Majority of House Dems Fail to Salute Kirk, Slam Political Violence | The American Spectator

House Resolution 719 should have passed unanimously.
Titled “Honoring the life and legacy of Charles ‘Charlie’ James Kirk,” this bill’s language should have offended no one. While the House adopted it on Friday morning, 310-58, Republicans did the heavy lifting. The full legislative language is available here and here. Excerpts follow:
Resolved, That the House of Representatives—
(1) condemns in the strongest possible terms the assassination of Charles “Charlie” James Kirk, and all forms of political violence;
(2) commends and honors the dedicated law enforcement and emergency personnel for their tireless efforts in finding the suspect responsible for the assassination of Charlie Kirk…
(3) extends its deepest condolences and sympathies to Charlie Kirk’s family…
(4) honors the life, leadership, and legacy of Charlie Kirk, whose steadfast dedication to the Constitution, civil discourse, and Biblical truth inspired a generation to cherish and defend the blessings of liberty; and
(5) calls upon all Americans — regardless of race, party affiliation, or creed — to reject political violence, recommit to respectful debate, uphold American values, and respect one another as fellow Americans.
This benign, borderline-anodyne resolution passed without objection — at least among Republicans. All 215 who voted supported this measure. (Four did not vote.) All told, 98.2 percent of the Republican Conference voted Yea.
Among Democrats, not so much.
Ninety-five (44.6 percent) voted Yea, including their leader, Hakeem Jeffries of New York, and such prominent lawmakers as Texas’s Henry Cuellar, Michigan’s Debbie Dingell, Maryland’s Steny Hoyer, New York’s Jerrold Nadler, and Maryland’s Jamie Raskin. Good on them.
But 58 House Democrats (27.2 percent) said Nay on Roll Call Vote No. 282. Two days before Kirk’s state funeral in greater Phoenix, almost five dozen Democrats turned their thumbs down on paying respects to Kirk and his principles, empathizing with his family, and decrying …