Every day, House Democrats
find a way to sink to new lows.
58 House Democrats just voted
against a simple resolution honoring the life of Charlie Kirk,
another 38 voted present, and 22 refused to vote at all. That means the
majority of House Democrats refused to vote for a
resolution that condemns political violence and extends condolence to Kirk’s
family.
Among that list are
vulnerable House Democrats Emilia Sykes (OH-13), Gabe Vasquez (NM-02),
Janelle Bynum (OR-05), and Eugene Vindman (VA-07).
Kirk was assassinated
last week by a left-wing lunatic who
used the same rhetoric that Democrats have
used for years to dehumanize and smear conservatives, all
the more reason for Democrats to condemn this barbaric act.
This should have been a
unanimous vote. In June, House Republicans unanimously backed a resolution with very
similar language condemning the attacks
on two Democrat Minnesota lawmakers and their spouses.
Today’s vote is just the
latest vile reaction we have seen from elected Democrats since
Kirk's assassination:
- Minnesota
Rep. Ilhan Omar blamed
Kirk for his murder and reposted a video
calling him a "terrorist."
- Indiana
Rep. Andre Carson refused
to fire or even condemn the remarks of a staffer who wrote that Kirk is
a "casualty of the violence he incited."
- Union
County, North Carolina Democrat Party Chair Parron Baxter posted
"There is absolutely a price for being a fascist. … We must mock
them and dance on their graves."
- Roy
Cooper – Democrats’ nominee for Senate in the state – has failed to
condemn Baxter’s statement.
- The
Stanislaus County, California Democrat Party refused to attend a joint
vigil for Kirk with the local Republican Party, instead
saying Kirk was affiliated with “fascist” ideology.
- Reps.
Josh Harder and Adam Gray – who represents Stanislaus County – have
both failed to condemn this statement.
- The Simsbury, Connecticut Democrat
Party said Kirk "got exactly what he deserves."
- A staffer for Virginia
gubernatorial candidate Abigail Spanberger posted “F around
and find out. His entire brand was hate and violence; you attract what
you preach.”
- Chesterfield,
Virginia School Board member Dot Heffron –
whose endorsement Spanberger
proudly accepted - posted that “we used to be okay with
shooting Nazis.”
- Spanberger
has failed to condemn either person’s comments.
- Monroe
Falls, Ohio Council Vice President John Impellizzari said,
“The world is a better place now that he’s gone.”
- Minnesota
State Senator Erin Maye Quade called
Kirk a "racist" and "white nationalist" who
"radicalized Trump supporters to violence."
- Illinois
Governor JB Pritzker blamed
President Trump for Kirk’s murder.
- Texas
Rep. Jasmine Crockett said
it was fine to call Republicans Nazis
- Nancy Pelosi refused
to "take responsibility" for any rhetoric that motivated the
killer.
- California
State Senator Scott Wiener said
Kirk "was a vile bigot who did immeasurable harm to so many."
- A supporter for New Jersey
Democrat gubernatorial candidate Mikie Sherrill waved a
sign mocking Charlie Kirk’s murder
- Democrat
Florida State Representative Angie Nixon said
honoring Kirk makes you a "white supremacist."
- Texas Democrat Colin Allred held
a voter registration drive at a church where the pastor called Charlie
Kirk “dangerous...racist...rooted in white supremacy, nasty, and hate
filled.”
- Wisconsin
Rep. Mark Pocan called
Charlie Kirk and his supporters "extremists”
and said Democrats should still call
Republicans fascists
- Democrat
Palm Beach County School Board Member Edwin Ferguson suggested
to teachers that it’s okay to celebrate Charlie Kirk's assassination
Condemning an assassination
is a low bar to clear. But apparently the majority of House Democrats can’t
even do that.
