Posted on 09/17/2025 2:26:02 AM PDT by where's_the_Outrage?
Republicans in Congress are launching an aggressive campaign to punish individuals they accuse of posthumously smearing Charlie Kirk, threatening to bring them before lawmakers, defund entities that protect them and oust them from positions of power.
They are also trying to castigate one of their own.
On Monday evening, two House Republicans introduced resolutions to censure Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minnesota) and remove her from her congressional committees for comments she made about the conservative influencer during an interview with liberal commentator Mehdi Hasan. During the interview, Omar expressed “empathy” for Kirk’s wife and children but also chastised those who “completely pretend” that the conservative influencer just wanted a “civil debate,” pointing to his views on guns, slavery and George Floyd. Omar also reposted a video to X from an anonymous user that called Kirk a “reprehensible human being” who was “spewing racist dog whistles” in his “last, dying words.”
One resolution, from Rep. Nancy Mace (R-South Carolina), was introduced under special rules requiring it to come to the floor by Thursday, though it’s unclear whether it will pass. The other is from Rep. Buddy Carter (R-Georgia) and seeks to remove Omar from the House Budget Committee and Education Committee......
The First Amendment generally prohibits the state from using a penalty, or the credible threat of a penalty, to retaliate against protected speech, experts added.
“It is the very purpose of the First Amendment to prevent the government from using state power to determine the bounds of acceptable discourse with respect, in particular, to people’s moral views about what is permissible or impermissible to speak, with a few exceptions,” said Aziz Huq, a professor of constitutional law at the University of Chicago.
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Let them speak. But, the ones who need punished are the ones who are calling for violence in the street. The trash spewing out of several democrat mouths’ are calling for open violence in the streets. That is not protected.
Working on it… Thank you. She still can’t be left alone at this point.
And just what is the Republican Party? They certainly don’t seem to stand for and embody so called Conservative Principles and Ideals any longer.
The two party system at this point in time is a complete failure, especially at the Federal Level.
Using their own policies against them. PRICELESS!
They made the rules, now they get to experience them. Cry away whinners...
I agree with you. This doxing will be used against us as well I fear. If you have a progressive employer and are caught praising Charlie Kirk, your job could be in jeopardy. It will put a cramp on social media as posters will be too scared to post in the future - or will come to forums like this where they cannot be easily identified. I already keep away from facebook and posting on X because of my progressive employer.
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