February 23, 2021 (LifeSiteNews) – One Florida bureaucrat is refusing to comply with Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis’s order that flags be flown at half-staff in honor of Rush Limbaugh, smearing the recently-deceased conservative media icon and Florida native as a figure of “hate speech, bigotry, and division.”
Limbaugh died Wednesday morning at age 70 after a battle with Stage IV lung cancer. He had announced his diagnosis February 2020, vowing to “come here every day I can and to do this program as normally and as competently and as expertly as I do each and every day,” a promise he kept going into the last month of his life.
.@FLCaseyDeSantis and I are saddened to learn of the passing of fellow Floridian and our friend, Rush Limbaugh. My statement ⬇️ pic.twitter.com/L4GuZZNhfy
— Ron DeSantis (@GovRonDeSantis) February 17, 2021
DeSantis issued the order to lower flags on Friday, but on Monday state Agriculture Commissioner Nikki Fried, a Democrat, announced that government buildings under her purview would not comply.
“Lowering to half-staff the flag of the United States of America is a sacred honor that pays respect to fallen heroes and patriots. It is not a partisan political tool,” she said, before launching
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