Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) wasted little time turning the shocking assassination of Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk into an opportunity to smear conservatives, unleashing a tirade on Thursday against his supporters and even the president.
During a streamed interview with former MSNBC anchor Mehdi Hasan, Omar mocked conservatives for pointing out political violence on the left.
“It reminds you that although these people pretend to be adults that they are sometimes, they think a lot less than even children do when it comes to compassion, when it comes to thoughtfulness, when it comes to being a leader. I did expect the president’s address to the nation would have been a lot more compassionate-filled, it would have been less partisan,” she said.
Omar specifically attacked President Trump’s remarks after Kirk’s killing, blasting him for calling the assassin a “left-wing lunatic.”
“He doesn’t even know who the assassin is. For him to say it’s a left-wing lunatic, it kind of denigrated his status and the status of the office he holds. What I do know for sure is that Charlie was someone who once said ‘guns save lives’ after a school shooting,” Omar declared.
She went further, dredging up old political debates to paint Kirk as a villain even in death.
“Charlie was someone who was willing to debate and downplay the death of George Floyd in the hands of Minneapolis police… have no regard, downplay slavery and what black people have gone through in this country by saying Juneteenth should never exist,” she claimed.
In perhaps her harshest words, Omar lumped Kirk’s allies in with what she called dangerous rhetoric.
“There is nothing more effed up than to completely pretend that his words and actions have not been recorded and in existence for the last decade or so. You have people like Nancy Mace who constantly harass people that she finds inferior and wants them not to exist in this country or ever, and you have people like Trump who has incited violence against people like me. And so, these people are full of sh*t and it’s important for us to call them out,” she said.
Even as she briefly acknowledged empathy for Kirk’s family, Omar reiterated her disdain for him personally.
Kirk was fatally shot on Wednesday during a speaking event at Utah Valley University. Authorities have identified the alleged assassin as 22-year-old Tyler Robinson, now in custody.
While President Trump announced he will award Kirk a posthumous Presidential Medal of Freedom for his dedication to free speech and civil dialogue, Omar chose instead to disparage his legacy and attack those mourning his death.
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