58 House Dems Vote NO on Honoring Charlie Kirk
“For some on the Left, hatred of political opponents matters more than standing against political assassination.”
The House passed a resolution Friday condemning political violence and honoring the life of conservative activist Charlie Kirk, but 58 Democrats voted against it, 38 more voted “present,” and 22 simply skipped the vote.
The resolution, backed by all Republicans and 95 Democrats, praised Kirk as a “courageous American patriot” who engaged in “respectful, civil discourse across college campuses, media platforms, and national forums.”
But for many Democrats, even condemning Kirk’s murder and recognizing his contributions was too much.
Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) released a statement explaining her “NO” vote:
AOC says she voted against the resolution condemning the assassination of Charlie Kirk because it "brings great pain to the millions of Americans who endured segregation, Jim Crow, and the legacy of that bigotry today." pic.twitter.com/M1w9OsJ2fY
— Andrew Kerr (@AndrewKerrNC) September 19, 2025
“House Republicans today brought to the floor a resolution ‘honoring the life and legacy’ of Charlie Kirk. I voted NO.”
She claimed that the resolution itself was harmful:
“Instead, the majority proceeded with a resolution that brings great pain to the millions of Americans who endured segregation, Jim Crow, and the legacy of that bigotry today.”
Listen to her speech on the House Floor:
🚨BREAKING: AOC just ridiculed Charlie Kirk and said the resolution to honor his life and legacy brings "great pain" to millions of Americans.
"His rhetoric and beliefs were ignorant, uneducated, and sought to disenfranchise millions of Americans." pic.twitter.com/ZjvfPZY5HG
— Daily Wire (@realDailyWire) September 19, 2025
Representative Frederica Wilson (D-FL) cited Kirk’s past comments about prominent Black women as her reason to oppose the resolution:
“As a Black woman, the verbal assault on so many Black women coming out of his mouth stunned me. He insulted so many. This country stands on the shoulders of Black women.”
Representative Bennie Thompson (D-MS) echoed that line of attack, pointing to Kirk’s criticisms of racial preferences:
“Kirk made this horrendous statement that if he gets on a plane and sees a Black pilot, he doesn’t know if this is a DEI hire. So I think that kind of offensive, divisive language is not something that Congress ought to be involved in honoring. Look, again, it was bad he got killed in the way he did. But to try to somehow sanitize [his record]? I just go with the facts.”
Representative Ilhan Omar (D-MN), who has been referred to the Ethics Committee over her comments, had earlier sneered at the idea of honoring Kirk:
“It’s effed up that people have described Kirk as ‘just wanting to have a civil debate.’”
Contrast that with the stance of Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD), no conservative by any stretch, who voted for the resolution:
“In general, the statement opposes and deplores political violence, and we need to oppose and denounce political violence across the board, in every case, regardless of the victim, regardless of the perpetrator.”
The White House’s rapid reaction X/Twitter account summed it up bluntly:
58 Democrats just voted against a simple resolution honoring the life and legacy of Charlie Kirk after his assassination last week.
Disgraceful. pic.twitter.com/miJZulGZD4
— Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) September 19, 2025
“58 Democrats just voted against a simple resolution honoring the life and legacy of Charlie Kirk after his assassination last week. Disgraceful.”
At a moment when lawmakers should have united in condemning political violence, dozens of Democrats chose instead to relitigate their grievances against a murdered conservative. Their words and their votes reveal a disturbing truth: for some on the Left, hatred of political opponents matters more than standing against political assassination.
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Perhaps they would prefer to honor Jimmy Kimmel’s ABC contract instead. That’s where their priorities lie
Charlie Kirk said he wouldn’t know if the black pilot was hired due to DEI
BECAUSE THAT’S LITERALLY WHAT THE AIRLINE SAID THEY WERE GOING TO DO!
Context matters race hustlers.
Airliners are so easy to fly now that girls can do it.
