58 Democrats, including Jasmine Crockett, Pramila Jayapal, Raja Krishnamoorthi and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, voted against the resolution on honoring Charlie Kirk's life and condemning his assassination. Indian-origin Ro Khanna 'present' for the resolution. MAGA slammed the Democrats and called the massive voting against the simple resolution 'insane'. 310 votes were in favor of the motion.
Fifty-eight Democrats opposed the resolution; another 38 voted present and 22 didn’t vote at all.
A five-page resolution, introduced by the House speaker, Mike Johnson, and co-sponsored by 165 House Republicans but no Democrats, praised Kirk as a “courageous American patriot” who sought to “elevate truth, foster understanding, and strengthen the Republic”.
“It would be it would be great for the country if Republicans and Democrats could stand together to call out political violence,” Johnson said before the vote.
Axios earlier reported that the House minority leader Hakeem Jeffries told Democrats in a closed-door caucus meeting Thursday morning that the leadership would vote for the resolution but his team was not whipping the vote and hence lawmakers were free to decide for themselves.
The political faultline over Kirk is wife as the Federal Communications Commission chair, Brendan Carr, has now been criticized by a handful of Republicans after he pressured ABC to suspend the late-night host Jimmy Kimmel over comments about Kirk’s killing. Donald Trump refused that Kimmel's suspension had anything to do with Kirk and said Kimmel was suspended because he had bad ratings. “Jimmy Kimmel was fired because he had bad ratings more than anything else,” Trump said. “And he said a horrible thing about a great gentleman known as Charlie Kirk.”
Fifty-eight Democrats opposed the resolution; another 38 voted present and 22 didn’t vote at all.
🚨 Here are the 58 House Democrats that voted "No" and the 38 that voted "Present" on a resolution honoring Charlie Kirk's life and condemning his assassination. pic.twitter.com/5SPm0EObFl
— Greg Price (@greg_price11) September 19, 2025
A five-page resolution, introduced by the House speaker, Mike Johnson, and co-sponsored by 165 House Republicans but no Democrats, praised Kirk as a “courageous American patriot” who sought to “elevate truth, foster understanding, and strengthen the Republic”.
“It would be it would be great for the country if Republicans and Democrats could stand together to call out political violence,” Johnson said before the vote.
Axios earlier reported that the House minority leader Hakeem Jeffries told Democrats in a closed-door caucus meeting Thursday morning that the leadership would vote for the resolution but his team was not whipping the vote and hence lawmakers were free to decide for themselves.
The political faultline over Kirk is wife as the Federal Communications Commission chair, Brendan Carr, has now been criticized by a handful of Republicans after he pressured ABC to suspend the late-night host Jimmy Kimmel over comments about Kirk’s killing. Donald Trump refused that Kimmel's suspension had anything to do with Kirk and said Kimmel was suspended because he had bad ratings. “Jimmy Kimmel was fired because he had bad ratings more than anything else,” Trump said. “And he said a horrible thing about a great gentleman known as Charlie Kirk.”
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