Far-left Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives used a resolution to honor slain conservative activist Charlie Kirk as the opportunity to sow more political hate and division.
Today, 58 Democrats voted against the resolution, while another 38 voted present. All Republicans present voted for the resolution.
Since Kirk’s assassination at Utah Valley University on September 10, the hate-Kirk vitriol from anti-American leftists has led to firings, and, in the case of Democratic Representative Ilhan Omar of Minnesota, a resolution to remove her from committees that failed because of four renegade Republicans.
But all the hate-Kirk rhetoric, notably including that coming from those celebrating his death, has exposed just how crazed the American Left has become, as did the 58 Democrats who voted against the resolution to honor him.
A perfect opportunity for Democrats such as Omar and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York to show they aren’t as crazy as they seem to be, the resolution, which passed 215 to 95, honored Kirk’s life and legacy, beginning:
Charles “Charlie” James Kirk, born October 14, 1993, was a courageous American patriot, whose life was tragically and unjustly cut short in an act of political violence on September 10, 2025, at Utah Valley University….
It notes that Kirk was a good Christian, devoted father and husband, and “a fierce defender of the American founding and its timeless principles of life, liberty, limited government, and individual responsibility.”
Briefly reprising his founding of Turning Point USA at age 18 in 2012, the resolution says he “became one of the most prominent voices in America, engaging in respectful, civil discourse across college campuses, media platforms, and national forums, always seeking to elevate truth, foster understanding, and strengthen the Republic.”
He “personified” the First Amendment to the federal Constitution, it says, “exercising his right to speak freely [and] challenge prevailing narratives, and did so with honor, courage, and respect for his fellow Americans.”
Kirk was committed to “civil discussion,” the resolution says.
Thus the “heinous” assassination is “a sobering reminder of the growing threat posed by political extremism and hatred in our society,” the resolution avers.
Such political violence is inimical to a free society, the resolution continues, and “leaders at every level — government, education, media, and beyond — must stand united in unequivocal condemnation of political violence, regardless of their ideology.”
The resolution “condemns in the strongest possible terms [Kirk’s] assassination … and all forms of political violence.”
All that was too much for the 58 Democrats, who apparently didn’t wish to condemn political violence and assassinating of conservatives.
Ocasio-Cortez said the resolution was a “whitewashing” of Kirk’s record.
“We should be clear about who Charlie Kirk was: A man who believed that the Civil Rights Act that granted black Americans the right to vote was a ‘mistake,’ who after the violent attack on Paul Pelosi claimed that ‘some amazing patriot’ should bail out his brutal assailant, and accused Jews of controlling ‘not just the colleges — it’s the nonprofits, it’s the movies, it’s Hollywood, it’s all of it,’” she said:
His rhetoric and beliefs were ignorant, uneducated, and sought to disenfranchise millions of Americans — far from “working tirelessly to promote unity,” as asserted by the majority in this resolution.
Ocasio-Cortez also said that President Donald Trump is attempting to “shut down ABC and any outlets who give airtime to the administration’s political critics,” calling it a “disgusting attack on the … First Amendment.” Congress, she continued, must reject “the government’s attempt to weaponize this moment into an all-out assault on free speech across the country.”
To her credit, Ocasio-Cortez said that “we continue to pray for Mr. Kirk’s family and loved ones in the wake of this terrible act. I’m thinking especially of his children and his wife, whose grief cannot be measured.”
The 15th Amendment to the Constitution, not the Civil Rights Act, gave blacks the right to vote, and the Voting Rights Act of 1965 knocked down state obstacles to that right. That’s the type of error that might explain why the congresswoman is sometimes called Occasional-Cortex.
That aside, the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) didn’t think much of the resolution, either. While condemning violence, notably the murders of Martin Luther King Jr. and other prominent blacks, the CBC said:
We strongly disagree with many of the beliefs Charlie Kirk promoted: including his belief that the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which ended racial segregation, was a mistake; his denial that systemic racism exists; his promotion of the Great Replacement theory; and his offensive claims about Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, Michelle Obama, and Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee lacking adequate cognitive ability.
Thus, the resolution
is not about healing, lowering the temperature of our political discourse, or even ensuring the safety of members of Congress, staff, and Capitol personnel. It is, unfortunately, an attempt to legitimize Kirk’s worldview — a worldview that includes ideas many Americans find racist, harmful, and fundamentally un-American.
Like Ocasio-Cortez, the CBC attacked Trump. Trump, the group said, has “senselessly threatened to go after the political left.”
Among the far-left Democrats who voted against the resolution were the usual hate-Trumpers: Somali agent of influence Omar, cane-shaking Al Green of Texas, anti-white Ayanna Pressley of Massachusetts, “ICE is a terrorist force” Pramila Jayapal of Washington, and hysterical Palestinian activist Rashida Tlaib of Michigan.