Conservatives are treating the killing of right-wing pundit and activist Charlie Kirk, who espoused bigotry and conspiracy theories, as an event on par with the 9/11 terrorist attacks that killed thousands of innocent people.

The disproportionate treatment is coming from the top. On Thursday, the White House announced that Vice President JD Vance would skip the 9/11 memorial ceremony at Ground Zero in New York City and would instead visit Kirk’s family in Salt Lake City, about 45 miles from where he was killed. Vance also plans to escort Kirk’s body back to Phoenix aboard Air Force Two.

Treasury Secretary Howard Lutnick compared Kirk’s killing to Americans facing evil on 9/11 in an op-ed column in the New York Post, which, like Fox News, is owned by conservative mogul Rupert Murdoch.

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