Flags in New York and neighboring New Jersey were not lowered to \u201chalf staff\u201d in honor of slain conservative activist Charlie Kirk, despite President Trump\u2019s proclamation ordering the nation to do so.<\/p>\n
Kirk, also co-founder of Turning Point USA, was fatally shot on September 10,<\/a> during a public speaking event at Utah Valley University in Orem, Utah.<\/p>\n In nearby Bergen County, N.J., officials are facing harsh criticism online, though decisions to lower the American flag are made by a state-by-state basis and states need not follow federal orders<\/a>, according to Half Staff American Flag Notifications.<\/p>\n Trump issued a directive Wednesday ordering U.S. flags nationwide lowered<\/a> through Sunday at 6 p.m., calling Kirk \u201ca truly Great American Patriot,\u201d and flags at the White house came down that day.<\/p>\n But in New Jersey and in New York, flags remained at \u201cfull staff,\u2019’ as neither New York Gov. Kathy Hochul or New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy issued similar directives. Pennsylvania and Delaware complied with Trump\u2019s orders.<\/p>\n Conservatives in Bergen County accused were accused by residents and political commentators of making a political statement, according to NJ.com,<\/a> a sister site of SILive.com.<\/p>\n \u201cThe Bergen County Democrats refuse to lower the flags to half-staff for the assassination of Charlie Kirk and have ignored federal orders to do so!\u201d Republican commissioner candidate Jay Costa posted on Instagram.<\/a> \u201cTruly despicable! They deserve to lose in November.\u201d<\/p>\n Several Republican-led states lowered flags in honor Kirk following his fatal shooting <\/p>\n Governors in Florida, Ohio, Kentucky, West Virginia, and Washington issued proclamations extending Sept. 11 Patriot Day observances to include Kirk, citing Trump\u2019s directive, it has been reported. <\/p>\n North Carolina also complied, according to reports. <\/p>\n If you purchase a product or register for an account through a link on our site, we may receive compensation. By using this site, you consent to our User Agreement<\/a> and agree that your clicks, interactions, and personal information may be collected, recorded, and\/or stored by us and social media and other third-party partners in accordance with our Privacy Policy.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Flags in New York and neighboring New Jersey were not lowered to \u201chalf staff\u201d in honor of slain…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":226820,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5122],"tags":[5229,405,403,5226,5225,5228,5227,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":{"0":"post-226819","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-new-york","10":"tag-new-york-city","11":"tag-newyork","12":"tag-newyorkcity","13":"tag-ny","14":"tag-nyc","15":"tag-united-states","16":"tag-united-states-of-america","17":"tag-unitedstates","18":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","19":"tag-us","20":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115204184116551690","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/226819","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=226819"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/226819\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/226820"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=226819"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=226819"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=226819"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}