Majority of Dems Refuse to Condemn Charlie Kirk's Assassination

 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.

Sonali Patel
RNC Deputy Rapid Response Director
spatel@gop.com