A "Fox and Friends" television news host created a stir Monday after asking a question about monuments, comparing victims of Flight 93 who died in Pennsylvania to slave-owning generals who actively tried to destroy the U.S., according to the New York Daily News.

Brian Kilmeade of "Fox and Friends" was interviewing Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke via satellite before Zinke attended a dedication at the Flight 93 National Monument when the TV host asked the question that sent Twitter into a frenzy.

"Do you worry 100 years from now someone is going to take that memorial down like they are trying remake our memorials today?" Kilmeade asked.

The host's question stemmed from the debate around whether monuments to Confederate figures such as Robert E. Lee should be removed.

But the comparison left many people scratching their heads about why Kilmeade would bring up that controversy while speaking about the 9/11 victims who died in a rural field near Shanksville, Pa.

The crew and passengers from United Flight 93 stormed the cabin of the plane on Sept. 11, 2001, forcing it down into a field and possibly avoiding a strike on the U.S. Capitol.

The New York Daily News article included Zinke's response to the question.

Here's the deal, @kilmeade. Liberals support Civil War statues. We just want them to be like every other war: to victims. Not perpetrators. — Matthew Chapman (@fawfulfan) September 11, 2017

Feel sorry for @SteveDoocy and @kilmeade for their inability to show some class, and preserve some self dignity on a day like this. https://t.co/lYT6SNjYg4 — The Reagan Battalion (@ReaganBattalion) September 11, 2017