Socialist Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) denounced the Republican-led resolution to “honor” Charlie Kirk before it passed on Friday, arguing it “brings great pain” to black Americans who suffered under segregation and accusing the assassinated conservative activist of antisemitism.
The resolution, which called Kirk a “courageous American patriot” and a “devoted Christian,” passed despite 58 Democrats voting against it, 38 voting present, and 22 not voting, Breitbart News reported.
Before voting against the resolution, Ocasio-Cortez launched into a speech smearing Kirk’s character just nine days after he was murdered while speaking to college students in Utah:
While she began by denouncing the “horrific and vile attack,” the congresswoman quickly transitioned to accusing House Republicans of “recklessness” for authoring the resolution on a “purely partisan basis, instead of uniting Congress in this tragedy with one of the many bipartisan options to condemn political violence and Kirk’s murder, as we did with the late Melissa Hortman.”
“Instead, the majority proceeded with a resolution that brings great pain to the millions of Americans who endured segregation, Jim Crow, and the legacy of bigotry today,” she continued.
The House voted 424-0 to pass a resolution condemning the June assassinations of Minnesota House Speaker