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Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) on Sunday pushed back on Rep. Ilhan Omars (D-Minn.) characterization of the late conservative activist Charlie Kirk as someone who did not embrace civic debate to the extent people have suggested since he was assassinated.
Omar, who said she was mortified by Kirks murder in an interview with Zeteos Mehdi Hasan on Thursday, called conservatives who blamed the left for the shooting full of s.
She clearly has no idea what shes talking about, Johnson told Shannon Bream on Fox News Sunday. She has not followed Charlie. Shes 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 about that side. Weve got to get cut through that, he continued.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/johnson-criticizes-omar-kirk-comments-192051169.html
So he was a polite racist and misogynist.
Irish_Dem
(82,369 posts)And shares porn apps with his minor children.
Bettie
(19,880 posts)dick. In every possible way, he's just a dick.
Yes, I know that many people hate Ilhan Omar around here, but she was relatively respectful and she wasn't wrong.
republianmushroom
(22,724 posts)She is not trying to canonize Charlie like you conservatives are. You are trying to place Charlie along side St. Ronnie.
LetMyPeopleVote
(182,091 posts)Solly Mack
(97,271 posts)To them, all the hate Kirk spouted was hate they agreed with so how could it be wrong?
Initech
(109,269 posts)Quiet Em
(3,023 posts)Johonny
(26,618 posts)Reveals the Speaker of the House in the dumbest revelation ever spoken by a speaker of the house. Really? Online people are mean, trolling, and disrespectful. You don't say. Next he will tell us there are algorithms built intonsocial medium to enhance that affect because hate and rage drive engagement...
RedWhiteBlueIsRacist
(2,262 posts)Charlie Kirk can kiss my ass, even in Valhalla!
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