Imagine this: a young conservative voice gunned down on stage at a university, a man whose influence reached millions, whose wife and kids now have to process a nightmare that no family should ever endure. The House pauses for a moment of silence. Respectful. Somber. And then, Rep. Lauren Boebert does what used to be considered completely normal in this country—she asks for a spoken prayer. Not legislation. Not blame games. Just prayer. Out loud. And what happens next? Democrats erupt.
Yes, you read that right. Outrage. Screaming. Shouting “no!” like feral hecklers in a high school gym. Rep. Jahana Hayes actually yelled about school shootings in the middle of a request to pray for a man who had just been murdered. Others screamed “pass some gun laws!” as if a grieving prayer was somehow offensive to their delicate ears. About three dozen Democrats piled on. Because apparently, in 2025, praying out loud is more controversial than a conservative getting assassinated in public.
Take that in for a second. Charlie Kirk lies dead, his life cut short by a bullet, and Democrats can’t even muster the decency to allow one spoken prayer. But they can sure find the lung power to scream down the chamber. To politicize. To block even the most basic gesture of humanity.
And here’s the kicker: when Rep. Anna Paulina Luna fired back—telling them flatly, “You f***ing own this!”—she wasn’t wrong. Because what is this, if not ownership? For years, Democrats have demonized conservative figures like Kirk, branding them as dangerous, divisive, or worse. They label free speech as “hate speech,” call for deplatforming, whip up mobs, and then act shocked when violence erupts. But a prayer for the victim? No, that’s where they draw the line.
House Democrats OBJECT to a request for prayer after the apparent assassination of Charlie Kirk pic.twitter.com/pndEGHZLfP
— Breitbart News (@BreitbartNews) September 10, 2025
It’s the ugliest display in politics in recent memory, as one reporter put it. And it should leave every American asking: what exactly are Democrats so afraid of? That a prayer might actually pierce through their narrative? That acknowledging Charlie Kirk’s humanity might complicate their talking points? That someone might notice how quickly they pivoted from “moment of silence” to shouting matches about gun control while his family is still in mourning?
Mike Johnson, to his credit, tried to restore order. Banging the gavel, calling for calm. He honored his friend, calling Charlie a confidant who will be “sorely missed.” He did what leaders should do: grieve, pray, and call out violence clearly and without hesitation. Meanwhile, Democrats shouted down God. Shouted down prayer. Shouted down basic decency.
Rep. Anna Paulina Luna CALLS OUT Democrats for shouting down an attempt to pray for Charlie Kirk on the House floor.
Footage from @_CadenOlson pic.twitter.com/KYaWG1fJq7
— Daily Caller (@DailyCaller) September 10, 2025
Rep. Anna Paulina Luna CALLS OUT Democrats for shouting down an attempt to pray for Charlie Kirk on the House floor.And as all this chaos unfolded in the chamber, the FBI was announcing they had the shooter in custody. That’s right—the suspect was caught. But you wouldn’t know it from the Democrats’ behavior, because to them the real enemy in that moment wasn’t the man who pulled the trigger. It was the sound of someone praying out loud.
That’s where we are now. A conservative is murdered, the suspect is captured, but the most explosive controversy in Congress isn’t about violence, or justice, or protecting free speech—it’s about whether or not someone is allowed to pray for the dead without Democrats shrieking “no.”
And if that doesn’t tell you everything about the state of politics in America, nothing will.
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