95 House Dems, Including Trans Rep McBride, Vote To "Honor The Legacy" Of Charlie Kirk

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95 House Dems, Including Trans Rep McBride, Vote To "Honor The Legacy" Of Charlie Kirk

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OK, let's honor the legacy of one of our most influential enemies

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95 House Dems, Including Trans Rep McBride, Vote To "Honor The Legacy" Of Charlie Kirk

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What legacy? A podcast and some college lectures? I’ve never heard of the guy before all of this, I can’t help but think there may be some other Americans more deserving of honors.
- I've taken shits more deserving of honors
  
  There were people killed the same day far more deserving than Kirk. honoring him insults them all.
- The pawns think he was just a devoted Christian and was killed for his faith, so they now have to proclaim their faith harder to stand up for themselves
95 Dems declared themselves neonazis.
Never forget. Never forgive.
- It's just political strategy to avoid getting dragged. This legislation is passing no matter what they do. By voting en masse like this they eliminated a cudgel the Republicans were going to use against them. There's a lot to be pissed at Dems about but the idiocy going on here is not them coming out of the closet as neonazis, its Dems backed into a corner doing what they can to get out of it. Congress is always stupid like this, it's how the game is played.
  
  Capitulating to Nazis is how you win the game!
Bend the knee, kiss the ring, lick the boot.
95 House Democratic Traitors, more like.
The one who is Trans Rep is the one that tugs me the most here. You now have a motivated group after this assassination, who is now branding your group as 'terrorist' and assuming now transgenders are mass-shooters. Yet you're voting to honor the legacy?
I don't understand this stance about what integrity and honor that there is, to co-exist with bigoted people like that, who work against your interests. Do you think this is going to alleviate things? No, it won't. They'll be calling for your head next, McBride, hope you feel dumb about this.
- Eh. Maybe she’s just trying to keep the peace. From what I understand she’s had some success in keeping anti trans legislation at bay in her jurisdiction. It could be she feels that making a stink over Charlie now would make things worse.
  Not that I agree, it just must be tough being an openly trans public figure. Right hates her no matter what, left expects perfection since she’s so visible. Hard to criticize her over this
  
  Appeasing your oppressors doesn't make you a hero
Bunch of cowards as always
And they're about to hand Donald his government again, even though they have the power to shut it down.
Dems are fascist too.
- Nah. They don't have the backbone or conviction to be fascist.
95 traitors and cowards. american leadership is weak and pathetic.
all hail saint charleton of kirk
I’m changing my voter registration to independent
- Sure, and you should also engage in political action outside of electoralism if you aren't already, because it's blatant at this point that the game is rigged.
  We know from the first term that Trump is willing to use political violence to stay in power, and this time their backers came in with a plan. Voting is not a solution, merely one tiny action.
lol this bill is just a bait from the republicans as it seems. If you vote yes, you vote for making Kirk a hero, if you vote no you vote against stopping political violence (the other part of the bill condemns political violence) so republicans can say "see left supports political violence". If you are a democrat you lose in both cases (which is the better of two bad outcomes is debatable). Fucking politics is and has always been a game of thrones serving the interests of the powerful but it is even more so with republicans in charge.
I have been having the same reaction as y'all over this all day.
I went to see how my rep voted (had a pretty good idea already) and incidentally found the actual text of the bill
https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/119/hres719/text
The front half of it is a load of fascists dick sucking, of course
But that's all in the "whereas"es which are not the meat of it.
The main bits are a fairly level condemnation of political violence and assassinations.
I was all set to fire of a testy email and donate (more, again) to the primary challenger.....
But then i read the statement on the resolution and why he voted for it. Not sure I agree, but there is some logic there.
https://hoyer.house.gov/media/press-releases/hoyer-statement-resolution-charlie-kirk
All of the votes are shown on this page: https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/119-2025/h282
Fear.

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