Rep. Buddy Carter (R-GA) introduced a resolution to remove Ilhan Omar (D-MN) from her committee assignments.
“Disparaging Charlie Kirk’s legacy, a God-fearing, honorable man, for boldly sharing his conservative beliefs is disgusting. The radical left has normalized meeting free speech with violence, and it must stop,” Carter said in a statement. “No one who justifies the assassination of someone with different political views than them deserves to sit on a committee, and Ilhan Omar openly used language that incites violence towards her political opponents. Committees are for serious lawmakers, not hate-spewing politicians.”
The resolution declares that Omar should be removed from the House Budget Committee and the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
During a recent interview, Omar said, “There are a lot of people who are talking about him [Kirk] just wanting to have a civil debate,” adding, “There is nothing more [expletive] up than to pretend that his words and actions haven’t been recorded and in existence for the last decade or so.” She claimed, among other comments, that the Turning Point USA founder “downplayed slavery.”
House Speaker Mike Johnson criticized Omar’s comments.
“She clearly has no idea what she’s talking about. She has not followed Charlie,” Johnson stated, going on to say that she was “playing into this characterization of him that the Left has been advancing. There are people actually celebrating his murder online, and that tells you everything you need to know.”
“His record speaks for itself,” Johnson continued. “He was a Christian, a committed believer. He understood what Scripture teaches, what you, and I understand, Shannon, that our battle is not against flesh and blood, but against principalities and spiritual darkness. And Charlie understood. He put on, as it says there in Ephesians 6: ‘The full armor of God to go out and advance truth and do it in love.’”
“And that’s exactly what he did. That’s what his legacy stands for. And everyone around this country who is mourning his death understands that, in spite of what some of these voices are saying.”
