House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) had vowed to raise flags at the United States Capitol building to full staff for Donald Trump's inauguration.
However, the Wall Street Journal's Olivia Beavers brings word that this plan has hit a bit of a snag as "the cords are frozen" on the flagpoles due to cold temperatures, thus making raising the flags more difficult than initially expected.
The flags were lowered to mourn the passing of former President Jimmy Carter, who died late last year at age 100.
However, after Trump complained about the optics of flags being lowered to half staff during his second inauguration, Johnson announced that he would be returning them to full staff on January 20th.
As of this writing, the current temperature in Washington D.C. is just 24 degrees and Trump last week decided to move his inauguration indoors to avoid being exposed to frigid temperatures.