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Anna Betts

Iowa official defies governor’s order to fly flags at half-staff for Charlie Kirk

american flag waving outside, a gold domed building in the background
An American flag outside the Iowa state capitol in Des Moines, Iowa. Photograph: Jay Biggerstaff/Getty Images

A local government official in Iowa has said he would refuse to comply with orders from the Republican state governor to fly flags at half-staff in honor of rightwing political activist Charlie Kirk, who was fatally shot on Wednesday.

Jon Green, the chair of the Johnson county board of supervisors in Iowa, announced on Thursday on social media that he would not follow governor Kim Reynolds’s directive to fly flags at half-staff for Kirk through Sunday evening.

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