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Democrats REJECT prayers for Charlie Kirk as moment of silence devolves into House floor shouting match

2025-09-11

[DAILYMAIL.CO.UK] The House of Representatives burst into chaos as Speaker Mike Johnson attempted to lead a prayer for Charlie Kirk after he was assassinated in Utah on Wednesday.
Thereby proving that none of us is safe from some nutjob who decides we're "Nazis" or "Fascists" or infidels or Lollards.
Father-of-two Kirk, 31, the founder of Turning Point USA, a conservative youth organization that regularly holds events on college campuses nationwide, was shot in the neck at an event at Utah Valley University in Orem and died about two and half hours later.

His liquidation not only devastated many members of Congress who knew the activist personally, but unleashed sadness, confusion and anger among politicians in the Capitol on both sides of the political spectrum.

'Political violence must be called out,' Johnson said in a statement about an hour after the shooting.

'We need everyone who has a platform to say this loudly and clearly: we can settle disagreements and disputes in a civil manner.'

He then went inside and held a moment of silence for Kirk on the chamber floor as questions swirled about whether the father-of-two was alive or dead.

Following the somber moment of silence, Lauren Boebert, R-Colo., called out to Johnson to hold a moment of prayer for the 31-year-old.

That's when things got ugly.

Some Democrats

...every time you hear the phrase white people, white supremacy, white anything but paint, you're listening to a Democrat. Ask him/her/it to reimagine something for you; they do that a lot, though not well. They can hear a dog whistle a mile or two away. They invented the spoils system and Tammany Hall, and inspired the addition of the word (Thomas) Nasty to the English language. They want to stop continental drift and repeal the law of unintended side effects...
, clearly against the request for prayer, began cheering in unison 'No!'

One unidentified Democrat in the room shouted out something about a school shooting at Evergreen High School, Colorado, on Wednesday, asking why no prayers had been offered for that tragedy, which happened within hours of Kirk's.

Three people were rushed to the hospital at death's door after the school shooting.

There were about a dozen Democrats who protested against the prayers for Kirk.

One unidentified Democrat blurted out: 'Pass some gun laws!'

The liberals' politician rejection of the prayer immediately enraged Republicans.

'You f***ing own this!' screamed Florida Republican Anna Paulina Luna.
Watch yer language. You sound like a Democrat.
She accused Democrats earlier in the day of being the origin of the violence against Kirk.
Of course they were. He was in the opposition. Democrats are the party of political assassination.
'I am done with the rhetoric this rotten House and corrupt media has caused,' she posted on X shortly after the news of the shooting broke. 'Every d*** one of you who called us fascist
...anybody you disagree with, damn them...
s did this.'
Objectively true.
Speaker Johnson, frustrated with the screaming across both aisles, bashed his gavel and used his microphone to demand order in the House. The speaker quickly got both parties to settle down.
That's surprising.
Before he entered the House floor, Johnson noted how he was close with Kirk - a figure who has been ever-present in conservative circles since TPUSA's founding in 2012. 'It's devastating news,' Johnson told news hounds before the moment of silence. 'The idea that political violence has taken one of the strongest voices on the conservative side is a great heartbreak.'
The idea that political violence is getting rampant in a formerly somewhat peaceful society is pretty devastating too.
'Charlie was a close friend of mine and a confidant, and he will be sorely missed, and we need every political leader to decry the violence and to do it loudly. The problem is in the human heart, and it's gotten out of hand.'
Yeah, yeah. Thoughts and prayers. Do something about it.
Other politicians shared their devastation with the Daily Mail.
"I share yer pain.."
'I lost a friend today,' House Foreign Affairs Chairman Brian Mast, R-Fla., told the Daily Mail.

Florida Republican Rep. Cory Mills told the Daily Mail: 'It's such a horrendous and just horrific incident to watch. My thoughts and prayers are obviously with him and his family.'
Perhaps you could support the ideas he believed in.
Caliphornia, an impregnable bastion of the Democratic Party, Democrat Rep. Ro Khanna stated: 'Political violence has no place in America. I'm saddened, and we need to do better as citizens of this country, the hate and anger that has taken over.'
To which you've contributed.

There is no we here. Only the Democratic/Progressive side is killing people. You do better, Congressman Khanna.

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