re: #117 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
But the motivation behind it is to give people a chance to vent their rage at Biden for “murdering” them.
The US Flag Code allows the President to order the flag to half-mast for the death of any person. It allows state governors the same.
Most proclamations for half-mast since Joe Biden became President have been for mass-murders. Second-most common have been for statutory days such as Peace Officers’ Memorial Day.