Lang
9/12/25
Governor Kim Reynolds has issued a statement on Johnson County Supervisor Chair Jon Green’s decision not to leave flags at half-staff through the weekend.
While Johnson County lowered its flags to half-staff on Thursday in honor of those lost in the 9/11 attacks, Green chose not to follow President Trump’s directive to leave the flags at half-staff through Sunday night in honor of Charlie Kirk, the conservative activist who was shot and killed in Utah on Wednesday. Green wrote on social media:
“I condemn Kirk’s killing, regardless of who pulled the trigger or why. But I will not grant Johnson County honors to a man who made it his life’s mission to denigrate so many of the constituents I have sworn an oath to protect, and who did so much to harm not only the marginalized, but also to degrade the fabric of the body politic.
Johnson County Flags will fly as usual. I will accept any consequence, whether legal or electoral, for my decision. It is mine alone.”
On Friday, Reynolds tweeted a screencap of Green’s comments and wrote:
“It’s disgraceful that a locally-elected official has chosen to put politics above human decency during a time like this.”
Reynolds herself broke flag protocol earlier this year when she ordered flags at full staff for Trump’s inauguration despite it falling during the 30 day mourning period for President Jimmy Carter, who died on December 29th.
Several Johnson County businesses had flags at full-staff on Friday, while others followed Trump’s and Reynolds’ directive.