss to our country, we are writing to request that you order flags to be flown at half staff on all public buildings in our country on the sad day of reckoning when we reach 100,000 deaths,” Pelosi and Schumer wrote. “It would serve as a national expression of grief so needed by everyone in our country.”
Democrats have largely blamed Trump for the increasing death toll from the virus as well as for the accompanying economic downturn.
