Bonus Tweet of the Day

[RandySF]

Link to tweet

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[Cha]

1. Wow.. I'm shocked.. Thank You Nancy and Schumer.

[stillcool]

2. whoa...wonder who made that decision

and if they told him yet.

[dchill]

5. Their jobs are toast.

[cayugafalls]

3. If this is true, then he caved to pressure because he is losing BIGLY!

Nothing he can do now will make up for the fact that he blew the response.

Nothing.

Dump lied, people died. End of his story.

[gratuitous]

4. Trump will deny that he was pushed into it

He'll then run around to the front of the parade to make it look like he was leading it all the time. Only the willfully fooled will buy it.

[smirkymonkey]

6. A little late, isn't it?

Kind of a hollow gesture now. Everyone knows he doesn't give a damn.

[randr]

7. They should have been at half mast for some time already.

No wonder there is no national unity to fight this horrible situation

[wnylib]

12. Cuomo put flags at half staff in NY weeks ago

In honor of all the victims, but especially the front line workers in health care, public service, the supply line from factory to retail clerks, etc.

[Grokenstein]

8. "Fine...I'll display the absolute tiniest shred of humanity," pouted the POTUS.

"...But don't think I won't be a complete shitweasel asshole again afterwards, nasty!! Per capita!!"

I'm going to have to disagree with this response, though:

Link to tweet

The flag should be flown upside-down for the remainder of his *presidency.
That's the correct sign for distress.

[paleotn]

9. An admission of defeat.

Some hoax.

[RestoreAmerica2020]

10. What's in it for malevolent #45, a photo op as flag is lowered?

[keithbvadu2]

11. Didn't he have to be shamed into lowering the flag longer for John McCain?

Didn't he have to be shamed into lowering the flag longer for John McCain?

[SpectralHound]

13. Genius

This is a brilliant move on the part of Democratic leadership, imagine the campaign ads depicting federal buildings all across America flying their flags at half staff decrying Trump's utter failure to stem the progress of COVID, 100,000 (a vast undercount to be sure). What a powerful symbol of his lack of leadership and compassion. And it can double as a requiem for a battered economy that the Democratic campaign needs to hang around Trump's neck like an albatross.

I'm not Joe Biden, but I approve of this message.

[mahatmakanejeeves]

14. Is that the point? To make a campaign video?

Welcome to DU. Sigh.