Playing games with tradition following the death of a POW and US Senator is not right. If Senator McCain is not worthy of this tradition, I don’t know who is. This isn’t winning, this is losing.

— Assemblyman Jake Ashby (@JakeCAshby) August 27, 2018

Immediately after Republican Arizona Senator John McCain died over the weekend, there was an outpouring of tributes, from both political parties, from New York politicians. A few days later, there is criticism of how President Donald Trump reacted to the death. Trump and McCain did not get along, and The White House on Aug. 27 first lowered flags in honor of McCain, then raised them back, and then lowered them again. Republican Jake Ashby, who holds the 107th Assembly District seat representing Rensselaer County and parts of Columbia County, wrote on Twitter Aug. 27 that, "Playing games with tradition following the death of a POW and U.S. Senator is not right. If Senator McCain is not worthy of this tradition, I don’t know who is. This isn’t winning, this is losing." Rep. John Faso, the Congressperson from Kinderhook, also took to Twitter. "The White House should issue a Presidential Proclamation to lower flags nationally for the next week to honor the life and service of John McCain. An American Hero deserves no less," Faso wrote.

The White House should issue a Presidential Proclamation to lower flags nationally for the next week to honor the life and service of John McCain. An American Hero deserves no less.

— John Faso (@RepJohnFaso) August 27, 2018