The White House has again lowered the American flag to half-staff after earlier backlash as the nation continues to mourn the passing of Senator John McCain.

Many people were stunned by the flag only being lowered for a short time following the death of such a prominent American political figure. The decision earlier came between reporting yesterday that President Donald Trump nixed a White House statement on McCain and the President’s ignoring of reporters’ shouted questions today about McCain.

Now the flag is at half-staff again:

There’s been a lot of focus on this today, but the White House flag is now at half staff, after being fully raised earlier in the day. pic.twitter.com/MPZvGjnN7T — Eamon Javers (@EamonJavers) August 27, 2018

Sometime between 3:22 and 3:43 the @whitehouse flag went back to half-mast pic.twitter.com/OHRxcaLTjm — Nikki Schwab (@NikkiSchwab) August 27, 2018

UPDATE: Moments ago flag atop White House lowered back down to half-staff. President has authority to extend period to honor death of a Senator, all day WH has refused to answer q’s about why the flag was at full staff this AM after death of Senator McCain. @CBSNews pic.twitter.com/eQWg3AQVsQ — Paula Reid (@PaulaReidCBS) August 27, 2018

You can watch CNN’s report above.

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