Flags in New York and neighboring New Jersey were not lowered to “half staff” in honor of slain conservative activist Charlie Kirk, despite President Trump’s proclamation ordering the nation to do so.

Kirk, also co-founder of Turning Point USA, was fatally shot on September 10, during a public speaking event at Utah Valley University in Orem, Utah.

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 , according to Half Staff American Flag Notifications.

Trump issued a directive Wednesday ordering U.S. flags nationwide lowered through Sunday at 6 p.m., calling Kirk “a truly Great American Patriot,” and flags at the White house came down th

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