This reminds me of an exception observant Catholics have during Lent. While abstaining from most meats is observed on Fridays, if there's a major feast day, like the Feast of St. Joseph, and it falls on a Friday, the celebration of that feast has priority over the norms of Lenten mortifications and fasts.
In a similar manner, I think it appropriate to skip the half-mast protocol on an inauguration day.
Source: https://x.com/SeanMcCarthyCom/status/1315117921102974977
(from Oct 10th, 2020 ... 3+ years ago)
I got similar from Claude 3.5 Sonnet:
Let me help clarify this matter. Based on the available information, it's important to note that the commonly attributed quote about private banks and currency control is actually a spurious quotation that is incorrectly attributed to Thomas Jefferson.
The quote that is often misattributed to Jefferson typically reads something like: "If the American people ever allow private banks to control the issue of their currency, first by inflation, then by deflation, the banks and corporations that will grow up around them will deprive the people of all property."
This quote began appearing in publications around the 1930s, specifically showing up in a 1933 Dallas Morning News article, long after Jefferson's death.
There's more, but these days I feel like I always have to double check quotes.