58 Democrats, including Pramila Jayapal, Raja Krishnamoorthi, vote against resolution to honor life of Charlie Kirk; MAGA calls them ‘disgraceful’


58 Democrats, including Pramila Jayapal, Raja Krishnamoorthi, vote against resolution to honor life of Charlie Kirk; MAGA calls them 'disgraceful'
The House voted 310-58 to condemn Charlie Kirk’s assassination, honor his legacy and denounce political violence.

58 Democrats, including Jasmine Crockett, Pramila Jayapal, Raja Krishnamoorthi and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, voted against the resolution on honoring Charlie Kirk’s life and condemning his assassination. Indian-origin Ro Khanna ‘present’ for the resolution. MAGA slammed the Democrats and called the massive voting against the simple resolution ‘insane’. 310 votes were in favor of the motion.A five-page resolution, introduced by the House speaker, Mike Johnson, and co-sponsored by 165 House Republicans but no Democrats, praised Kirk as a ā€œcourageous American patriotā€ who sought to ā€œelevate truth, foster understanding, and strengthen the Republicā€.Axios earlier reported that the House minority leader Hakeem Jeffries told Democrats in a closed-door caucus meeting Thursday morning that the leadership would vote for the resolution but his team was not whipping the vote and hence lawmakers were free to decide for themselves.The political faultline over Kirk is wife as the Federal Communications Commission chair, Brendan Carr, has now been criticized by a handful of Republicans after he pressured ABC to suspend the late-night host Jimmy Kimmel over comments about Kirk’s killing.





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