Untile there’s a problem
and that is actually the exact key
they pair the dei with a pro but the facts are in times of trouble “c”rated ( at best) dna deficiencies will only hurt more than help
If you’re hiring pilots primarily on the basis of plumbing, melanin content, or sexual perversion, you’re hiring for the wrong reasons.
No forced honoring. It’s like the Pledge of allegiance. You’re not against America but resent forced speech on any matter.
If somebody forces speech on you, they get something out of it that you may not want to give them.
Yeah. The satisfaction of knowing you can be trusted.
Agreed. How much worse off would we be if they didn’t have the freedom to say no? We’d never know who the monsters are
Plus, we’d be missing some really great comic moments.
Like AOC calling someone else ignorant and uneducated.
It’s one thing to take a stand based on truth. That’s not what they’re doing, because they’re repeating all the lies they’ve heard about Charlie Kirk.
It’s more like the essential fiction of the news, that the news knows what’s important and you don’t. Forced honoring is making you agree that what somebody wants to say is important, is important. Your position might be that it’s a triviality in actual life and you’re not going to be part of promoting it.
But even if you’re right, it doesn’t matter if we’re using Democrat Rules.
Speaking of which, Hardin, I don’t remember ever seeing you disavow David Duke.
Why haven’t you?
Nobody makes a stink about a mere “triviality.” Au contraire – the fact that they’re riding their high horse on this issue instead of ignoring it shows that it is a “big effing deal,” to quote that political “genius” Biden.
It’s not forced speech. It’s a line in the sand. The clowns on the left have painted themselves, not Kirk, as the victim. Either you’re against political assassination, or you support it as long as it’s used against your enemies.
We will vote the same way when another leftist assassinates one of these clowns. The left is known for being murderers and advocating murder. It’s only a matter of time until one of these clown’s alligators eats its own kind.
No mourning?
Have any of these protesters looked into their heritage and the millions of slaves whose progeny NEVER got to what is now the USA?
Many African tribes captured other Africans and sold them by the millions to Spanish, Portuguese, British, French and other Sea Traders.
Listening to these people you’d think white men had nothing to do with making America.
Except for when they were 100% responsible for making Bad America.
glad to see the lefty exposed ,,while the other ones still hide their animosity
start defunding the public schools
its legal and moral
Nice to see the New Mexico delegation voted “present” or refused to vote at all, thinking that would isolate them from a “no” vote. Sorry .. it’s just the same. They’re working hard to switch the narrative to “Kirk was a Nazi who deserved what he got”. Any early attempts at comity have gone right out the window.
AOC thinks she’s “educated” for going to a school and learning to act so she can cosplay politics.
Kirk educated himself and became a fierce voice for conservative values. She isn’t fit enough to debate his videos.
This country was built on the shoulders of black women? Hahahahahahahahaha Oh boy. Delusional much.
What would AOC know about Jim Crow and segregation, They were gone before she was born. The only segregation today is blacks wanting to segregate themselves.
rep fredica wilson:
“This country stands on the shoulders of Black women.”
no wonder we are fn crumbling
At some point (probably sooner rather than later), people are going to start asking themselves one question: Do I even want to coexist with these losers?
That’s when things are gonna get spicy.
Don’t ignore the “Present” and “No Votes”, combined together 118 Democrats didn’t vote for the resolution. That’s 55% of them.
Meanwhile, the left gets statues for their thug martyrs.
ABC (Disney) is holding a memorial for Charlie Kirk at 11:35 ET tonight — Jimmy Kimmel’s old timeslot.
Wouldn’t it be a kick in the pants if the memorial drew better ratings than Kimmel?
I downloaded an ABC NY 7 streaming app on my Roku this morning just so I could “tune in” at 8:30 my time and boost them. Roku ferdamshure reports EVERYTHING you watch to Neilsen.
AOC may come to regret her prominence on this issue in 2028, especially if Turning Point does become 10x larger.
Plus 38 more voted “present” and a bunch more absented themselves entirely.
So, only about half the House D caucus could being themselves to vote for a resolution denouncing political violence.